--- title: Configure application and journey settings description: Set the home page, map defaults and business journey classification rules for the Track My Ride application. --- [Skip to content](https://support.trackmyride.com.au/knowledge-base/configure-application-and-journey-settings#main-content) [![Knowledge-Base-Logo-2](https://support.trackmyride.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge-Base-Logo-2.png?width=319&height=60&name=Knowledge-Base-Logo-2.png)](https://support.trackmyride.com.au/knowledge-base?hsLang=en-au) - [Knowledge Base Home](https://support.trackmyride.com.au/knowledge-base) - [Sign Me Out](https://support.trackmyride.com.au/_hcms/mem/logout) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Knowledge Base Home](https://support.trackmyride.com.au/knowledge-base) - [Sign Me Out](https://support.trackmyride.com.au/_hcms/mem/logout) - - [Create Support Ticket](https://support.trackmyride.com.au/knowledge-base/kb-tickets/new) [Create Support Ticket](https://support.trackmyride.com.au/knowledge-base/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en-au) How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Track My Ride Knowledge Base](https://support.trackmyride.com.au/knowledge-base?hsLang=en-au) 2. [Account, Billing & Security](https://support.trackmyride.com.au/knowledge-base/account-billing-security?hsLang=en-au) 3. [Account Settings](https://support.trackmyride.com.au/knowledge-base/account-billing-security?hsLang=en-au#account-settings) 28 August 2026 # Configure application and journey settings ## Set the home page, map defaults and business journey classification rules for the Track My Ride application. Use **Settings \> Application Settings** to control how Track My Ride opens, how the main map looks and behaves, and how journeys end and are classified for reports. ## Before you start Most General and Map settings are preferences for the current login. Journey Settings affect account reporting, are available only to the top-level account, and are hidden on the Lite plan. Journey classification marks travel as business or private. Changing its default or automatic rules can alter how existing, unmodified journeys appear in reports. Manually modified journeys keep their manual classification. Record the current values before making a significant change, then test the result over a short report period. Some controls appear only when the account has the required feature or hardware. **Stationary merge distance** appears when an interval or battery tracker is present, and **Snap to road** appears only when that service is available. ## Steps 1. Open **Settings \> Application Settings**. ![Application Settings tab showing general and map preference controls.](https://support.trackmyride.com.au/hubfs/track-my-ride-support/screenshots/configure-application-settings/application-settings.png) Application Settings tab showing general and map preference controls. 1. Review each group below and change only the settings needed for the intended workflow. 2. Select **Save**. Track My Ride confirms the save and asks whether to apply the settings now. If you accept, the application reloads. If you decline, the saved settings apply when the app next loads. ## General Settings ![General Settings controls for colour theme, home page and Location Sharing setup visibility.](https://support.trackmyride.com.au/hubfs/track-my-ride-support/screenshots/configure-application-settings/general-settings.png) General Settings controls for colour theme, home page and Location Sharing setup visibility. **Colours** Enable **Dark Mode** to use the application's dark colour theme for this login. Disable it to use the standard light theme. **Home page** Chooses the first available page shown after sign-in or reload: **Map**, **Vehicles**, **People**, **Alerts**, **My Journeys**, **Reports**, **Dashboard** or **Location Sharing (App)**. Page availability still depends on the login's permissions and enabled features. **Location Sharing Setup** **Show** displays the Location Sharing setup page in the iOS and Android app. **Hidden** removes that setup entry for this login. Hiding the setup page does not deactivate an already linked phone or stop active sharing. ## Map Settings ### Map defaults and marker appearance ![Map Settings controls for stops, history periods, tile style and vehicle marker appearance.](https://support.trackmyride.com.au/hubfs/track-my-ride-support/screenshots/configure-application-settings/map-defaults.png) Map Settings controls for stops, history periods, tile style and vehicle marker appearance. **Seconds before stopped** Controls only when a stop marker appears on the map and in playback. Enter 60-86,400 seconds; the default is 300 seconds. It does not split journeys in reports. Use **End of journey** under Journey Settings for that. **Stationary merge distance (m)** For interval and battery trackers, combines consecutive stationary playback locations that are within 1-1,000 metres of one another. A larger value merges a wider cluster of stationary points. The default is 100 m. This does not change the tracker data itself. **Vehicle sort order** **Most recent activity** puts recently reporting vehicles first. **Name ascending** sorts A-Z and **Name descending** sorts Z-A in the vehicle list beside the map. **Paths to display** Chooses how much previous path is drawn on the normal live map: **None**, 5, 15 or 30 minutes, or 1, 2, 6, 12 or 24 hours. A longer period draws more history and can make a busy fleet map denser. **Playback to display** Chooses the initial history period loaded when a vehicle or person's map marker is selected for playback: 15 or 30 minutes, or 1, 2, 6, 12 or 24 hours. This is a default view period, not a retention limit. **Map tile style** **Street map** uses labelled road tiles. **Satellite map** uses aerial imagery. This changes the base layer, not recorded positions or paths. **Map marker style** Select **Supreme**, **Hawaiian**, **Thin and crispy**, **Round vehicle icon**, or **Round vehicle icon with direction**. The preview shows the selected style. This changes marker appearance only. **Map marker size** Move the slider from **XXS** (70%) through **Default** (100%) to **XXL** (130%). This scales map markers for this login without changing their location or the shared-map marker styles configured on a sub-account. ### Map behaviour, layers and popup details ![Map options for marker grouping, layers, popup details, road snapping and satellite zoom.](https://support.trackmyride.com.au/hubfs/track-my-ride-support/screenshots/configure-application-settings/map-options.png) Map options for marker grouping, layers, popup details, road snapping and satellite zoom. **Group markers** Combines markers that are close together into a cluster so dense areas are easier to select. Disable it to keep individual markers visible. **Label map markers** Shows the vehicle or person name above each marker. Labels can overlap in dense areas, where grouping may help. **Auto-fit map to markers** Fits the map to show all current markers after position