Car Icons

Car Icons are the most dynamic the frequently changing feature of the call center providing vital information of the fleet and cars status.
 
Car Icons
 
 
 
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Car icon

1. Car icon
Each car is represented with a colored circle icon with an arrow inside. Those icons are drawn dynamically,
and represent the location reported by the GPS device of the car (tablet or GPS antenna connected to the
driver application). The pointing direction of the arrows represent the actual heading of the car reported
by the GPS.
 
The statuses derive from the input coming from the driver application the dispatch routine from the server,
and the Call Center declarations.
The coloring is different for every status and color variations apply to the circle and the included arrow.
 
The statuses of the cars are divided in three groups following specific coloring rules:
 
  • Normal Operation
  • With Penalty
  • On Alert
 
Bellow each group status is described. Have in mind that all three color rules are interconnected and can
apply at the same time. There are some restrictions based on the status. ex. A car or driver with penalty
can't enter a taxi stand and  a car or driver with penalty can't receive calls on the first stage of the claim
procedure or according to the claim scenario each taxi base uses.
 

1. The color code based on Normal Operation of the Cars. In this case all the arrows are white and only
the circle color is changed.
 
Description of Normal Operation Car Icons
 
 
 
Free Taxi. Green circle with White arrow.
 
 
 
Taxi on Call Claim Status. Orange circle with White arrow.
Taxi on it's way to pickup a customer. Purple circle with White arrow.
 
Taxi with closed application.
This is showing the last known location of the car.
Grey circle with White arrow.
 Taxi with customer onboard. Blue circle with White arrow.
 
Taxi stationed on a Taxi Stand having priority.
 Black circle with White arrow.
 

2. The color code based for Penalty Operation is differentiated by an outer border on the circle colored red. The vehicle inherits all the previous statuses of Normal Operation except of Taxi on it's way to pickup a customer, Taxi on Call Claim and Taxi stationed on a Taxi Stand.
 
Description of With Penalty Operation Car Icons
 
 
 
Free Taxi. Red Border, Green circle with White arrow.
 
 
 
Taxi on Call Claim Status.
Red Border, Orange circle with White arrow.
Taxi on it's way to pickup a customer. Red Border, Purple circle with White arrow.
 
Taxi with closed application.
This is showing the last known location of the car.
Red Border, Grey circle with White arrow.
 Taxi with customer onboard. Red Border, Blue circle with White arrow.
 
Taxi inside a zone having priority.
Red Border, Black circle with White arrow.
For the Taxi on it's way to pickup customer, Claim and inside a zone those will be rarely be shown, as the
penalty will be applied after the normal operation status change. So a Free Taxi car with penalty will never
revert to on it's way to pickup customer or claim status for as long as the penalty is effective, according to
a usual claim scenario used by taxi bases.
Additionally a car with penalty can change it's state to On Alert which is described bellow.
 

3. The color code for On Alert Operation. When a car is on Alert this can be ignited either by the driver
application or the panic button that some cars have installed and are connected with the driver application.
In that case of On Alert state the arrow in the circle becomes either Pink or Red respectively.
Description of On Alert Car Icons
 
 
 
Free Taxi on Alarm. Green circle with Pink or Red arrow.
 
 
 
Taxi on Call Claim Status.
Orange circle with Pink or Red arrow.
Taxi on it's way to pickup a customer. Purple circle with Pink or Red arrow.
 
Taxi with closed application.
This is showing the last known location of the car
. Grey circle with White arrow.
 Taxi with customer onboard. Blue circle with Pink or Red arrow.
 
Taxi stationed on a Taxi Stand having priority.
Black circle with Pink or Red arrow.
 
 
Additionally to the On Alert Status a car can be simultaneously with Penalty or vice versa. So for all the previous of On Alert status a red circle will be shown around the car icon.
Description of On Alert Car and Penalty Icons
 
 
 
Free Taxi on Alarm. Red Border, Green circle with Pink or Red arrow.
 
 
 
Taxi on Call Claim Status.
Red Border, Orange circle with Pink or Red arrow.
Taxi on it's way to pickup a customer. Red Border, Purple circle with Pink or Red arrow.
 
Taxi with closed application.
This is showing the last known location of the car.
Red Border, Grey circle with White arrow.
 Taxi with customer onboard. Red Border, Blue circle with Pink or Red arrow.
 
Taxi stationed on a Taxi Stand having priority.
Red Border, Black circle with Pink or Red arrow.
 
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Car Icons Interactivity

2. Car Icons Interactivity
As described hovering over a Car Icon the mouse pointer turns to a hand. By clicking on the icon the following menu is displayed allowing you extra actions:
 
 
200A
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Info: The Car number (Car# )
Follow Car
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Action: Selecting this option the map will be always centered to the car following it's path as it moves. A tick mark is displayed next to the option when it's enabled.
 
If the map loses focus from the car on the next map update it will re center to the car. Only one car can be selected. By selecting a new car the map will follow the new one only, the pervious is automatically unselected.
Send Message
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Action: Selecting this option will open a window with a text field waiting to type our message to be send.
Selecting Send will send the message to the specific car. Cancel or X will cancel the operation.
Penalty
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Action: Selecting this option will open the Taxi-Driver-Penalty Form with the specific car and driver selected.
Car stand priority
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Action: Selecting this option gives you the ability to set the first priority of the selected car in the taxi stand. This option is used in the case the car was in the taxi stand and left to serve a call, but before customer pickup the call was cancelled.
With this option the car can return to the stand or move near by and regain it's priority in the stand, so the next call in the area will be send to this car.
 
Update customer's location
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Action: Selecting this option will open a window:
 
This window displays the customer registered location and the Customer Information.
By selecting OK updates the customer geographic location Latitude and Longitude. So the next time you recall the same client the address shown will be the old one but the marker with the customer location will be the one stored with this procedure.
Properties
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Action: Selecting this option displays the car information details.