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Movement History

Movement History shows the path a worker or piece of equipment has traveled, plotted as a line on the map with a timeline of stops and events.

Accessing movement history​

Worker detail panel open on the right side of the map showing the Movement History button at the bottom of the panel, ready to be clicked

Open the detail panel for any worker or equipment (by clicking their map marker or selecting them from the Fleet/Jobs tables), then click the Movement History button in the panel.

This overlays the movement path on the Operations map and opens the movement timeline below the map.

Reading the path​

Operations map with a worker's movement history displayed as a polyline connecting GPS position points across the map, showing the route traveled from morning to current time

The movement path is drawn as a polyline — a connected line of GPS positions. Each point on the line represents a recorded location at a specific time. The line shows the sequence of movement from start to finish.

The movement timeline​

Movement history timeline panel below the Operations map showing a chronological list of individual GPS location points with timestamps, with one point highlighted corresponding to a selected position on the map

Below the map, a timeline shows individual recorded locations with timestamps. You can click a point in the timeline to highlight the corresponding position on the map.

Today vs. historical data​

Operations map showing an equipment unit's movement history as a more granular polyline with many GPS points, demonstrating the denser data from Verizon Connect compared to worker clock-in/out snapshots

Movement history uses two separate data sources that are automatically merged:

Today's data comes from AppSheet and refreshes every 60 seconds. It reflects the current day's activity up to the last sync.

Past days data comes from Firestore (pre-cached from BigQuery), is immutable, and loads instantly without hitting any external API.

The system merges both sources seamlessly. If data from both overlaps, duplicates are removed automatically. If today's data is temporarily unavailable, a warning banner appears but historical data is still shown.

Notes​

  • Worker GPS points are captured at clock-in and clock-out only, so the path represents discrete location snapshots rather than continuous tracking.
  • Equipment GPS paths are more granular since Verizon devices log positions throughout the day.