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ALK Professional Maps

More than 22,000 motor carriers, shippers, private fleets, and third party logistics companies rely on ALK's truck-specific digital map data - including the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

ALK Professional Maps are incorporated within PC*MILER, the transportation and logistics industry's leading routing, mileage and mapping software solutions. Accuracy and reliability have positioned PC*MILER as the software used by 94% of the top motor carriers and 92% of the top logistics services providers.

ALK Professional Maps provide the following features:

Over 6.4 million miles of North American roadway   Over 100 million North American addresses
Nationwide U.S. and Canadian truck-specific street-level maps   Year 2009 U.S. ZIP Codes and 822,975 six-digit Canadian Postal Codes
7 million Points of Interest (POIs) including phone numbers   38,400 highway/Interstate exit numbers
POIs for professional drivers include: truck stops, weigh stations, rest areas, and CAT Weigh Scales   Over 30 hazmat-specific road classes and routing categories including Caustic, Explosive, Flammable, Inhalant, Radioactive
Over 68,350 unique toll paths including range (ticket) and barrier (coin drop) data for 113 toll authorities in 38 jurisdictions   Bridge and tunnel tolls that differ depending on the direction you approach the toll facility
Nationwide U.S. toll costs for cash and discount toll program transactions (e.g. E-ZPass, SunPass)   One-way tolling to keep operating costs accurate for each leg of the trip
Truck-specific toll costs by weight and axle for cash and discount toll program transactions for U.S. and Canadian lanes (updated quarterly)   112,400 Standard Point Location Codes (SPLC) to generate distances for rating and freight bill auditing
13'6" height, 80,000 lb weight, 48' and 53'/102" length, and 96" width restrictions   Over 240,000 miles of North American rail line with over 3,500 unique junction interchanges, including over 49,400 active freight stations and 716 railroads
Over 2.9 million commercial truck restrictions (including bridge heights and clearances, load limits, weight limits and allowances, one-way road designations, left-hand and dangerous turn restrictions, urban road classifications, as well as truck-restricted, truck-designated and truck-prohibited roads)

 

For more information about PC*MILER Solutions based on ALK's commercial-grade maps, click here