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Truck Routing

Build hassle-free, scalable truck routing.

Simplify fleet management, logistics management, and delivery at scale with efficient truck routing API, fully customizable to suit your organization’s needs.

Logistics, the way it should be.

Azure Maps’ truck route mapping services simplify complex urban routing challenges, accounting for varied terrain and vehicle conditions.

Traffic Data

Keep your fleet on schedule, all the time with reliable location intelligence, including data on road closures, speed limits, and temporary construction work.

Legal Restrictions

Azure Maps accounts for local restrictions depending on the location of your fleet, including limitations on hazardous materials, weight restrictions, and more.

360° Routing

Never miss another detail with Azure Maps, from strong crosswinds to road gradients and toll charges.

Endless Customization

The Azure Maps truck routing service allows developers to build fully customized truck routing apps that account for multiple kinds of key limitations, such as bridge height, weight limits, tunnel cargo rules, and more.

Routing APIs can also account for vehicle-specific details when optimizing for EVs, using up-to-date EV data on truck charging capacities and ranges.

 

Faster Routing

Every truck turns and handles differently. Create unique, optimized routes for your fleet, getting them to their destination faster with a truly intelligent truck routing API. Beat the traffic with historical traffic data, and stay ahead of delays with up-to-date weather information, no matter where your fleet is operating.

 

Route Range for Trucks

Support for the route range service means that developers can easily calculate and visualize an isochrone, showing them the exact distance a truck can travel based on fuel, energy, time, and budget. Conserve precious resources while optimizing every route. Long-haul journeys are also easier with up-to-date information on POIs like charging stations, rest stops, and hotels.

 

Avoid Restrictions

Build truck routing that saves your fleet the hassle of recalculating routes during transit. Use the “avoid” tag to:

  • Avoid ferries.
  • Avoid toll roads.
  • Avoid crossing country borders.
  • Avoid unpaved roads.
  • Avoid routes requiring HOV lane use.

These tags can be integrated into a single API request, making it easy to generate optimal routes without the hassle of typing out multiple API calls. Getting where you’re going has never been this easy.

 

Batch Geocoding

Simplify truck routing, fleet management, and delivery planning with batch geocoding. This service allows users to convert hundreds of addresses into geographic coordinates (and vice-versa) with a single request. Batch geocoding is an excellent way to save time and system resources when optimizing routes for large fleets. Backed by Azure Maps API’s accurate geospatial data, it’s the best way to process addresses for truck routing.

Azure Maps Routing Services

From simple A to B routing for a single agent to complex matrices for hundreds of vehicles, Azure Maps simplifies every aspect of routing for individuals and organizations. This service streamlines routing for large fleets while staying customizable.

Azure Maps Routing APIs

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Route Range and Route Matrix

Visualize the exact distance an agent can travel based on specific limitations like time, budget, and distance. Use the route matrix service to calculate routes for multiple sets of destinations at once.

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EV Data

Leverage accurate route mapping data on EV charging points and range limits to make the most of your growing EV fleet. Visualize kWh usage with ease and keep your fleet charged up at all times.

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Azure Maps Routing APIs

Discover the joy of hassle-free truck routers today with the Routing API.

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Azure Developer Resources

Documentation

Get access to detailed tutorials, interactive code samples, and SDK support with our documentation base. Everything you need to build, all in one place.

Azure Code Samples

Samples

Learn all about using the Truck Routing API, creating advanced visualizations for spatial data, and so much more with our interactive code samples.

Frequently asked questions

  • You can start building today by signing up for a free Azure Maps subscription and creating an Azure Maps instance. Pick a pricing tier that suits you and your organization and gain access to a massive repository of location data.

    To learn more about our services, you can contact an Azure Maps expert today.

  • Yes. We offer a free $200 in Azure credit to all new customers right after signup. With the free credit and our pay-as-you-go system, you only have to pay for what you use beyond the free service limits.

  • Our API allows developers to account for nearly every major factor on the road. When creating route requests, users can specify the truck dimensions (height, width, axle weight, clearance), the acceptable amount of road gradient, the type of cargo it is carrying (from class 1 to 9), and more. Consult the Directions API documentation to learn more.

  • Yes. Developers can use the Azure Maps Search APIs with our truck route mapping service to easily find points of interest along their truck routes, including hotels, restaurants, rest stops, stores, and more. You can learn more about finding POIs for truck routers with our Search API documentation.

  • Yes. You can easily integrate our truck routing service with other Azure services using the Azure platform. If you’ve already stored spatial data on the platform, you can easily use it to generate routes or visualizations.

  • There is no daily limit on our truck router service. However, there can be usage limitations based on your subscription. Check out our Azure Maps pricing tiers to learn more about using the Truck Routing API.

  • Yes. Azure Maps API is powered by accurate EV data, allowing developers to create optimized routes for EVs based on their ranges and capacities.

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