Truck Stops Plus is pleased to announce that it is now the official truck specific POI supplier for the new TruckRouter Truck Routing & Mileage Software, which makes a perfect addendum to the Truck Stops Plus 2012 add-on Template combined with Streets & Trips for navigation. Thus, you can simply plan your trips in the new TruckRouter Truck Routing & Mileage Software, then synchronize the truck routes generated in TruckRouter in Streets & Trips for navigating with precise voice guided and visual turn-by-turn directions. Indeed, it's the perfect marriage.

New For 2012

  • Now contains more than 14,750 pinpoint accurate truck specific points of interest (POIs) covering the USA, Canada, and new for 2012 now also Alaska.

  • Now features more than 7,000 truck stops, which is 700 more truck stops than the largest paperback truck stop guide with the most truck stop listings.

  • For 2012 our truck stop database includes all 1,088 major chain truck stops plus 5,994 independent truck stops, which includes 5,027 independent truck stops and 966 independent truck stops w/scales for a grand total of 7082 truck stops.

  • In addition, our POI database also includes 2,791 Wal-Mart Supercenters, divided into 2,403 Wal-Mart Supercenters that allow overnight truck and RV parking and 338 that do not allow overnight truck and RV parking, 1,643 rest areas, 237 turnpike service plazas, 1,383 parking areas, 1,053 weigh stations, 458 truck wash locations, which includes all of the Blue Beacon and Truckomat "Iowa 80" Truck Wash locations, all 51 Speedco locations, and new for 2012 --- 76 fast food restaurants with truck parking.

  • For 2012 our entire Canadian truck specific POI database has been completely re-geocoded and updated for pinpoint accuracy. It has also been very significantly enhanced and now features far more truck stops, Wal-Mart Supercenters, weigh stations, rest areas, and parking areas than ever before.

  • Our Canadian truck specific POI database is the first of its kind ever produced whether in paperback guide form or digitally. In fact, it is also the only Canadian truck stop directory and truck specific POI database available anywhere.

  • Our rest areas and parking areas databases for 2012 were also completely re-geocoded, updated, and very significantly enhanced.

  • Quickly check fuel prices online by clicking the new "F" hyperlink pushpin symbol. (An Internet connection is required.)

  • Quickly check current weather conditions and get a 36 hour weather forecast by clicking the new "W" hyperlink pushpin symbol. (An Internet connection is required.)

  • Our full truck stop database now indicates which truck stops have showers and which ones do not have showers.

  • Our full truck stop database now also contains the phone numbers for each of the truck stops.

  • Overall this is the best, most comprehensive, and most accurate truck specific POI database we have ever offered. Thus, if you haven't updated your previous Truck Stops Plus Template in a while, this is the year to do it.

Other Great Features

  • The Independent Truck Stops database is divided into the Independent Truck Stops data set and the Independent Truck Stops w/Scales data set, which makes searching and routing to independent truck stops with truck scales or without truck scales far easier and faster. On the map you can also easily distinguish them apart at a glance as well because different pushpin symbols are used to designate each data set.

  • The Truck Stops Plus 2012 Template also contains the pertinent information professional drivers need the most such as the truck stop name, the specific location information including the city and the state, whether or not the truck stop charges for overnight parking, whether it is a small, medium, or large truck stop, whether or not it has a truck scale, whether it does major & minor repairs, minor repairs only, or no repairs at all, and new for 2012 whether or not it has showers and the phone numbers for all independent and major chain truck stops are also now included as well. In addition, the major chain truck stops also indicate the food offering too.

  • The turnpike service plazas also indicate the name, specific location information, truck parking size, whether or not it has a truck scale, and the food offerings; the Wal-Mart Supercenters indicate whether or not they allow overnight parking for trucks and RVs, the store addresses, and the phone numbers; the Truck Wash locations and Speedcos indicate the store addresses and phone numbers; and the new fast food restaurants with truck parking data set also indicates the name, the specific location information, the phone numbers, and the truck parking size.

  • Search, locate, and route to truck stops and other truck specific POIs using the Find Nearby Places Feature in a small fraction of the time than it takes to do it using a truck stop guide and Motor Carrier Road Atlas.

