Add geofencing to your on-demand app
By: Amy Ghate
On-demand logistics companies deliver your Amazon packages, your DoorDash meals, the car you rented with Getaround, and the taxi you hailed with Lyft. Geofencing — virtual boundaries around geographic areas — unlocks a location-aware user experience for your on-demand apps.
Imagine sending truck drivers delivery instructions and automating check-ins when they approach a warehouse, notifying passengers when a rideshare driver is within two blocks of the pickup location, or concentrating food couriers in high-demand neighborhoods at lunchtime.
That’s what I built in the demo below:
I used Mapbox GL JS and the Maps API to build this demo showing a vehicle driving through San Francisco near several geofences. As the vehicle travels, its proximity to the geofenced zones is tracked and updated. When a vehicle enters a geofence, the driver is notified. The alert expires after the driver exits the zone.
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