UK – Navevo, the UK’s leading specialist GPS software developer has been awarded the 2008 UK Telematics Product Innovation Award by global growth consulting company, Frost & Sullivan. The award given in recognition of a company’s capability to identify industry challenges and introduce a unique product offering was awarded to Navevo for its new ProNav (Professional Navigation) solution which identified a new segment in navigation for heavy goods vehicle and addressed it with some unique features, such as information about loading bays and red routes in London.
The Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation is presented each year to the company that has best demonstrated the ability to develop and/or advance products with more innovative capabilities than competing vendors and products. This Award recognizes the company’s successful adoption of new or existing technology that has become a part of its well-designed product family. Such innovation is expected to significantly contribute to the industry in terms of product performance and degree/rate of technical change. Frost & Sullivan concluded, “Navevo has identified an industry challenge and addressed it with a unique product”.
Using NAVTEQ Transport, ProNav GPS software features dynamic routing and navigation optimisation based on a vehicle’s dimensions and legal restrictions to avoid incidents such as travelling down unsuitable narrow roads or crossing bridges with vehicles that break weight restrictions. NAVTEQ Transport is a comprehensive database of physical and legal restrictions, warning information and transport specific points of interest. NAVTEQ Transport has been collected and verified in-field by a dedicated team of geographic analysts to achieve NAVTEQ’s highest level of accuracy.
ProNav allows drivers to enter their vehicles’ vital statistics, including weight, height, length, width and the goods they are carrying (normal, flammable/explosive), the software then calculates a route to ensure drivers are not confronted with roads or obstacles not suitable for their vehicle or cargo. ProNav is also the perfect travel companion for London delivery drivers with the inclusion of information on London’s loading bays and penalty charge hotspots.
ProNav has the capability to serve a truck as well as a car with its ability to switch between a standard navigation and commercial vehicle navigation, eliminating the need to have separate navigation systems.
“We are delighted that ProNav has been recognised as an important innovation for the fleet and Telematics industry,” says Nick Caesari, CEO, Navevo. “Navevo is committed to providing unique navigation solutions and we feel that ProNav addresses some of the fundamental issues experienced when using standard navigation within the commercial vehicle market.”
