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Drive times, distance matrices and road speeds

DRIVE TIMES
TIME/DISTANCE MATRIX
ROAD SPEEDS

Why use drive times, distance matrices and speeds?

Drive times, time and distance matrices, service allocation software and routing and scheduling systems are used by organisations to:

  • create catchments around stores, hospitals, depots...

  • calculate delivery charges

  • allocate closest resource to demand

  • identify territory overlaps

  • minimise fuel costs

  • maximise customer facing time for field sales people

  • optimise depot allocations

  • determine achievable service levels

  • identify gaps in service provision

Drive Times with Smart Routing

Drive time software is used to efficiently plan routes and catchments for the delivery of goods, sales territory planning or store locations. To ensure the results are accurate the drive time software needs to reflect the real world conditions that the driver is likely to experience on the road.

The Smart Routing application from MapMechanics introduces this real world functionality and is a significant advance on other drive time solutions available today. Smart Routing allows users to :-

  • Manage their costs to maximise profits
  • Enhance there customer service by providing achievable delivery time estimates
  • Increase productivity in planning departments
  • Improve their market intelligence
  • Reduce their fuel costs
  • To model turnover predictions more precisely

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Find the Nearest

Find the Nearest functionality can stand alone and simply list the names of the nearest 5 stores or competitors. Alternatively, MapMechanics has combined Find the Nearest functionality with matrix generation in the Service Allocator solution.

Service Allocator can calculate the nearest, next nearest etc., together with the appropriate time and distance information. Tell me more about:

Drive Time Catchments

The MapMechanics range of drive time software is the system of choice for many organisations including distribution companies, international retailers and high street banks.

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Time and Distance Matrices

Whether you need to know the time between every depot and every customer, or between every Census output area and every other Census output area within a specified distance, MapMechanics can provide a solution to meet your needs.

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Speed Data for roads and streets

With 20 years experience of digital map data, MapMechanics, is renowned for its expertise in helping organisations select the best road or street data sets for their specific application.

Screenshot of NAVTEQ street data with ITIS speeds (derived from the averages of billions of GPS signals)

To use the data to calculate routes, drive time catchments, journey times and distances, the network must be routable and have speeds attributed to each road. Tell me more about: