The use of advanced mapping techniques to improve driver and fleet control efficiency

Provides example applications using both raster and vector maps of the UK and mainland Europe, at scales between 1:1 million and 1:2500. Projection problems and accuracy implications are discussed, which lead to a horses-for-courses approach. Map facilities such as seamless pan and zoom, and the automatic overlay of traffic information are described, and reference is made to state-of-the-art systems such as Marconi´s Star-Track. These employ exception reporting techniques to reduce mapping and event communication costs, and also use maps as a point of entry to a driver, vehicle and load database