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Asset Tracking Platform
Tracking valuable assets such as containers, tools or medical equipment with GPS and BLE tags, geofences and alerts.
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What this diagram shows
- GPS trackers work outdoors, BLE tags indoors
- Geofences raise alerts when assets leave an area
- Location history supports audits and utilisation reports
Prompt used
Asset tracking platform: outdoor GPS/cellular trackers send positions over NB-IoT, indoor BLE tags are heard by BLE gateways in buildings. A location ingestion service normalises positions, a geofence service checks entry/exit and raises alerts, a location history database stores tracks, and a web/mobile app shows maps and utilisation reports. Alerts go by SMS/email; asset data syncs with the ERP.
Mermaid code
C4Container
title Asset Tracking
Person(ops, "Operations Manager", "Finds and audits assets")
System_Ext(gps, "GPS Trackers", "NB-IoT, outdoor")
System_Ext(ble, "BLE Tags and Gateways", "Indoor")
System_Ext(erp, "ERP", "Asset register")
System_Boundary(at, "Asset Tracking Platform") {
Container(ingest, "Location Ingestion", "Go", "Normalises positions")
Container(geo, "Geofence Service", "Go", "Entry and exit alerts")
ContainerDb(hist, "Location History", "PostGIS", "Tracks")
Container(alert, "Alert Service", "Node.js", "SMS and email")
Container(app, "Web and Mobile App", "React", "Maps and reports")
}
Rel(gps, ingest, "Positions")
Rel(ble, ingest, "Sightings")
Rel(ingest, hist, "Stores")
Rel(ingest, geo, "Checks")
Rel(geo, alert, "Triggers")
Rel(ops, app, "Uses")
Rel(app, hist, "Queries")
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