Geofence Attendance App by Field Team Tracking

Geofence attendance app: drawing the line around work

A geofence attendance app turns “were you at work?” into a yes or no the phone can answer. In Field Team Tracking, every branch holds one office point plus a boundary size the owner picks, and together they form its geofence. When an employee punches, the app compares the phone’s position with the boundary and checks a live selfie at the same moment. What happens beyond the line is a branch decision. A shop or clinic can refuse punches made outside, so nobody marks attendance from the bus. A sales or service branch can accept them, so a technician can begin at the first customer’s door. The boundary is checked at punch time only; following staff between punches is a separate feature they switch on after agreeing to a notice.

Geofence attendance app: sizing the boundary

Phones estimate location, and indoors the estimate can wander by tens of metres. A boundary drawn tight around the walls will reject honest punches; one drawn too wide lets punches through from next door. Start with the building plus its parking and a margin, test with a few staff, then adjust. The radius check and duty-only routes are covered on the GPS attendance app page, the punch screen on the punch in punch out app with location page, and all branch rules on the staff attendance app page. Ready setups by type of team are on the employee attendance app with location page.

Geofence attendance app setup

1. Create the branch and set its office position.
2. Choose a starting radius with a margin for drift.
3. Decide whether punches beyond the boundary count.
4. Ask a few staff to punch from inside and just outside, then adjust.

Geofence attendance app limits

• One boundary. Each branch has one office location and radius.
• Circles only. The boundary is a radius, not a drawn shape.
• No auto clock-in. Staff still punch; entering the area does not punch for them.
• GPS drift. Indoor readings can be off; size the radius with that in mind.

Geofence attendance app example: a school in Sharjah

An invented school, with sample settings. A private school in Sharjah has 60 teachers and support staff across one large campus. A first, tight boundary around the main block rejected punches from the sports hall.

The school widened the radius to cover the whole campus, including the staff car park, and kept outside punches refused. Bus supervisors were moved to a separate branch that allows punches at pick-up points. Rejected punches dropped to almost none within a week.