Everything about Geofence

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: GeofenceA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: The MPU RX-4 Project: Design, Electronics, and Software Development of a Geofence Protection System for a Fixed-Wing VTOL UAVInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Map Projection Induced Variations in Locations of Polygon Geofence EdgesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: How to assess the capacity of urban airspace: A topological approach using keep-in and keep-out geofenceCited 77 times
5. Go sideways: Automatic vehicle locationA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Mobile phone trackingA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• How to assess the capacity of urban airspace: A topological approach using keep-in and keep-out geofence

  Jungwoo Cho, Yoonjin Yoon · 2018 · Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies · 77 citations

• Latency and geofence testing of wireless emergency alerts intended for the ShakeAlert® earthquake early warning system for the West Coast of the United States of America

  Sara K. McBride, Danielle F. Sumy, Andrea L. Llenos · 2023 · Safety Science · 43 citations

• A tracking cooling fan using geofence and camera-based indoor localization

  Shuo Liu, Le Yin, Weng Khuen Ho · 2017 · Building and Environment · 40 citations

• Geofence Definition and Deconfliction for UAS Traffic Management

  Mia Stevens, Ella Atkins · 2021 · IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems · 39 citations

• Geofence planning for electric scooters

  Alexandros Liazos, Christina Iliopoulou, Konstantinos Kepaptsoglou · 2022 · Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment · 39 citations

• An autonomous GPS geofence alert system to curtail avian fatalities at wind farms

  James K. Sheppard, Andrew McGann, Michael Lanzone · 2015 · Animal Biotelemetry · 33 citations

• Geofence Boundary Violation Detection in 3D Using Triangle Weight Characterization with Adjacency

  Mia N. Stevens, Hossein Rastgoftar, Ella M. Atkins · 2018 · Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems · 22 citations

• Designating City-Wide Collaborative Geofence Sites for Renting and Returning Dock-Less Shared Bikes

  Geyao Cheng, Yang Guo, Yingwen Chen · 2019 · IEEE Access · 18 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• The MPU RX-4 Project: Design, Electronics, and Software Development of a Geofence Protection System for a Fixed-Wing VTOL UAV

  Konstantinos A. Tsintotas, Loukas Bampis, Anastasios Taitzoglou · 2023 · IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement · 15 citations

• Ensuring Worker Safety at Construction Sites Using Geofence

  Balusamy Nachiappan, Rajkumar N, Viji C · 2024 · International Journal of Civil Engineering · 9 citations

• A multi-objective model for fair location of stations and geofence parking area to address disorderly parking in free-floating micromobility systems

  Simona De Bartolomeo, Michele Ottomanelli, Leonardo Caggiani · 2025 · Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice · 6 citations

• Exploring and field-demonstrating geofence-based occupancy-centric control in residential buildings

  Mingyue Guo, Blake Smith-Cortez, Zheng O’Neill · 2024 · Energy and Buildings · 5 citations

• Dynamic Geofence Design for Unmanned Aircraft System Path Following in Urban Airspace

  Sajid Ahamed Mohammed Abdul, Ashwini Ratnoo, Debasish Ghose · 2026 · Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics · 3 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• 📕Map Projection Induced Variations in Locations of Polygon Geofence Edges · 2019
• 📕Modern ParentingGeorge PENCE · 2021

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

🔗 Related topics

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