Charleston Prepares for Full Launch of Navigator

After a successful pilot project, the City of Charleston, South Carolina, USA, will initiate full deployment of RouteSmart Navigator this summer.

RouteSmart Navigator is the only in-vehicle navigation system that is fully integrated with RouteSmart for ArcGIS, and is powerful enough to perform high-density route navigation to hundreds of locations.

Initial results within the city’s residential and recycling department delivered full integration of mobile devices to give drivers paperless route instructions – which helped them increase driver safety and efficiency.

Prior to the pilot test, city officials identified numerous challenges they hoped to overcome, including route inefficiencies, driver turnover, the inability to track service frequencies, and costs. RouteSmart Navigator helped them address all of these issues.

The results from the pilot were so successful that the City of Charleston, a 10-year RouteSmart Technologies customer, has since invested in several RouteSmart Navigator devices and will expand the new system to its entire fleet.

Developed by RouteSmart Technologies partner Integrated Skills, Navigator is the only in-cab navigatoin solution that can navigate optimised routes over customised travel networks, which makes it the number one choice for public works departments in the USA as well as in Europe.

The software solution can be installed onto a selection of tablet devices. Other key functionality includes:

• Incident/exception reporting by drivers
• Audio & visual hazard warnings, drive & service instructions
• Turn-by-turn navigation or ‘moving map’/location mode options
• Road closure/incident detour along permissible roads to next service location
• Suitable for waste & recycling collections, snow ploughing, gritting (salting), street cleansing, etc.

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