{"id":59237,"date":"2025-09-26T10:44:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/becolve.com\/blog\/an-easy-way-to-geolocate-my-maintenance-teams-and-integrate-it-into-my-operations-control-center\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T10:44:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:44:38","slug":"an-easy-way-to-geolocate-my-maintenance-teams-and-integrate-it-into-my-operations-control-center","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/becolve.com\/en\/blog\/an-easy-way-to-geolocate-my-maintenance-teams-and-integrate-it-into-my-operations-control-center\/","title":{"rendered":"An easy way to geolocate my maintenance teams and integrate it into my operations control center"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the maintenance management of an infrastructure<\/strong>, from a unified operations center, it is very common to encounter the scenario in which we have maintenance fleet teams that are in the field and we need to know their position in real time.<\/p>\n

Normally, distributed infrastructures such as city management, water treatment, or energy are usually the most affected by this problem.<\/p>\n

But, why am I going to need to know the position of my maintenance team in real time<\/strong>? Is it necessary? <\/p>\n

I propose the following scenario: imagine you have a maintenance fleet of 5 teams and you have several incidents in the field. How do you assign a team to a specific incident?<\/strong> It is logical to think that if the teams are equally qualified, it should be done by proximity to the incident. However, if you do not know where each team is at all times, time is usually lost<\/strong> between phone calls and manual management. <\/p>\n

The solution that I want to present to you is very simple, and it is within the reach of anyone who has a smartPhone. It is about sending the real-time GPS position<\/strong> from your Smartphone to the control center. Next, I will explain how I have done it. <\/p>\n

First of all, I have used an app for IoS called OwnTracks<\/strong>. Here are the links for IOS<\/a> and for Android<\/a>: <\/p>\n

Owntracks is an app that allows you to track<\/strong> the GPS position of the mobile device on which it is installed, and send the data (together with other data such as the battery charge, for example) to an MQTT broker.<\/p>\n

For this example, I have used a public MQTT broker called HiveMQ. However, for a production installation, I recommend that you use a broker that is in your domain, that only you have access to, and with the appropriate security and encryption measures. <\/p>\n

The configuration<\/strong> that I have made in the app is the following:<\/p>\n