Create a Hybrid Solution for AVL, Using Your Existing Infrastructure and GIS

The unique flexibility of CompassCom’s AVL solution allows our customers to create a fleet management program that leverages their existing infrastructure, no small accomplishment in these days of ever-tighter budgets. Whether it’s 2-way radio via Motorola, wireless communication via AT&T, Sprint, Verizon or some other carrier, or even an aircard with an internet connection, we can put them all together into a seamless hybrid that gives you all the fleet management command and control you need.

Over the years, different departments have installed their own preferred brand of connection, and insisting on new GPS hardware on top of that is either too expensive or too cumbersome to contemplate.

This has stymied fleet managers in their attempt to use AVL to monitor and measure performance and fuel usage while providing public safety and accountability across departments. Many have been told that 2-way radio is “impossible” to fold into an AVL solution or to tie to their agency’s GIS database.

Motorola’s ASTRO 25 Network? No Problem – See Your Fleet in Real Time

CompassCom has been a Motorola partner for years and we know how to solve this problem. We have created an AVL solution to compliment the ASTRO 25 communication networks that are used by hundreds of thousands of government personnel across the United States.

Your public safety and public works teams that use 2-way radio do not have to give up this valuable communication tool in order for their location to be available to dispatch on a real-time map, either on monitors in a central location or on mobile laptops in the field.

The single drawback to 2-way radio has been that it does not offer visualization of the resources to hand. Police, for instance, would have to tell dispatch where they were, what route they were taking, and when they arrived at a location.

But, with real-time AVL from CompassCom, this is not necessary. Dispatch knows. Radio chatter is substantially cut back, communication is improved across departments, and subsequent movement can even be replayed later for overview.

With GIS expenditures for most government agencies already budgeted, leverage the existing infrastructure to provide better ROI and see your AVL program pay for itself quickly.

CompassCom and Motorola Partnership Allows Our Fleet Management Customers True Flexibility

Today’s telemetry data requires the flexibility to operate over multiple networks, and CompassCom offers that to our Fleet Management customers. Whether you receive your mobile asset data from a wireless network, an internet connection (such as an aircard in a laptop) or from a 2-way radio network, CompassCom’s AVL solution works.  Even better, if you receive data from all of these sources, CompassCom still works, seamlessly and simultaneously.

For more information on how CompassCom can help you integrate 2-way radio networks seamlessly into your AVL program, contact Mike Kovacs at mgkovacs@compasscom.com, 800-787-0651 or 303-999-3024.

About CompassCom
CompassCom®, an Esri business partner, enables fleet management, ensuring worker safety, efficiency and accountability through reliable AVL solutions that integrate GPS, Geographic Information System (GIS) and wireless technology. CompassCom clients currently manage more than a hundred thousand vehicles, allowing government agencies, utilities operations, oil and gas companies and service fleet managers to monitor in real-time and provide reports for every asset with a push of a button. Our AVL systems are the most flexible in the industry, allowing customers to use their preferred wireless carriers, leverage their investment in GIS, host data on or off-site, choose a variety of hardware options and even work with their existing two-way radio systems. Training, consulting and partnering with our clients, we’ve been optimizing Return on Investment since 1994. For more information, visit us at CompassCom.com or call 800-787-0651.

New Team Member:

Tom McKean

We are proud to introduce our newest team member, Tom McKean. Tom started with CompassCom last month as the Software Application Engineer, providing technical customer service for CompassCom clients. Tom’s duties include customizing the AVL program as needed; remotely supporting end-users; managing customer subscription and application data; software design and development; performing on-site and remote trainings; and establishing the AVL data stream across various networks. McKean holds a Bachelor of Science from Metropolitan State College of Denver and is currently attending the University of Denver for a Master's Degree in GIS.

CompassCom welcomed APWA's national show to Denver!

September was a great time for CompassCom to meet many of our Public Works customers in our home state of Colorado, at the APWA National Congress and Exposition held in Denver and at the Regional APWA Snow and Ice Show at Estes Park.

We were glad of the chance to reconnect with many of you personally.

Contact us for a live demonstration and a consultation on how AVL can provide Return on Investment for you: 800-787-0651 or email mgkovacs@compasscom.com.

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