Case Studies and Product Press Releases |
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Learn more about the latest MapMechanics developments in location based technologies including digital mapping data, routing and scheduling, territory management and GIS software solutions. |
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Intuitive new allmapdata web resource puts users in control |
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January 2012 - A major new online resource has been launched for organisations buying digital map data and related information such as business data and demographic data. It is called allmapdata, and can be viewed at www.allmapdata.com.............Full story>>>
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GeoXploit helps HomeSun find homes suitable for solar energy |
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September 2011 - GeoXploit, the powerful but user-friendly package of mapping and geographical analysis tools from MapMechanics, is playing a key role in supporting and streamlining a nationwide drive by HomeSun Ltd to stimulate the take-up of solar-generated electricity in homes across Britain............Full story>>>
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Geographic modelling project minimises costs for Henkel |
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September 2011 - Henkel, the producer of famous adhesive brands such as Solvite, Loctite, Unibond and Pritt Stick, has created logical and economical regions for its in-house field merchandising team, using a geographic modelling project from MapMechanics...........Full story>>>
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Key questions to ask if you’re buying map data for your business |
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September 2011 - If you or your staff work regularly with mapping, do you feel you need to know more about it? For instance, how do you work out which make and type of mapping would best suit your business application? Such questions are tackled head on by a new free publication...........Full story>>>
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TruckStops underlies efficiency drive by UK carpet firm |
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July 2011 - The TruckStops vehicle routing and scheduling optimisation system from MapMechanics is one of the key resources underpinning a major logistics efficiency improvement drive by Cormar Carpets and its logistics contractor Wincanton...........Full story>>>
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Brand new TruckStops web site creates knowledge base for logistics specialists |
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May 2011 - A brand new web site, has been launched by MapMechanics, providing a knowledge base for logistics specialists and serving to present and promote a range of routing, scheduling and network planning solutions ...........Full story>>>
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More precise planning with MapMechanics’ enhanced Territory Manager |
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April 2011 - Organisations planning or modelling geographical territories and resource allocation can handle the task with much greater precision, flexibility and control with the new version 2.0 of Territory Manager ..........Full story>>>
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Bailiff planning solution cuts mileage by 50 per cent |
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March 2011 - Collect Services, one of Britain’s leading firms of enforcement agents (generally known as bailiffs), has rolled out the latest version of Collections, the specialised planning and scheduling system developed by MapMechanics ..........Full story>>>
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GeoXploit Logistics ushers in new era of ready-to-go map-based analytical power |
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March 2011 - With map-based planning and analysis essential for any organisation working in logistics, MapMechanics launches GeoXploit Logistics – a fully-featured yet easy-to-use software solution tailored specifically for the needs of the logistics market. ..........Full story>>>
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TruckStops 11 puts more power in the hands of fleet operators and planners |
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February 2011 - TruckStops, the popular and powerful routing optimisation solution for scheduling vehicles and people, now offers more flexibility for users to reflect the subtleties of their own fleet operations. The new features are introduced in TruckStops 11 ..........Full story>>>
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MapMechanics’ TruckStops triumphs, even for company with no trucks |
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February 2011 - You can benefit from using the TruckStops vehicle routing and scheduling optimisation system from MapMechanics even if your company runs no vehicles of its own at all. That’s the verdict of Cheshire-based PDQ Transport, which specialises in delivering plants to garden centres nationwide. .........Full story>>>
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MapMechanics Acquires TruckStops and OptiSite |
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January 2011 - MapMechanics is pleased to announce its acquisition of TruckStops and OptiSite from MicroAnalytics, Inc., US-based developer of the systems, which MapMechanics has distributed in the United Kingdom for nearly 20 years. MapMechanics has acquired all rights to the products, and has been assigned all existing user licenses worldwide..........Full story>>>
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MapMechanics’ GeoConcept drives routing engine
for PARIS container transport planning system |
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| November 2010 - The GeoConcept geographic information system from MapMechanics has been used by Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd, the developer of the widely-used PARIS container transport planning system, to streamline the product’s ability to calculate journey times and distances in real time. .........Full story>>> |
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GeoXploit 2.0 brings more power, speed
and accuracy
to business users |
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| October 2010 - Customers choosing GeoXploit, the powerful, intuitive and affordable package of software and data for mapping and geographical analysis, are set to benefit from a variety of added-value enhancements in version 2.0, which is launched this month. .........Full story>>> |
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MapMechanics’ TruckStops VRS helps cut Micronclean fleet by 15 per cent |
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| October 2010 - Workwear rental and cleaning specialist Micronclean from Fenland Laundries Ltd has achieved major gains in its collection and delivery system – reducing fleet strength by 15 per cent, and identifying the opportunity to open a new outbase. .........Full story>>> |
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MapMechanics helps L’Oréal keep professional product sales on target |
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August 2010 - A package of software and digital mapping products from MapMechanics is playing a key role in helping the L’Oréal Professional Products Division (LPPD), part of the international L’Oréal cosmetics group, to sustain strong growth in a constantly changing market.
