localion-b – Logiball

Localion B is the solution for you if your location data is sensitive, for example where GDPR, your service levels or non-disclosure clauses require a map-screen solution – for finding locations, routing or distance matrices – which is fully integrated into your own infrastructure. Another reason may be that you have to use special map material to actually enable your solution. Regardless of your motivation, localion B is a tool for the future of automated transport of people and goods, as IoT and digitisation continue their onward march.

	Routing
	Flexible route profile – from pedestrians to cars and emergency service vehicles, right through to trucks and combine harvesters
	Individual routes
	Route calculations for any number of destinations
	Detailed route statistics
	Route geometry and turn-by-turn instructions
	Optimisation
	Matrix calculations – whether 10x10 or 1,000x1,000
	Optimisation of routes – also with more than 1,000 destinations
	Ideal positioning of customers on existing routes allowing spontaneous orders to be fulfilled without affecting costs, as far as possible
	Journey time and route-based optimisation options
	Mapping
	Detailed map presentation

	Map design can be configured to any requirements
	Map tiles for display in GIS systems and web apps
	Geocoding overview maps for whole regions
	Geocoding
	Find coordinates for an address
	Addresses for a coordinate
	Addresses in a postcode district
	Free text and form-based search
	Infrastructure
	LOGIBALL xMaps can be used
	Flexibly scalable in order to be able to meet high performance and parallelism requirements
	Self-hosted or hosted by LOGIBALL
	Central management of the entire infrastructure

The customer needs a routing solution for intelligent control of its fleet, which numbers several thousand vehicles, for a wide variety of company applications. Using localion B covers various planning levels, for example unscheduled customer appointments in the call centre and in the online shop, creation of framework delivery run schedules, delivery area planning, daily, weekly and monthly planning. At the same time, there is considerable stress upon response times, because more than 200,000 routes per second must be calculated during peak periods.

The API service enables the customer to access a range of different services in the localion B backend. localion B instances are distributed in a Citrix-based VPN with 20 servers, in order to ensure that the required response times and availabilities are met even during peak periods. Load distribution is controlled on several levels, in order that matrices with up to 16 million
elements, for example, can be calculated quickly. A special routing process, including tailored optimisation services, was set up for the customer. The sequence optimisation of up to 2,000 stops, for instance, must take into consideration the journey to the customer.

The timber industry commissions transport providers on an ongoing basis, to transport timber from forest to plant. Transport services are billed by the service providers through SAP based on the number of kilometres. Calculating the kilometres covered by the transport company is a real challenge, as the loading point is rarely on public roads, and generally in forests. This means that vehicles must often travel for several kilometres on private roads and routes only suitable for trucks. These are not covered by conventional routing solutions, but still have to be billed.

Good planning of optimal routes for delivery runs to private customers is absolutely vital due to the cost situation. The key factor here is how well the data basis – in this case the road map – reflects reality. Every day there are changes to the road network, whether through roadworks, road blocks, diversions, etc. Company-specific issues can also affect the selected route, for example through roads not being used because of risk factors. It is crucial here that these changes are integrated into the planning systems as quickly as possible.

Why localion B? Why not Google Maps or OSM?

There are many reasons why localion B is preferred over Google Maps:

Handling of sensitive data – GDPR, security policy
Performance in the private cloud
Special requirements of routing
Persistence of API call results
Special quality requirements
Business processes which do not burden consumers
Direct points of contact in service and support
Adaptability of web services
Control of the update process
Full source code transparency
Self-hosting as a paradigm in critical applications
Specification of the data supplier, even several at the same time: TomTom, Here, OSM
Use of special industry-specific navigation maps for forestry, emergency services, rail networks, indoor scenarios, site maps and much more
Availability of an offline mobile component (localion M)
Competition aspects
Industry-related aspects
Billing model

For OSM, there are other points to consider in addition to the above:

Infection risk to data, arising from special licensing terms
Highly heterogenous surface data
Missing content

Come and talk to us. If we feel that an alternative such as Google Maps or Here offers a better solution, we will tell you. That’s a promise!

Are the ongoing costs for localion B much higher?

The lower the transaction volume and the special requirements, the more probable it is that the ongoing costs of Google Maps will be lower. That changes very quickly however with increasing requirements and higher transaction volumes.

The costs for installing a localion B solution start from €10,000.
High-performance installations can run to six figures (in euros) per year as a complete package with data, service and support depending on the application.

Is an investment in localion B future-proof?

We work hard to support the development of the fully automated transportation of people and goods with our solutions.

We add substance to that industry watchword – digitisation.

We offer a long-term service solution to our customers, some of whom have benefited from our expertise for more than 15 years.

+	Easy integration via service API ensures availability in all areas of the company
+	Meets any special routing requirements (driveby, quadrant matrices, etc.)
+	Customer’s sensitive location data remains in the private cloud (GDPR)
+	Scalable solution with excellent availability, 10 million transactions every month
+	Editable map, can be updated within 1 second
+	Price model not linked to transaction

+	Planning based on real-world scenarios, and therefore properly cost-optimised
+	Route planning can react flexibly to changes in the actual situation
+	User-friendly and self-explanatory map editing
+	Planning system readily accepted