Location Sharing with Geotab

Location Sharing with Geotab allows businesses to share a vehicle’s location and estimated arrival time with people who do not have access to their MyGeotab database. It helps keep customers, dispatchers, partners, and team members informed without giving them full account access.

Geotab location sharing works by creating a limited-use location link for a selected vehicle or asset. The link can be shared with a customer or trusted contact so they can view the vehicle’s location and arrival information.

Yes. Geotab allows businesses to share vehicle location details with customers through location-sharing links. This helps customers see where a vehicle is and when it may arrive, without needing a MyGeotab login.

No. Customers can view the shared vehicle location without being added as users in your MyGeotab database. This makes location sharing useful for customers, partners, and other outside contacts.

Yes. Delivery fleets can use Geotab location sharing to provide customers with clearer arrival updates, reduce status update calls, and improve the delivery experience.

Yes. Service fleets can use location sharing to show customers when a technician, repair vehicle, or field crew is on the way. This helps improve communication and customer confidence.

Yes. Geotab location sharing gives businesses control over how long shared location access remains available. This helps limit visibility to the time period needed for a delivery, service call, or job.

No. Location sharing is designed to provide limited visibility for a specific shared vehicle or asset, not full access to your fleet management system.

Yes. Geotab location sharing can help provide vehicle location and arrival information to clients who do not have database access, making it easier to communicate accurate arrival updates.

Location sharing improves customer service by giving customers direct visibility into vehicle arrival status. This reduces uncertainty, improves communication, and helps your business provide a more professional experience.

Location sharing helps dispatchers communicate vehicle location updates to customers, field teams, and business partners. It can also support faster decisions when assigning jobs or responding to schedule changes.

Yes. MyGeotab includes map-based vehicle and asset visibility, helping businesses monitor fleet activity, review vehicle locations, and support daily dispatch operations.

Yes. Geotab can help businesses view nearby vehicles and assets, making it easier to assign the closest available vehicle to a customer, job site, or service area.

Yes. Geotab can support dispatching by helping teams identify vehicle locations, send drivers to job sites, and coordinate field operations more efficiently.

Yes. Geotab can support data sharing with trusted business partners when broader telematics visibility is needed. This can be useful for contractors, rental fleets, clients, and partner operations.

Location Sharing is typically used to share a limited vehicle location link with someone outside your database. Data Sharing is a broader feature that allows telematics data to be shared between trusted MyGeotab databases.

Yes. By giving customers or partners a way to check vehicle location and arrival status themselves, Geotab location sharing can reduce repeated update calls to dispatchers or office staff.

Yes. Contractors can use Geotab location sharing to keep customers, site supervisors, and project teams informed about vehicle or equipment arrival times.

Yes. Geotab supports vehicle and asset visibility through MyGeotab, including map-based tracking and fleet activity tools that help businesses see where their vehicles and assets are.

GPS Tracking Canada can help your business choose, set up, and use the right Geotab GPS tracking solution for your operation. Whether you need vehicle tracking, asset tracking, location sharing, dispatch support, or better fleet visibility, our team can guide you through your options.