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Marvin Hlavac · #1 April 26th, 2008, 10:41 AM

From April 24, 2008 'S&T Team' blog entry:

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Although, I *totally* understand the importance of large vehicle tracking and the special needs they have (weight restrictions, high restrictions, etc) the data implementation is something we're still investigating.

Drivers do need to use common sense and not rely on software for everything. Many similar stories like this have been published with navigation solutions that don't provide height restrictions - it would be scary to think how many drivers would find themselves in a crunch if S&T provided this data. We would obviously need to find a reliable source (one of the big hurdles) and we would have to trust the data's accuracy without having the ability to test it. What if we only had 50% coverage for height restrictions? How would the driver know if the data is missing or if no height restriction is in the database for that route? Good discussion questions. Any truckers out there? What do you currently use to learn of ht/wt restrictions?

Professional truck operators, RV, Motor-Home, large-vehicle drivers, please leave your comment at Streets & Trips Space.

If Microsoft doesn't know the demand is there, they will never consider adding large-vehicle routing into MS Streets and Trips, MS AutoRoute, or MS MapPoint.

The needed data for truck-routing is now available from Navteq (and also TeleAtlas).

If data is not available for a particular geographical area, the particular road segment could be colored differently, and drivers could be notified by voice (and by an on-screen warning), that they are entering area with limited data coverage.

Here again is the link where you may leave your comments: http://streetsandtrips.spaces.live.c...D203!473.entry

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