NIDEV'S FOOD TRUCK · 2025 · GPS, FLEET, AUSTRALIA

Food Truck Tracking System

A live GPS fleet management platform for monitoring food trucks, drivers, and delivery routes in real time.

Chapter 02

The Story

Nidev's Food Truck needed to know where every truck was, in real time, without calling drivers. I built a dashboard and driver app pair — live GPS pings feed straight into a map view for dispatch, with route history for every vehicle.

By automating fleet route audits, managers can verify travel logs and track delays. Drivers activate simple tracking routes on their phone registers, which feed telemetry data directly to central maps.

RoleFull-Stack Developer
ClientNidev's Food Truck, Australia
ScopeAdmin Dashboard · Driver Mobile App · Live GPS
Year2025
2Apps — Dashboard & Driver
LiveGPS Location pings
100%Route Trip History Reports
Chapter 03

How It Was Built

Technical Approach

The platform utilizes location telemetry processing to sync GPS coordinates directly with Mapbox maps. Adaptive location throttling monitors mobile device accelerometer states to limit battery drain during stationary moments.

Live GPS Map

Sub-second location telemetry updates rendered on dynamic dispatch maps.

Driver Mobile Interface

Simple driver dashboard to set active shifts, toggle statuses, and view routes.

Route History Audits

Visualizes vehicle track history logs, including stop durations and idle statistics.

Fleet Control Panel

Admin dashboard showing active truck coordinates, travel speeds, and driver connection lists.

Geofence Alerts

Notifies dispatch coordinators when active trucks drift from assigned delivery bounds.

Trip Statistics

Compiles month-end fuel reports, total travel distances, and average delivery times.

Chapter 04

The Challenge

"Managing continuous mobile GPS battery drain vs. high-resolution route tracking accuracy was the primary hurdle."

Relying on persistent foreground GPS tracking on driver phones caused severe battery depletion, often draining devices completely before shift cycles ended.

To solve this, I designed an adaptive location polling system. The mobile tracker monitors device accelerometer states, throttling GPS updates when trucks are stationary while ramping up updates to sub-second polling rates when in motion.

Chapter 05

The Results

15+Active food trucks tracked
90%Reduction in manual driver call-offs
100%Accurate route history audits

Nidev's Food Truck automated their dispatch operations, ensuring map views are always accurate while keeping driver device battery levels healthy.

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