Geo Tagging automatically records the location of every mobile punch and comes by default with Mobile Based Attendance. Geo Fencing is an add on feature that restricts mobile punches to approved geographic locations, so employees can only mark attendance from within defined coordinates.
Example of Geo Tagging in action: A field sales executive marks attendance from a customer meeting. Geo Tagging captures the customer location and stores it with the punch record. There is no restriction on where the punch can be made.
Example of Geo Fencing in action: The same company sets up Geo Fencing with a 100 meter boundary around the office. Now, the sales executive cannot mark mobile attendance from the customer site, since that location falls outside the defined geo fence. Only punches from within the boundary are accepted.
In summary, Geo Tagging is about recording location. Geo Fencing is about restricting location.