updates when the user has not interacted with the map for four minutes. Disable it when the map should remain at the manually selected area and zoom. **Snap to road** Draws recorded paths against the nearest road. The result is approximate and may differ from the actual route; movement below 15 km/h is not snapped. This changes path presentation, not stored GPS points. **Paths layer** Shows recent vehicle and Location Sharing paths on the main map, using the **Paths to display** period. **Zones layer** Shows configured map zones on the main map. Disabling the layer hides zone shapes but does not delete zones or stop zone alerts and classifications. **Heatmap layer** Shows a heatmap of the areas most travelled by permitted vehicles and people. Disable it for a clearer standard map. **Show map marker coordinates** Adds latitude and longitude to the marker popup. **Show map marker closest address** Adds the closest resolved street address to the marker popup. Address lookup is an interpretation of coordinates and may not identify the exact property or entrance. **Show exact timestamps** Shows exact update dates and times instead of relative wording such as “5 minutes ago” for map vehicles and people. **Enhanced satellite map zoom** Allows one additional zoom level on the main satellite map. Imagery may be unavailable or lower quality at that level in some areas. ## Journey Settings ![Journey Settings controls for completion timing, default classification and matching precedence.](https://support.trackmyride.com.au/hubfs/track-my-ride-support/screenshots/configure-application-settings/journey-settings.png) Journey Settings controls for completion timing, default classification and matching precedence. ### Journey completion and default classification **Driver auto logoff** **Disabled** leaves the current person assigned to the vehicle. The hardware-only option logs the person off at the end of a journey when the engine was turned off. This helps prevent Driver ID users from remaining assigned to the next journey. It does not apply to phone-only Location Sharing. **End of journey** Controls when Track My Ride finishes one journey in reports after the vehicle stops: 3, 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes. A shorter period creates more separate journeys; a longer period is more likely to keep a brief stop inside one journey. It does not control map stop markers; **Seconds before stopped** does that. **Journeys default to** Sets unmodified journeys to **Private** or **Business** when no higher-priority automatic rule classifies them. The product default is **Private**. Changing this setting updates how existing unmodified journeys appear in reports; manual classifications are preserved. Keep the default **Private** and configure Business rosters or reservations for work hours when only journeys during those matching hours should become Business. Alternatively, select **Business** and configure Private rosters or reservations for expected non-work periods, such as evenings, late nights or weekends. In either model, the account default applies only when no manual or enabled automatic source supplies a classification. ### Automatic classification precedence **Journey auto classification** chooses which configured sources classify a journey and their order of precedence. In the displayed arrow order, a source farther to the right overrides a source to its left when more than one matches. **Disabled** Does not automatically classify from rosters, reservations or zones; the journey default or manual classification applies. **Rosters → Reservations → Zones** Uses all three; zones have highest priority, then reservations, then rosters. This is the default. **Reservations → Rosters → Zones** Uses all three; zones have highest priority, then rosters, then reservations. **Zones → Rosters → Reservations** Uses all three; reservations have highest priority, then rosters, then zones. **Zones → Reservations → Rosters** Uses all three; rosters have highest priority, then reservations, then zones. **Rosters → Reservations** Uses rosters and reservations; reservations override rosters. **Reservations → Rosters** Uses reservations and rosters; rosters override reservations. **Rosters only**, **Reservations only**, **Zones only** Uses only the selected source. The classification configured on a matching roster, reservation or zone supplies the Business or Private result. The settings below affect roster and reservation time matching only; they do not alter zone matching. ### Roster and reservation matching **Roster & reservation matching** **Either journey start or stop time must be within** matches when either endpoint falls inside the configured period. **Both journey start & stop time must be within** requires the full journey to fit. **Match journey start time only** checks only departure, while **Match journey stop time only** checks only arrival. **Roster & reservation padding** **Disabled** uses the configured period exactly. **Pad both start & end time** extends both edges; **Pad start time** extends earlier only; **Pad end time** extends later only. Padding can include journeys just before or after a roster or reservation. **Padding amount** Chooses how far the selected edge or edges extend, from 5 minutes through 24 hours using the listed increments. **Disabled** adds no time. Large padding can make unrelated journeys match, so start with the smallest interval that covers the operational tolerance. ## What happens next Your display preferences apply after the application reloads. Journey reports use the updated rules wherever automatic classification applies. Run Journeys or Journey Summary for a short period when you know the expected results. Confirm that stops, journey boundaries and Business or Private classifications are correct before relying on a longer report. ## Troubleshooting - **Journey Settings are missing:** Sign in to the top-level account and confirm the subscription includes journey reporting. They are hidden for sub-accounts and the Lite plan. - **Stationary merge distance is missing:** It appears only when the account has an interval or battery tracker vehicle. - **Snap to road is missing:** The service is not available for this account. - **A selected home page does not open:** Confirm the login still has permission for that page and the feature remains enabled, then choose another available home page. - **Map changes do not appear:** Reload the application or accept the reload prompt shown after saving. - **Stops appear but journeys do not end at the same time:** This is expected when **Seconds before stopped** and **End of journey** use different values. - **A journey has an unexpected classification:** Check whether it was manually modified, then review the default, auto-classification precedence, source record classification, endpoint matching and padding in that order. - **Too many journeys match a roster or reservation:** Reduce the padding amount, pad fewer edges, or require both endpoints to be inside the period. - 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