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TruckStops VRS version 10 offers new functionality at reduced prices |
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August 2010 - TruckStops VRS, one of the UK’s leading vehicle routing and scheduling systems, is now more intuitive in the way it displays routes on screen maps, more convenient to use for multi-solution modelling, more precise in the way it finds call points and more attractively priced.
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MapMechanics’ rounded GIS streamlines analysis
for BNP Paribas Real Estate |
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| July 2010 - BNP Paribas Real Estate, a leader in the UK’s commercial property market, has gained new ability to provide clients with detailed geographical-based analysis and planning support with a wide-ranging package of software, maps and data from MapMechanics. ........Full story>>> |
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MapMechanics’ Process Promise says maps and related data
are ‘good to go’ |
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| June 2010 - Are you happy to accept data for mapping and geographic analysis in the raw form in which it’s provided by the originator, or do you want to ensure that it’s really suited to your requirements? ........Full story>>> |
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MapMechanics’ GeoXploit helps home care franchise fine-tune territories |
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| June 2010 - Home Instead a franchise specialising in non-medical care for older people in their homes, has been able to improve its system for defining franchise areas in the UK radically by introducing the GeoXploit mapping and geographic information system ........Full story>>> |
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MapMechanics helps MVA refine greener, more cost-effective modelling |
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| June 2010 -“Real-world road speeds without the need for expensive data collection” – that is how MVA Consultancy sums up one of the key potential economic benefits of the NAVTEQ mapping and travel data sets it has licensed through MapMechanics........Full story>>> |
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More mapping, more attractive prices, more information & support |
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May 2010 - More digital mapping and related data, much reduced pricing, invaluable beginners’ background information, and fascinating insights into how data is processed and structured to make it faster, easier and more powerful to use
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Getting more out of TruckStops and GeoConcept
– direct from your desk! |
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| Apr 2010 - A programme of one-hour trainer-led webinars on these two key ranges of software has been launched by MapMechanics under the name MM Pointers, and each series will run regularly every month until the autumn.......Full story>>> |
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French newspaper group streamlines home deliveries
with UK solution |
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| Apr 2010 - Sud Ouest, one of France’s leading regional daily newspaper groups, has successfully increased the number of home deliveries of newspapers its agents can make with Street Servicer from MapMechanics.......Full story>>> |
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StreetServicer 4 from MapMechanics
streamlines street-level scheduling |
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| Feb 2010 - Scheduling the movements of people who make multiple calls on the same roads or streets, whether driving or on foot, can be handled more efficiently than ever before with a substantially enhanced solution from MapMechanics......Full story>>> |
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Faster Vehicle routing and scheduling by
time of day and truck type |
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| Feb 2010 - With new vehicle type and time of day functionality, the latest release of TruckStops vehicle routing and scheduling software enables fleet operators to make more efficient use of resources and to more accurately plan arrival times to suit tight delivery time windows.....Full story>>> |
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TruckStops Focus to Shift to UK Market |
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| Jan 2010 - After the acquisition of the North American division of the TruckStops product line by another US firm, MicroAnalytics (its originator) will be focusing on the United Kingdom as a primary market for the TruckStops product. ....Full story>>> |
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To deliver in-house or contract out to a pallet network?
