Navevo launch SatNav for HGV / Van Drivers

Darren

Navevo have a GPS solution really will deliver the goods! They have today announced the launch of their sat-nav solution for drivers of heavy goods vehicles and vans.

Using NAVTEQ Transport mapping, specially enhanced with data intended for professional truck and delivery drivers, 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.

Other Key Features include:

Vehicle dimensions (e.g. height, width, length, weight)
Legal restrictions (e.g. no HGVs allowed, carrying hazardous goods)
Other warning data (e.g. cross winds, steep hills)
London unloading and parking penalties database
POI data for professional drivers

With optimised navigation drivers can enter their vehicles' vital statistics, including weight, height, length, width and the goods they are carrying (normal, corrosive/explosive) and the software will calculate a route to ensure drivers are not confronted with roads or obstacles not suitable for their vehicle or cargo.

Map Display
During a journey, ProNav warns drivers of hazards such as steep hills, high cross winds, and the risk of grounding. These are displayed as icons on the software's maps, well in advance of approach to provide drivers with time to decide whether to change their route. ProNav can instantly re-route a driver's journey if deemed necessary.

Exclusive London Unloading and Parking Penalties Database
ProNav is the perfect travel companion for London delivery drivers. ProNav pin points red route and standard loading bays for delivery drivers and provides exception times and maximum loading period data. Drivers can search for these facilities by street name, town or postcode allowing them to prepare in advance of a journey. ProNav also includes London parking penalties warnings (parking pips and penalty charge notice hotspots) to
help drivers avoid charges.

POI Database for Professional Drivers
In addition to POI databases included on standard systems, ProNav features a POI database for professional drivers including national HGV petrol stations and London cafes where drivers can purchase breakfast for under £5, as well as 40,000 other POIs supplied by NAVTEQ.

ProNav comes complete with street level mapping for the UK and Republic of Ireland, seven digit postcode lookup and a six month free trial of safety camera alerts. Thanks to ProNav's dual functionality, features designed specifically for the professional driver can be switched off, turning ProNav into a standard GPS solution for every day use in the car.

"We have developed ProNav to ensure its advanced capability and ability to overcome many of the problems professional drivers face when using traditional sat-nav systems," says David Guiver, Navevo's Business Development Director: "We have chosen to exclusively partner with electronics expert Maplin for the launch of ProNav and are extremely pleased to be the first to offer this innovative solution."

Navevo will be extending its ProNav software to work with commercial fleet mobile market solutions in the near future.

Navevo is also currently developing a European and US version of ProNav software.

For further information about ProNav, please visit www.pronav.co.uk.

Availability
Maplin will be launching a new HGV navigation system incorporating ProNav in the coming weeks across its 147 stores in the UK and Ireland. The system will also be available online at www.maplin.co.uk.

ProNav Device

Map Display

Map Display - Night Mode

Display - Route Map

Display - Planning Mode

Display - POIs
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mike170469 · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:46 pm Post subject: Truck Driving

I read your news Navevo launch SatNav for HGV / Van Drivers

with great intrest just what I need. BUT I've just bought a Nuvi 710 which
I'm very happy with

(until reading this Evil or Very Mad

).
Is there anything that I can get to work on my Nuvi like the POI's from the Navevo Wink

Or are they all locked to that system.
I have Low Bridge's and Speed Camera's from here Cool

What would help even more is someone to do the ever increasing paperwork that is needed to drive a wagon now Wink

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Darren · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:55 pm Post subject:

Sadly not. Navevo are using Navteq's Transport mapping data. It is this that contains the weights, widths and heights data as well as HGV specific POIs.

Whether the big players such as Garmin/TomTom et al subsequently offer models using this data is not yet known. I must say that Navevo's product looks great on paper, of course it remains to be seen how it works in practice but we'll be reviewing a unit as soon as one is available, I'm a HGV1 as is one of our Mods so we can at least speak with some experience as to how well it performs in practice in this rolw.
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carl_w · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 13, 2004 Posts: 242

Announced on the same day as this news article.

I wonder if someone in the DfT has shares in Navevo? Very Happy

Darren · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:04 am Post subject:

How ridiculous, are they going to insist blondes use a special system and the same for caravanners and motorhome owners!
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theripper · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:27 am Post subject:

Have just visited their website and can find no mention of prices or where to buy!!
theripper

Darren · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:37 am Post subject:

The product is being launched shortly and will be available through Maplins stores. It's not available yet hence the lack of firm pricing.
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RavingDave · Lifetime Member Joined: Oct 14, 2006 Posts: 111

G4GVB · Regular Visitor Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 233

OK looks good, so its possible, the data is there, the market is there. SO WHY CAN'T TOMTOM DO IT ?????? Instead of sticking rubbish like iPod, pictures and Buddies etc on them.
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Darren · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject:

MaFt · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 1:13 am Post subject:

i'm pretty certain that at cebit garmin mentioned that one of the new devices for trucks would make use of the width data... can't recall model numbers or anything though Evil or Very Mad

it may have been just something 'in passing' but not an actual finished product... i'll have to dig through the press cd!!

MaFt

Darren · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 7:35 am Post subject:

Very possibly, they were present at Navteq's 'Transport' launch.
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bugeyed · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 06, 2007 Posts: 3

The Pronav is now listed in the sat nav system of www.maplin.co.uk
. It is priced at £199.99 and you can £15-£20 knocked off by signing up for their newsletter. The system will be available in 4 weeks. You can request a text alert via their website to notify you when its arrived. I will be buying one immediately. I have 24 years class I experience. 10 on the continent before spain had road maps. And would recommend one of these to drivers old and new. I see comments ridiculing the idea of a truck sat nav and wonder how any professional driver can ever think tey know enough. You never stop learning and any aid in todays chaos of a road network is a good idea. And for the equivalent of less than 2 days wages, its a bargain

GJH · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 21, 2008 Posts: 47

Will it be possible to add one's own PoI sets to the ProNav, similar to how it's done with TomTom?

Graham

Darren · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject:

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