Descartes Machine Learning

[ROUTE ANALYZER] What is 'Data Gap' in the Route Analyzer?

Data Gap is an event that can occur during a route, represented on the route's progress bar by the color red.


It happens when the GPS signal capture fails and can occur for several reasons, such as:

  • Poor quality of the mobile device used by the user during the execution of the route

  • Bad user behavior on route as:

    • Turn off the cell phone

    • Shut down the Foxtrot Systems application or the application that Foxtrot Systems is integrated into

    • Turn off the GPS

    • Enable battery saving mode

  • Pass through regions that do not have a GPS signal (tunnels, underground parking lots, elevators, among others), called shadows


When this event occurs on a route, the real-time location information of the route user is lost. However, this does not affect delivery clicks to customers.