Because our routes are generated using map data hosted on our servers, we can leverage the most up-to-date data available at any given moment.

Maptuit is a pioneer in hybrid navigation…we’ve been doing it for over 10 years. What does that mean? It means our navigation solution takes advantage of the best of both on-board and off-board technologies. We are able to combine the speed and reliability of on-board computing with the unlimited power, customizability and dynamic data of off-board severs.

Power

Because we calculate our routes off-board we can use as powerful and sophisticated a routing algorithm as we like. Maptuit’s proprietary cost-based routing algorithms are the most sophisticated and most accurate on the market. Unlike most other routing engines in the industry, which incorporate an hierarchical structure and thereby typically achieve only a 85% accuracy rate, Maptuit’s cost-based multivariate algorithm enjoys a 99% success rate. Maptuit’s weighting mechanism “prioritizes” roads based on user-specific parameters (e.g., driver preferences) and real-time, server-side information (e.g., inclement weather or road closures) to determine the optimal, easy-to-follow route.

Dynamic Data

Because our routes are generated using map data hosted on our servers, we can leverage the most up-to-date data available at any given moment. Coupled with our existing driver community, Maptuit’s data group maintains the most accurate and up-to-date picture of the North American road network in the world. Only Maptuit can leverage its rapidly expanding professional driver community of over 100,000 drivers to make updates to our road network every day. As a result, Maptuit boasts the largest and most frequently updated collection of truck attributes, i.e. restrictions such as low bridges, for US and Canada in the market. Additionally, Maptuit has a data group solely dedicated to monitoring the road network and ensuring that our data is continuously updated. This group stays in constant communication with DOTs, transportation agencies and news outlets to monitor and validate changes in the road network.

Customizable

Because we host our algorithm and our map data, there is virtually no limit to how much we can customize our solution to meet each fleet’s unique needs. Not only can we configure our routing algorithm extensively, we can also work with a customer to customize their fuel data, POI data, customer data and their map data. It is important to understand how dynamic our unique data structure is. Because we use a cost based algorithm for routing, we can take a much more nuanced approach to the map data. As an example, there are 1,000’s of road segments that are officially STAA approved truck routes that Maptuit has either restricted or discouraged as a result of feedback from our users. It isn’t enough to know whether a road is truck legal, it is also important to be aware that the road might be windy, have no shoulder, be narrow, 2-way and not well lit. All of these factors may cause us to place a modifier on that road that discourages our algorithm from choosing that road unless it is either absolutely necessary or far too costly to avoid.

We can use these modifiers on a system wide basis, meaning everyone uses them, or on a fleet wide only basis. Most of our customers have some preferences about which roads to favor over others that aren’t universally true, just how they want to go for one reason or another. In that case we can place modifiers to influence the routes of only that fleet. Effectively, we can work with a fleet to create not only their own unique style of routing, but also to create their own vision of what the road network should look like. Example: We have one fleet that has historically had bad experiences with the local authorities of a particular county. Maptuit has set up their network so trucks will be routed around the county. This adds miles to certain routes, but the Fleet feels it is worth it to avoid the hassle. That isn’t so for other fleets, which is why this would be a fleet specific modification only.

Let’s go one step further. We can even add modifiers that are unique not only to a fleet, but to that fleet’s specific destination. Example: A tanker truck fleet has a gas station for a customer that is located on the corner of two streets. Because of a low overhang covering the gas pumps, there is only one safe way to enter that station when making a fuel delivery. Maptuit can associate the necessary modifiers and custom notes to that fleet’s customer location uniquely. When Maptuit’s servers receive a route request from that fleet to go to that specific location, modifiers will kick in that force the routing algorithm to come in on a specific street (Main St instead of Elm), from a specific direction (from the North instead of the South) and then prompt the driver with a custom note that states: “please use the second entrance to avoid the low over hang).

Using our web based tools, Maptuit can make universal, fleet or even customer specific adjustments on the fly.