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Build dynamic, map-centric desktop, web, or mobile applications and visualize data to transform your business.
Mapping
Visualize location information on high quality map styles, including satellite imagery.
Routing
Interactively plan and modify trips using worldwide, street-level map data, including commercial vehicle restrictions.
Geocoding
Input or retrieve latitude/longitude coordinates for precise locations and routing.
Directions
Generate turn-by-turn driving directions and total miles for single or multi-stop trip planning with various vehicle configurations.
Traffic
View real-time and historic traffic conditions, as well as existing traffic incidents, for accurate ETA calculations.
Weather
Visualize live weather data, view potential impacts to route plans, and send alerts to improve decision making and keep assets safe.
The Only Mapping Platform with Commercial Vehicle Routing
Consumer mapping is not meant for commercial vehicles. With varying restrictions based on height, weight, and load, it’s vital to plan routes that keep your assets safe. ALK Maps‘ routing engine includes the transportation industry standard PC*MILER truck-specific routing and mileage.
Enhance ALK Maps with Consistent In-Vehicle Routing and Navigation
Get consistent mapping, routes, and results by using ALK‘s single source of map data in the back office and on the drivers‘ device.
Map Data
Our web mapping applications provide global coverage through a combination of data owned and maintained by ALK and data licensed from our premier partners around the world.
For over 35 years ALK Technologies’ team of GIS and mapping specialists have built and maintained a premium-quality, street-level digital map of the North American road network.
Our suite of transportation solutions offer the most comprehensive set of commercial truck restrictions in North America. It’s what defines us as the trusted industry standard for safe, accurate and reliable routing, mileage, mapping and navigation.
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Data Features
ALK MapData™ features the most comprehensive set of commercial truck restrictions in North America including:
- Over 6.9 million miles of North American roadway
- Over 3 million miles of addressed roads
- Over 51,000 U.S. zip codes and over 850,000 Canadian postal codes
- 48,000 highway/Interstate exit numbers
- 112,604 Standard Point Location Codes (SPLC) to generate distances for rating and freight bill auditing
- Over 9 million commercial truck restrictions
- Nationwide U.S. and Canadian truck-specific street-level maps
- Over 30 hazmat-specific road classes and routing categories including Caustic, Explosive, Flammable, Inhalant, Radioactive
- Truck-specific toll costs by weight and axle for cash and discount toll program transactions for U.S. and Canadian lanes (updated quarterly)
- 13'6" height, 80,000 lb weight, 48' and 53'/102" length, and 96" width restrictions
- 8 million Points of Interest (POIs) including phone numbers
- Truck-specific POIs include: truck stops, weigh stations, rest areas, truck washes, LCV lots and CAT weigh scales
- Over 10,944 unique toll paths including range (ticket) and barrier (coin drop) data for 122 authorities in 39 jurisdictions
- Nationwide U.S. toll costs for cash and discount toll program transactions (e.g. E-ZPass, SunPass)
- Bridge and tunnel tolls that differ depending on the direction you approach the toll facility
- One-way tolling to keep operating costs accurate for each leg of the trip