{"id":1126,"date":"2026-11-02T13:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T11:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/en\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2026-11-03T12:19:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T10:19:58","slug":"geolocation-what-a-location-and-allowed-zone-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/geolocation-what-a-location-and-allowed-zone-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What a Location and Allowed Zone Mean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this document learn what a location and allowed zone mean for geolocation-based attendance and worker access in Attendico. Geolocation in ATS Cloud defines permitted locations and map areas for supported location-verified attendance. A location can have several shapes and can be limited to selected workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is this feature for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The purpose is to verify a worker&#8217;s presence inside an approved zone when making an attendance event, not continuous worker tracking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prerequisites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Geolocation feature enabled in the license.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Know the real worksite and its geographical boundary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create employees first if you plan to restrict access by worker.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Options and fields explained<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<dl>\n<dt><strong>Name and Address<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Identify and position the site.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Active<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Enables the location.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Allow All Employees<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Allows all eligible workers; otherwise select employees.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Rectangle \/ Circle \/ Polygon \/ Corridor<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Allowed geometry types on the map.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>GPS accuracy<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>A separate verification requirement from zone boundaries.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step-by-step instructions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open Geolocation and choose Add Location.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter a name and optionally an address.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the address search to position the map.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Decide whether the location should be Active.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use Allow All Employees or select the permitted workers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose a map drawing tool and create at least one permitted area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review the resulting geometry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click Save and inspect the saved location.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expected result<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The location can be used by supported location-based attendance flows with its saved geometry and access rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A location cannot be saved without any zone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this document learn what a location and allowed zone mean for geolocation-based attendance and worker access in Attendico. Geolocation in ATS Cloud defines permitted locations and map areas for supported location-verified attendance. A location can have several shapes and can be limited to selected workers. What is this feature for? The purpose is to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geolocation-zones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1126"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50304,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions\/50304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}