Two geofences defined in a GPS application A geofence is a virtual perimeter for a real-world geographic area.[1] A geofence can be dynamically generated (as in a radius around a point location) or match a predefined set of boundaries (such as school zones or neighborhood boundaries). The use of a geofence is called geofencing, and one example of use involves a location-aware device of a location-
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