{"id":152150,"date":"2024-11-27T00:27:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T14:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldcargonews.com\/?p=54164"},"modified":"2024-11-27T00:27:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T14:27:59","slug":"no-barriers-to-a-standardised-geofence-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=152150","title":{"rendered":"No barriers to a standardised Geofence Library\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>As the industry works to improve digital connectivity and real-time racking and traceability the availability of a commercially agnostic standard that defines the boundaries of operation is an asset with great value. As the delegates at Intermodal Europe in Rotterdam discovered, such a standard is available, from an international industry representative body, for free.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A global standard of geofencing could be a valuable asset for shipping interests worldwide, but only if that system is standardised and commercially neutral. That\u2019s the concept behind the Global Container Geofence Library, currently being championed by the Bureau International des Containers (BIC), the international standards organisation for the container industry.<\/p>\n

A standard reference tool<\/h2>\n

The concept of geofencing has been introduced previously. It is the basis of location services such as GPS, smart containers and even the hardware within the ubiquitous smartphone. A combination of technologies, from satellites to pocket-held accelerometers, provide very accurate geographical positioning, anywhere on the face of the planet, down to centimetres of accuracy.<\/p>\n