MRF Vehicle Tracking Solution

AVL hardware, real-time tracking and fleet records on your own municipal map.

Everything you need to track a fleet: rugged in-vehicle hardware, a tracking server that speaks over 100 device protocols, and two ways to use it, from a simple map module for everyday users to a full fleet management portal.

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MRF tracking architecture. Satellite messengers, the mobile tracking app and in-vehicle tracking devices report over satellite, direct-to-cell and cellular networks to the MRF AVL Portal, which supports over 100 tracking protocols and feeds two portals, Web Map add-ons for everyday users and a fleet management portal.

Redefine efficiency, security and operational excellence for your fleet. The MRF Vehicle Tracking Solution covers everything from rugged in-vehicle hardware to real-time monitoring, reporting and fleet management. It runs on the same municipal map your staff already use, so a vehicle’s location always comes with the roads, addresses and assets around it.

Two ways to use tracking

MRF provides two forms of tracking portal, so every user gets the right tool.

Tracking module in MRF Web Map

MRF Web Map with a plow truck, a skid steer and an excavator shown with their unit names, and a map tip on the plow truck showing its name and speed

A simple interface for day-to-day users. See where vehicles are, replay trips and run reports on the same map as your roads, addresses and assets.

See the MRF Vehicle Tracking Module, and Enforcement Vehicle Tracking, which builds on it for enforcement fleets.

Dedicated fleet management portal

MRF Fleet Management Portal dashboard with tiles for online and offline vehicles, alerts and messages, above a vehicle table with category, model, speed, distance travelled, mileage, engine hours and idle time

A complete workspace for fleet managers, covering tracking devices, vehicles and personnel in one place. View real-time locations, review historical tracks, assign destinations, generate routes and manage users through a role-based platform.

See the MRF Fleet Management Portal.

Tracking hardware

MRF offers multiple hardware options, and supplies, installs and supports the in-vehicle hardware. The MRF tracking server supports over 100 tracking protocols, so it works with devices you may already have. For example, the InHand VG710 in-vehicle router offers:

InHand VG710 in-vehicle router with its row of antenna connectors and status lights, in front of an ambulance

In-cab Wi-Fi and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
Multiple inputs and outputs (I/O)
OBD or J1939 vehicle connection
Reliable operation in harsh environments
GPS, BeiDou, Galileo and GLONASS positioning

The MRF Dual-box: LTE and Starlink

The MRF Dual-box in a rugged case, with an InHand VG710 router, power monitoring and wiring, beside a Starlink satellite dish

Our hardware specialists built the Dual-box, which switches automatically between an LTE modem and a Starlink satellite connection. Vehicles and crews stay connected and tracked even where there’s no cell coverage.

Why choose the Vehicle Tracking solution

Two ways to track

A simple tracking module in MRF Web Map for everyday users, and a dedicated fleet management portal for fleet managers.

Multiple hardware options

Choose from multiple in-vehicle hardware options, supplied and supported by MRF, from rugged routers and trackers to dashcams and the Dual-box.

Over 100 tracking protocols

The MRF tracking server supports over 100 tracking protocols, so it works with the devices you already have.

Connected anywhere

The MRF Dual-box switches automatically between LTE and Starlink satellite, keeping vehicles online beyond cell coverage.

Tracking as spatial data

Positions are stored as GIS data, so you can ask where vehicles went, not just where they are. Snow-plow coverage, for example.

One fleet, many departments

Distinct icons, layers and permissions for each department, all on one platform.

Products in the Vehicle Tracking solution

Use them on their own or together. They share the same map, users and data.

Fleet Keyless Entry

Replace keys and RFID fobs with your phone. Fleet managers assign drivers to vehicles in real time, drivers unlock and start the vehicle with the app or NFC, and the system always knows who is driving.

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MRF Fleet Management Portal

See where every vehicle is in real time, review historical tracks, assign destinations, generate routes and look up addresses, and manage tracking devices, users and vehicles, all in one role-based portal.

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Tracking Cam

Tracking dashcams report location like any AVL device and send photos and video to the MRF server periodically, on request, or before and after events, so you can see what a vehicle sees right from the map.

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Journey Management App

MRF JMS plans compliant truck routes around your vehicle's width and height, warns drivers 2 km ahead, and lets them report road issues by voice, text or tap, all on HERE maps with Alberta 511 traffic and MSC GeoMet weather.

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Public Gravel Map

A public map, built from your vehicle tracking data, that colours every road by the days since it was last gravelled or sanded. In winter, residents can see at a glance which roads have been cleared and which haven't.

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Enforcement Vehicle Tracking

GNSS tracking with SOS alerts, lights-and-sirens monitoring, rugged in-vehicle Wi-Fi and position updates as often as every two seconds, on your own municipal map.

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Gravel Checker App

A Windows app that works together with your MRF Web Map configuration. It can integrate with your gravel scale system and automatically calculate the gravel each truck carried and dumped on the road, so by the end of the day managers know how much tonnage went on which road segments.

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MRF Navigation

Voice-guided, offline navigation built on your municipality's authoritative road network and addresses, including the rural roads and new subdivisions consumer apps get wrong.

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MRF Vehicle Inspection

Drivers check out vehicles and complete pre-trip inspections on a phone, even offline. Managers review deficiencies, approve repairs and stay compliant from the web.

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MRF Vehicle Tracking Module

A tracking module for MRF Web Map. Everyday users see every grader, plow and truck live alongside your roads, addresses and assets, replay where vehicles have been, and prove service coverage with spatial reports.

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