Standard "car-first" routing APIs often fail to account for the unique legal and physical constraints of specialized fleets. Stadia Maps bridges this gap by leveraging the Valhalla routing engine and OpenStreetMap data to provide granular, modal-specific routing for everything from 10-ton trucks and e-bikes to low-speed vehicles (LSVs).

The Problem

Standard consumer mapping apps are excellent at getting a passenger car from point A to point B, but the "car-first" default is a significant limitation for professional use cases. The moment a business needs to route a 10-ton truck, a delivery e-bike, or a neighborhood electric vehicle, most Directions APIs fall apart. Such platforms often lack the flexibility required for specialized fleets and fail to account for the unique legal and physical constraints these vehicles face.

The Logic Gap

Generic routing engines often treat a 10-ton semi-truck the same as an e-bike, leading to dangerous route suggestions or illegal maneuvers. Developers shouldn't have to build custom logic layers just to ensure a vehicle stays on a legal road.

Stadia Maps solves this by processing OpenStreetMap (OSM) data into a specialized routing graph. Our engine extracts both implicit and explicit vehicle access rules, bridging the gap between raw map data and safe navigation.

By providing tailored routing profiles for diverse vehicle archetypes, we ensure that every calculation respects the physical and legal constraints of each asset. We leverage the open-source Valhalla routing engine, which allows you to customize desirability factors when you make an API request.

Specialized profiles for the 10-ton truck and the e-bike enable logistics platforms to automate fleet dispatch and micromobility startups to provide riders with reliable, safe navigation.

The Stadia Maps Difference

Dynamic costing gives you control over dozens of parameters on the fly, ensuring fleets navigate complex environments efficiently. Key capabilities include:

  • Vehicle Subtypes: Distinguish between mountain bikes and road bikes, or golf carts and other Low-Speed Vehicles (LSVs).
  • Physical Preferences: Configure the engine to avoid hills for scooters, disallow U-turns for long trucks, or avoid toll roads entirely.
  • Precision Waypoints: Specify that a waypoint must be visited from a particular side of the road, a critical feature for curb-side delivery and waste management.
  • Direct Map Edits: Map errors shouldn't take months to fix. Make your own edits directly. Updates can be live in our routing engine within days.

Specialized Mobility Solutions

Flexibility enables business models that standard providers simply cannot support. A prime example is our work with municipalities such as Peachtree City, GA, and The Villages, FL.

These communities have extensive, legally regulated networks for golf carts and LSVs. Stadia Maps provided the only routing profile customizable enough to fit their local ordinances, such as prohibiting LSVs on roads with speed limits over 35 mph.

We support almost a dozen routing profiles out of the box, including bus, motorcycle, and pedestrian, with matrix routing limits that are often orders of magnitude higher than those of our competitors. Whether you are optimizing a transit authority's bus training or dispatching a fleet of e-bikes, your routing engine should adapt to your vehicle, not the other way around.

Create a free account to explore our specialized routing profiles, or contact our team to discuss a custom solution tailored to your unique vehicle constraints.