  • Also quickly and easily check for Restricted Routes and Low Clearances right from the convenience of your laptop screen with or without Internet access and without a big and bulky Motor Carrier Road Atlas.

With today's skyrocketing fuel prices nothing will help you minimize out of route miles better than the Truck Stops Plus 2012 Template combined together with Microsoft Streets & Trips or MapPoint. If you are serious about saving money, then the Truck Stops Plus 2012 Template is an absolutely indispensable tool you can't afford to be without!

Product Overview

The Truck Stops Plus 2012 Template transforms the popular Microsoft Streets & Trips or MapPoint routing and GPS navigation software into easy to use trucker’s software. The Truck Stops Plus 2012 Template is an add-on template that replaces the standard out of the box template that comes with Microsoft Streets & Trips or MapPoint with a special template called the Truck Stops Plus that contains more than 14,750 truck specific points of interest, including more than 7,000 truck stops, which includes  all 1,088 major chain truck stops, 5,027 independent truck stops, and 966 independent truck stops w/scales. Also included are 2,791 Wal-Mart Supercenters, divided into 2,403 that allow overnight truck and RV parking and 388 that do not allow overnight truck and RV parking, 1,643 rest areas, 237 turnpike service plazas, 1,383 parking areas, 1,053 weigh stations, 458 truck wash locations, including all of the Blue Beacon and Truckomat "Iowa 80" Truck Wash locations, all 51 Speedco locations, and new for 2012, 76 fast food restaurants with truck parking locations. The Truck Stops Plus 2012 Template is a first of a kind high tech truck stop guide and Wal-Mart Supercenter locator tool on steroids, and together with Microsoft Streets & Trips or MapPoint it will handle all of your routing and GPS navigation chores. It’s everything you need plus much more! 

With the Truck Stops Plus 2012 Template you can search and route to any of the points of interest contained in the POI database, such as the nearest truck stop with a truck scale in a small fraction of the time than it takes to do it the old fashioned manual way using a truck stop guide and a Motor Carrier Road Atlas.  As a matter of fact, you can search for every trucking specific point of interest located within a 50 mile radius of your present location or an anticipated location with a single right click. Or you can choose to search for every trucking specific POI along your entire route. Searching and routing to truck stops and other trucking specific points of interest has never been made so easy.

Plus we all know that sometimes finding a truck stop can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack! With the Truck Stops Plus 2012 Template you can drive with complete confidence, since you will never struggle to find another truck stop ever again! Because each truck stop in the Truck Stops Plus 2012 Template has been professionally geocoded with precision in its correct and accurate location for pinpoint accuracy, Microsoft Streets & Trips or MapPoint will guide you there while giving you precise voice guided and visual turn-by-turn directions so that you can spend more of your time paying attention to the road and concentrating on being safe and less of your time trying to find hard to find truck stops that you may never be able to locate otherwise. If you are a newbie truck driver just breaking into the to the truck driving industry, the Truck Stops Plus 2012 Template is an absolutely indispensable tool, and considering the Hours of Service regulations governing professional drivers, it is also a must have for safety reasons alone. 

But that’s not all you will be able to do! With the Truck Stops Plus 2012 Template, you will also be able to relegate your Motor Carrier Road Atlas to backup status, because you will be able to easily check for restricted routes and low clearances right from the convenience of your laptop screen with or without an Internet connection, making it not only much easier but many times faster as well. In addition, new for 2012 with an Internet connection you will also now be able to quickly check for diesel fuel prices online in only a matter of seconds by clicking the new "F" hyperlink pushpin symbol. Further, you can also check current weather conditions and get a 36 hour weather forecast by clicking the new "W" hyperlink pushpin symbol. You will never use an antiquated paperback Truck Stops Guide ever again, nor will you want to.