TruckStops can help |
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| Jan 2010 - Hauliers and other organisations with palletised goods to move can make more informed and cost-effective decisions to deliver on their own vehicles or to subcontract to a pallet network or similar third-party carrier. ....Full story>>> |
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Faster, smoother, more seamless web mapping
with GeoConcept Internet Server from MapMechanics |
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| Dec 2009 - Incorporating maps on the web has been made even easier with the launch of a new version of GeoConcept Internet Server, already a key resource for people who need to deliver browser-based mapping on the internet or on corporate intranets. .......Full story>>> |
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MapMechanics fills gap
in Deya’s directory and catalogue delivery service |
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| Dec 2009 - Deya has been able to reduce the amount of time spent on planning house-to-house delivery routes significantly, and at the same time provide staff with consistent, easily-understood maps of each delivery area .......Full story>>> |
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GeoXploit launch marks new era
in affordable, powerful business mapping |
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| Oct 2009 - A brand new era of powerful yet affordable, intuitive and interactive mapping for business applications is ushered in with the launch of GeoXploit, a complete mapping software and data package .......Full story>>> |
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MapMechanics’ MM Full Loads
rewrites the book on scheduling optimisation |
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Oct 2009...MapMechanics launches a brand new optimisation system called MM Full Loads.
Designed specifically for full load operations, it is suitable for day-to-day planning and strategic use including what-if modelling.......Full story>>> |
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More world mapping, more analytical options
in MapMechanics’ new catalogue |
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| Aug 2009...More mapping from around the world, and more detailed options for mapping both at home and abroad – these are among highlights of the new 2009/10 edition of the definitive MapMechanics Data Catalogue......Full story>>> |
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Solaglas on course for significant savings
with MapMechanics' mobility solution |
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| July 2009...Solaglas, one of Britain’s largest processors, distributors and installers of glass and glass systems, on course to make significant savings through a vehicle loading, routing, scheduling and mobility management solution from MapMechanics. ......Full story>>> |
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Clear Channel Outdoor fine-tunes poster targeting
with help from MapMechanics |
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| June 2009...Clear Channel Outdoor, the UK’s market-leading outdoor media owner, has been able to fine-tune the packages of poster-based advertising by introducing a range of digital maps, demographic data and software......Full story>>> |
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BSI streamlines client visits with
bespoke planning system from MapMechanics |
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| May 2009...BSI, the global business services organisation offering testing and certification services, is introducing in the UK a brand new system from MapMechanics called PeopleSuite to plan the movements of its roving client managers.....Full story>>> |
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MapMechanics Introduces New Smart Routing Application |
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| May 2009...MapMechanics announces the introduction of Smart Routing a new drive time application that raises efficiency, increases profitability and boosts turnover. This is achieved by using a range of new functionality including ability to calculate journey times and distances taking account of constraints such as one way streets.....Full story>>> |
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Map data from MapMechanics underpins CCS’s mission-critical software |
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| April 2009...Digital mapping and address data supplied and configured by MapMechanics forms key component in transport planning software developed by Cleric Computer Services (CCS) for ambulance services, health authorities, local government and private-sector organisations..... Full story>>> |
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European first as MapMechanics launches NAVTEQ map data
for mainland China |
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| March 2009...MapMechanics has become the first supplier in Europe to be able to offer scaleable NAVTEQ vector digital street-level mapping of the Republic of China to businesses using mapping in logistics planning and management, marketing and GIS.... Full story>>> |
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Mapping project speeds access
to employment information and support |
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| February 2009...When someone contacts Shaw Trust, the national charity that helps disabled and disadvantaged people to find employment, there is now a much quicker and more reliable mechanism for putting them in touch with the most appropriate office for them... Full story>>> |
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Why winter weather could demand less salt
for gritting roads in future |
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| February 2009...When low temperatures or other adverse weather conditions pose the risk of icy roads, responsible authorities in the future should be able to determine much more accurately which sections of road will need gritting. Full story>>> |
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GeoConcept gets faster, more web-friendly
and easier to integrate |
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| January 2009...The new version 6.5 of GeoConcept, the internationally-renowned geographic information system from MapMechanics, is significantly faster than before (up to ten times faster in some processes)and easier to use. Full story>>> |
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Consistency of NAVTEQ street-level map data appeals for WSP’s worldwide projects |
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January 2009...Continual evolution and regular enhancements to the street-level map data sets available from MapMechanics have helped international consultancy WSP to build up and refine its portfolio of mapping resources.
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