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Where the Van Is

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Everything here, listed alphabetically, because most people arrive with one specific question.

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Listed alphabetically rather than grouped, because most people arrive with a specific question and know the word rather than the section. The section is shown against each entry, and each section has its own page below.

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  • Foundations

    Four operational purposes, and the distinction between following an asset and following a human being that decides everything else.

    4 notes

  • Methods

    Geofence events instead of continuous trails, position on alarm instead of continuous logging, totals instead of routes.

    5 notes

  • What it can and cannot measure

    The dot is the centre of a probability, not a position. A gap has seven possible causes and only one of them is deliberate.

    3 notes

  • The legal position

    Enforcement in this area has turned on the same question repeatedly: was the amount collected necessary for the purpose stated. The answers have been consistent.

    10 notes

  • The boundary

    Where deployments become unlawful without anyone intending it, usually because a default was left in place rather than a choice made.

    9 notes

  • Putting it in

    The order that produces a defensible design rather than a procurement, and the overnight test almost nobody runs.

    5 notes

  • Running it

    The project ends at go-live; the system generates work indefinitely, and in most deployments nobody was assigned to it.

    8 notes

  • Reference

    The questions these records cannot answer, the options that collect nothing at all, and the end state as a checklist.

    6 notes