Also, while you are traveling in GPS navigation guidance mode you will be able to see over the horizon for miles ahead in advance! With the Truck Stops Plus 2012 Template you will be able to see all oncoming truck stops, Wal-Mart Supercenters, rest areas, turnpike service plazas, weigh stations, etc. contained in the template for miles ahead in advance as you are traveling down the roads of America, Canada, and now also Alaska. You will never check a truck stop guide or Motor Carrier Road Atlas ever again while driving! It’s like having your own personal advanced high tech radar system right there in the truck with you. In fact, if you work for a company that doesn't allow pullovers of any kind except for emergencies, the Truck Stops Plus 2012 Template will be an absolutely indispensable tool for you.

In addition, finding pertinent information on each of the truck stops is as simple as right clicking them on the map, because each truck stop will indicate its name, its specific location information, whether or not it charges for overnight parking, whether it is a small, medium, or large truck stop, whether it has a truck scale or no truck scale, whether it does major & minor repairs, minor repairs only, or no repairs at all, and new for 2012 whether it has showers or no showers and our full truck stop database now also contains the phone numbers for each truck stop. In addition, the major chain truck stops will also indicate the food offering as well.

Right clicking the Wal-Mart Supercenters will indicate whether or not they allow overnight parking for trucks and RVs and also give you the store addresses and the phone numbers; right clicking the truck washes and Speedcos will give you the store addresses and telephone numbers, right clicking the turnpike service plazas will also give you their name, specific location information, truck parking size, whether or not they have a truck scale, and the food offerings, and right clicking the new fast food restaurants with truck parking locations will give you their name, the specific location information, the phone numbers, and the truck parking size. It’s everything you need at the click of a button. Trucking never made so simple! 

Further, our truck specific POI database is far more accurate than the POI databases contained in standalone GPS devices because our POI database has been professionally geocoded with precision to their correct and accurate locations for pinpoint accuracy. Whereas other POI databases, on the other hand, have been geocoded by addresses, and more often than not POIs geocoded by addresses are off anywhere from several hundred yards to even miles in some extreme instances. For professional drivers of commercial motor vehicles pinpoint accuracy is of critical importance because inaccurate POIs can potentially force professional drivers to drive many miles out of route looking for a safe and legal place to turn around or worse. Not to mention also that our truck specific POI database is the only POI database that has been created and designed from the ground up specifically for professinal drivers.

Combine the Truck Stops Plus 2012 Template with Microsoft Streets & Trips or MapPoint and together you have the best GPS routing and navigation solution for professional truck drivers available anywhere!

New! Try before you buy. Download and evaluate for free: The Truck Stops Plus Demo  for Microsoft Streets & Trips. (Must have Streets & Trips 2010 or a later version.)

Please click to download the: Truck_Stops_Plus_Demo.pdf to learn how easy and fast it is to search, locate, and route to truck stops and other truck specific POIs.

Download the trial edition of Streets & Trips 2011 and run it for 60 days free.  Microsoft Streets & Trips 2011

(For info on how to import any data into the Truck Stops Plus 2012 Template you may have personally added to previous versions of the Truck Stops Plus Template please see our FAQS web page.)

 

Study: GPS Could Save Trucking Industry $53 Billion

Motorola recently conducted a survey and turned up some notable results regarding the use of GPS:

  • Fuel cost savings: Nearly 50 percent of enterprises name reduction of fuel consumption as the number one benefit of using GPS -- reflected in a reduction in travel distance by an average of 231.2 miles per week and recording $51,582 in annual fuel saving.

  • Nationwide savings potential: With more than a million trucking carriers in the United States, the potential industry-wide annual fuel savings could reach $53 billion.

  • Time savings: Enterprises deploying GPS-enabled technologies saved an average of 54 minutes per day – translating into an annual recouped labor savings of $5,484 per employee or $5.4 million per enterprise.

"Field mobility workers in the transportation and trucking industry are experiencing difficulties such as locating stops, reducing fuel expense, and improving on-time performance resulting in a drain on financial and manpower resources of their organization," said Jim Hilton, director of field mobility, Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Enterprise Mobility business. He ain't kidding.

Everyone understands how miles per gallon equates to money spent or saved getting from here to there. For those who make a living on the road, saving MPG can mean life or death for the business. GPS and location-based services are one way to help keep costs down.

Source: www.informationweek.com

 

 

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