Geofencing
A virtual geographic boundary that triggers alerts when a vehicle enters or exits the defined area.
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Yes — a geofence only fires because the device reports position continuously. The FMCSA ELD specification sets the resolution: position must be accurate to within half a mile, which at the required reporting precision works out to roughly a one-mile radius during commercial operation. The one carve-out is personal conveyance, where reporting precision drops to a single decimal place, about a ten-mile radius (49 CFR Part 395 Appendix A section 4.3.1.6, and 395.26(c)(2)).