“When will it get to our street?”
This is what a resident sees on their phone.
It's the question behind every phone call to your office on the night. The Santa run, the Easter Bunny, trick-or-treat, the parade. Jubilee Tracker puts whatever your town is driving onto a map and answers it for them.
Residents open one link and watch it move, updating every five seconds. No app to install, no account to create.
Built for volunteer fire departments, parks & rec and chambers of commerce. Made in South Charleston, West Virginia, and running for three West Virginia towns this season.
It's a map your town turns on when something is moving.
Your staff already drive the Bunny, Santa or the parade around town. The only thing missing is a way for families to know when it reaches them, so they aren't standing outside guessing, and city hall isn't answering the same phone call fifty times.
Jubilee Tracker is that missing piece. You put a phone in the vehicle. Families watch it move. That's the whole idea.
How it works
Three things happen on the day of your event.
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A phone rides along
Whoever is driving keeps a phone on the dashboard. We set it up with you beforehand, and it takes about ten minutes.
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You share one link
Post it on the city's Facebook page, or put it in the newsletter. Anyone who taps it sees the map. No account, no password.
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Residents follow along
They see it coming up their street and how many minutes out it is. Kids refresh it constantly, then keep checking the recap for days afterward.
What residents get out of it
A real answer for their own street, refreshed every five seconds while the vehicle is moving.
If they ask for it, they get a message on their phone in time to get shoes on the kids.
The question people would have called to ask is answered on the page, which is the part your staff will notice first.
One map, every holiday
Christmas, Easter and Halloween are built in, each with its own character, colours, lettering and sounds. For anything else your town does, you build it yourself. It's the same link every time, so residents learn it once.
Santa's sleigh
December's big night. Families follow the sleigh street by street instead of watching the window for an hour.
The Easter Bunny
The one we built it for. The Bunny rides the fire truck and the whole town follows along.
Trick-or-treat
Track the escort or the candy truck, with your official hours posted on the same page.
Parades
Every vehicle on the map at once, so people know when to walk down to the route rather than standing about.
Town festivals
Where the shuttle is and when the next loop leaves, on the page people already have open.
Build your own
Pick the colours, lettering and character, upload your own artwork and sound, and watch it preview as you go. Homecoming, the Fourth of July, whatever your town runs.
The parts your crew actually uses
The map is what brings residents out. These are the three things that make the night easier for whoever is running it.
The collection drive counter
Most runs collect tins, toys or money. The running total sits on the map — "412 lbs collected for the food pantry, bring tins out to the truck" — and whoever is taking donations updates it from a phone with big buttons and no sign-in.
The driver's page
A link to the driver's phone. No sign-in, and it expires on its own. It shows how many people are watching, the streets left with one tap to tick each off, and four buttons: on the road, taking a break, running late, finished. Residents see the change straight away.
The morning-after recap
A page you can post the next day with how many people followed along, the waves, the miles, the collection total and the approved photos. Sponsors get thanked on it, and there's a one-page version for the council meeting.
What you'll need
Less than people expect. If your city can post on Facebook, your city can run this.
- One smartphoneAny reasonably modern phone will do. It rides in the vehicle.
- An afternoonWe sit down with you once, set it up together, and you're finished.
- Nobody from ITNo servers, no software to install, nothing plugged into your network.
What it costs
One price for the whole town. You are never charged for how many people look at the map.
Just one event
- One event, one vehicle
- Up to five neighborhoods
- A summary you can show council
The whole year
- Every event, every season, unlimited vehicles
- Your city's name, seal and colors
- Email reminders and alerts on their phone
- Sponsor logos on the map, with tap counts
- Someone on the phone on the day
More than one town
- Several towns together
- One bill, one point of contact
Questions we get asked
Is anybody tracking residents?
Do residents have to download anything?
What if the phone in the truck dies?
Our cell service is spotty out here.
We already post on Facebook. Why pay for this?
Can a sponsor cover the cost?
Can we try it before we commit to a budget line?
Let's find fifteen minutes.
We'll pull your town up on the map while you watch, mark out a neighborhood or two, and run whichever event you have coming up next. No slideshow, and no one will chase you afterward.