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February 15, 2007

Garmin releases Fleet Management Interface

Garmin has announced the release of Garmin Fleet Management Interface. According to Garmin’s press release, Fleet Management Interface makes it possible for fleet operators to track vehicles using certain StreetPilot, nuvi, and zumo navigators.  You can download daily delivery stops, track the location of vehicles, and even text message drivers.

Using the Garmin Fleet Management Interface, fleet dispatchers can send multiple destinations and other instructions directly to their drivers. With a tap on the screen, drivers can access detailed turn-by-turn, text-to-speech, voice prompted directions to their destinations.

The dispatch center can also constantly keep tabs on the location of vehicles to ensure that new dispatch destinations can be sent to the nearest vehicle. The software can also provide statistical data that can be used in asset optimization programs. Additional hardware and web services, which are  required to complete the tracking and dispatch components of the system, are  provided by the respective fleet tracking solutions partners.