Proof of visit: using geotagged photos and GPS to verify field work

“Did they really go there?” is the most common question owners ask about field work. One signal alone is easy to doubt. Several together make a visit hard to fake.

The four signals of a real visit

1. GPS at check-in

When the employee starts the visit, the phone’s position and accuracy are saved along with the distance from the saved place. You can see at a glance if the visit started 40 m or 4 km away.

2. Geofence

Each place has a radius (150 m by default). A visit can be shown as outside — or blocked entirely if you turn on strict mode.

3. Time on site

Check-in and check-out give the time spent. Route analysis adds the GPS dwell time: how long the phone actually stayed near the place, independent of what was tapped.

4. Stamped photos

Photos taken in the app have the date, time, coordinates, employee, place and address burnt into the image. A photo from the gallery or another day cannot pass as today’s visit.

Make it a habit, not a hurdle

• Make photos compulsory only where they matter: for a route, an employee or the whole business.
• Ask for one photo, not five. The minimum is configurable.
• Use outcomes (order taken, payment collected, not available) so the visit is useful for sales, not just for checking.

When the network is poor

The app saves visits and photos on the phone and uploads them later with the original time — so a visit in a basement shop or a village still counts.

See how geotagged visits work, or book a demo.