We've been asked which one of our providers is "the best" one. There's no such thing as a simple answer. It is better to look into different aspects and therefore here's a quick overview:
| Provider | Pro | Con | Recommended |
|---|
| HERE | - Professional TruckAttributes
- Support line
| - Update cycle (twice/year)
- Lazy catch up with development areas / housing estate
| Professional truck routing |
| TOMTOM | - Professional TruckAttributes
- Support line
| - Update cycle (twice/year)
- Lazy catch up with development areas / housing estate
| Professional truck routing |
| OSM | - Faster update cycles
- Probably better coverage of development areas / housing estate which leads to improved geocoding experience
| - Community driven - low prio on truck attributes
- Neither speed patterns nor live data available
- No support line
| - Upcoming cargo bike routing
- Recommended for supplier of building materials
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As you can see there's more or less two categories to distinguish:
- "traditional" Truck Routing - this is covered by the major players in the data market: HERE and TOMTOM.
- Cargo Bike Routing - here we want to cover your requirements by our OSM (=Open Street Map) based APIs within PTV Developer.
Best regards,
Bernd
