Google Maps Platform Mobility services are collections of Google Maps Platform services
that you use to run transportation and logistics operations for your business.
The services offers the following capabilities via APIs and SDKs:
- Addresses & Location Context
The Address Capture capability is
a Mobility toolkit that incorporates two primary
APIs: Place Autocomplete API and Geocoding API. These APIs address a number
of common problems with delivery addressing: undeliverable addresses,
inaccurate address entry from consumers, and the need for adjustments to
point-of-delivery locations.
- Route Planning & Dispatch
The Route Optimization
capability in Mobility is a toolkit that
incorporates Routes API, Routes Preferred API, Directions API, and Distance
Matrix API. It offers enterprise-level features that solve the problem of
finding the optimal order for drivers to complete their tasks.
- Driver Routing & Navigation
The Driver
Routing and Navigation capability is a Mobility
toolkit comprised of two SDKs: the Navigation SDK and the Driver SDK. It
provides enterprise-level features that embed the Google Maps experience
into your driver application.
- Task Tracking
The Shipment Tracking capability includes a JavaScript library for web and
mobile solutions. With it, you can provide consumers with day-of tracking
of their delivery state for an improved user experience and increased
delivery success rate.
- Fleet Analytics & Debugging
The Fleet Performance capability includes a JavaScript library for web and
mobile solutions. With it, you provide fleet operations and support teams
with visibility into the state of your driver fleet, including real-time
positions, ETAs, routes, and completed and upcoming tasks. It also provides
insights into your fleet to better optimize performance.
Reference Solutions
The Mobility services can be used with a trip-based or task-based model of your
operations. Refer to the reference solutions to understand these models, and
pick the one suited for your business:
Components
Mobility includes access to relevant
Google Maps Platform
products
, as well as to the following
components, which are specifically tailored to mobility use cases.
Product name
|
Description
|
Fleet Engine APIs
|
Receive, maintain, and provide information about vehicles
and tasks to enable task tracking, fleet debugging, and analytics. Available
in two data models:
on-demand trips
and
last-mile tasks
.
|
Driver SDK
|
Communicates vehicle locations and task updates to Fleet Engine.
Available for Android and iOS.
On-demand trips
:
Android
and
iOS
.
Last-mile tasks
:
Android
and
iOS
.
|
Consumer SDK
|
Provides near real-time data on vehicle statuses, locations, and
associated tasks for on-demand trips, along with the ability to visualize vehicle
position on a map for mobile applications. Available for
Android
and
iOS
.
|
JavaScript Journey Sharing Library
|
Provides near real-time data on vehicle statuses, locations, and
associated tasks, along with the ability to visualize vehicle positions on a map.
Available for single vehicle tracking for consumers or fleet-wide tracking for
internal teams.
On-demand trips
:
Trip & Order Progress
and
Fleet Tracking
.
Last-mile tasks
:
Shipment Tracking
and
Fleet
Tracking
.
|
Navigation
SDK
|
Provides routing guidance and turn-by-turn navigation to embed within
a driver application. Available for Android and iOS.
|
Routes Preferred API
|
Provides certain features not yet available in Routes API, including
custom routes determined by basic cost functions and higher waypoint
optimization.
|
Fleet Engine is the Google backend service that enables orchestration across
your drivers, consumers, and operations teams. You can integrate the Driver SDK,
Navigation SDK, and JavaScript Journey Sharing Library into your applications to
enrich relevant user experiences.
See your
agreement
for full details into the services included and terms for
Mobility. For more information,
contact sales
.