Systems and methods for automatically generating geofences based on property information

1. A system for geofencing, comprising:

a server computer comprising one or more processors and one or more memories, the server computer including a first software module including instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium that:

receive location data for an area of interest;

determine at least two boundary coordinates based on the received location data, where the at least two boundary coordinates correspond to a perimeter of a target area within a property associated with the area of interest;

determine geofence data for a geofence based on the determined at least two boundary coordinates for the area of interest;

receive, from a mobile device, the location data for the mobile device;

determine if the mobile device is within the geofence based on the received location data for the mobile device and the geofence data; and

transmit, to the mobile device, an indication of whether the mobile device is within the geofence; and

a second software module for use on a mobile device comprising one or more processors and one or more memories, the second software module including instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium that:

transmit, to the server computer, location data for the mobile device; and

receive, from the server computer, the indication of whether the mobile device is within the geofence.

2. The system of claim 1 , where the geofence data includes an anchor point for a geofence that is based on the at least two boundary coordinates and a size for the geofence that is based on the at least two boundary coordinates.

3. The system of claim 2 , where the at least two boundary coordinates are opposite corners of the area of interest.

4. The system of claim 3 , where the anchor point is a coordinate substantially halfway between the at least two boundary coordinates.

5. The system of claim 1 , where the location data for the area of interest includes an address and where the first software module further includes instructions that query a geocoding service to determine the at least two boundary conditions from the address.

6. The system of claim 1 , where the location data for the area of interest includes a specific coordinate and where the first software module further includes instructions that query a reverse geocoding service to determine an address from the specific coordinate.

7. The system of claim 6 , where the at least two boundary conditions are determined by querying a geocoding service with the address.

8. The system of claim 1 , where the geofence data includes an adjustment factor that is determined based on a distance between the at least two boundary coordinates.

9. The system of claim 1 , where the geofence data is determined using the Haversine formula.

10. A method for determining a geofence, comprising:

receiving location data for a mobile device; and

determining if the mobile device is within a geofence, where the geofence is determined by:

receiving target location data for an area of interest;

querying a geolocation service to determine at least two boundary coordinates based on the received location data; and

determining geofence data for the geofence based on the at least two boundary coordinates.

11. The method of claim 10 , where the at least two boundary coordinates are opposite corners of the area of interest.

12. The method of claim 11 , where the anchor point is a coordinate substantially halfway between the at least two boundary coordinates.

13. The method of claim 10 , where the geofence data includes an anchor point and a geofence size.

14. The method of claim 13 , where the geofence is further determined by:

determining an adjustment factor based on the at least two boundary coordinates;

determining the geofence size based on the adjustment factor.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

receiving, from the first device, current location data of the first device; and

determining if the current location data of the first device is within the geofence.

16. A system for geofencing, comprising:

a software module for use on a mobile device comprising one or more processors and one or more memories, the software module including instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium that:

receive location data for an area of interest;

determine at least two boundary coordinates based on the received location data, where the at least two boundary coordinates correspond to a perimeter of a target area within a property associated with the area of interest;

determine an anchor point for a geofence based on the determined at least two boundary coordinates for the area of interest;

determine an adjustment factor based on the at least two boundary coordinates; and

determine the size of the geofence based on the adjustment factor.

17. The method of claim 16 , where the software module further includes instructions that determine the adjustment factor based on a distance between the at least two boundary coordinates.

18. The system of claim 17 , where the adjustment factor is a first value if the distance between the at least two boundary coordinates is less than a predetermined threshold and a second value if the distance between the at least two boundary coordinates is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold.

19. The system of claim 18 , where the adjustment factor is a ratio multiplied by the distance between the at least two boundary coordinates.

20. The system of claim 16 , where the adjustment factor is a predetermined value.