What Location Data Is Actually For
Four operational questions that genuinely need location, and the ones that get answered with it because the data happens to be there.
Explainer
Foundations
Four operational purposes, and the distinction between following an asset and following a human being that decides everything else.
4 notes, in reading order
Tracking a Vehicle or Tracking a Person
The distinction that decides the legal basis, the retention and whether a pause control is optional. Products do not make it; deployments must.
Analysis
The Least Data That Answers the Question
Most deployments collect a continuous breadcrumb trail because that is the default. What each operational question actually needs.
Procedure
The Question to Ask Before Anything
One question that resolves most disagreements in this field, and what to do with each answer.
Analysis