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How to customise your vehicle icons and path colours

Make your vehicles easy to identify with custom icons and coloured paths on the map.

When you're tracking multiple vehicles, it can get confusing on the map – especially when vehicles are working in the same area. Custom icons and path colours make it easy to spot specific vehicles at a glance.

Perfect for:

  • Fleet managers with different vehicle types (trucks, vans, utes)
  • Multiple vehicles working in the same area
  • Organising vehicles by department or function
  • Quick visual identification without reading vehicle names

Custom vehicle icons

Choose from over 60 different icons to represent your vehicles on the map.

Available icon categories:

Standard vehicles:

  • Car
  • Truck
  • Van
  • Motorcycle
  • Trailer/Caravan

Heavy vehicles:

  • Excavator
  • Heavy vehicle
  • Construction equipment

Special vehicles:

  • Aircraft
  • Boat/Ship
  • Helicopter
  • Snowmobile
  • Train
  • ATV/Quad bike

Fun icons (yes, really!):

  • UFO (the truth is out there!)
  • Bluth family stair car (there's always money in the banana stand)
  • Race car
  • Monster truck
  • Hot air balloon
  • And many more!

How to change a vehicle's icon

  1. Go to the Vehicles page
  2. Find your vehicle and click the pencil icon to edit it
  3. Click Map icon dropdown
  4. Select your icon from the list
  5. Click Save

Your new icon appears on the map immediately!

Custom path colours

Change the colour of the line that shows where each vehicle has travelled. This makes it easy to tell vehicles apart when their paths cross or overlap.

The path colour shows:

  • Where the vehicle has been (historical path)
  • Current route being travelled
  • Real-time location updates

How to change a vehicle's path colour

  1. Go to the Vehicles page
  2. Find your vehicle and click the pencil icon to edit it
  3. Click the Path colour box
  4. Choose your colour from the colour wheel
  5. Click Save

How to change a mobile driver's path colour

If you're tracking drivers using mobile phones instead of vehicle trackers:

  1. Go to the Drivers page
  2. Find the driver and click the pencil icon
  3. Click the Mobile Tracking tab
  4. Click the Path colour box
  5. Choose your colour
  6. Click Save

Why use custom icons and colours?

Benefits of custom icons:

✓ Instant identification – Know which vehicle is which without clicking on it
✓ Vehicle type recognition – Easily spot trucks vs vans vs cars
✓ Fleet organisation – Group vehicles visually by type or department
✓ Clear map view – Professional, organised appearance

Benefits of custom path colours:

✓ Prevent confusion – No more wondering whose path is whose
✓ Track multiple vehicles – Follow several vehicles in the same area easily
✓ Department organisation – Use colours to represent different teams (red = deliveries, blue = service, green = sales)
✓ Quick route analysis – See which vehicle went where at a glance

Smart ways to use icons and colours

Example 1: Vehicle types

  • All trucks = Truck icon + Red paths
  • All vans = Van icon + Blue paths
  • All utes = Car icon + Green paths

Example 2: Departments

  • Delivery team = Delivery truck icon + Orange paths
  • Service team = Wrench/tool icon + Blue paths
  • Sales team = Car icon + Purple paths

Example 3: Geographic zones

  • North region = Red paths
  • South region = Blue paths
  • East region = Green paths
  • West region = Yellow paths

Tips

💡 Keep it simple – Don't use too many different colours or it becomes confusing again

💡 Be consistent – Once you choose a colour/icon system, stick with it so everyone learns it

💡 Have fun with icons – The quirky icons (UFO, race car, etc.) can make boring fleet vehicles more fun to identify

💡 Consider printing a legend – For larger fleets, create a simple guide showing which colours/icons mean what