Empowering the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport in Traffic Monitoring and Flood Mitigation

Empowering the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport in Traffic Monitoring and Flood Mitigation

TraceMark™ Flow an NGIS Solution has helped the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) in traffic monitoring and flood mitigation. During the heavy rain event in April 2024, TraceMark™ Flow proved instrumental in managing traffic disruptions and infrastructure challenges by providing real-time data and intuitive dashboards for swift, informed decision-making. Beyond traffic monitoring, TraceMark™…

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Improving Road Infrastructure Management with Location Intelligence

Improving Road Infrastructure Management with Location Intelligence

“Working with NGIS and the CARTO platform has made our day-to-day work more safe and efficient. We’ve overcome field challenges relating to asset identification and ensuring works are reported correctly.” Todd Munro, Asset Management Systems Coordinator, ConnectEast The Client: ConnectEast ConnectEast owns and operates the 39km EastLink toll road, Melbourne’s fastest and most delay-free freeway….

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Importing real time roads and traffic data into Waze

Importing real time roads and traffic data into Waze

Waze is a GPS navigation app owned by Google that combines Google’s road network information with their data feed partners. This information is collected and verified plus provides timely updates to changes on the road from planned road works to broken down cars and speed camera locations. Waze partners can independently communicate road closures and…

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Expectations are sky high: what can you learn from ridesharing giants?

Expectations are sky high: what can you learn from ridesharing giants?

Intuitive user experience and efficient operations have separated ridesharing giants from the rest of the mobile service industry. They are the gold standard for service and they set consumer expectations high. For taxis, it is no longer acceptable to tell someone you’ll be there in 15-30 minutes and for delivered services, telling someone that you’ll…

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Driverless cars will change how we live

Driverless cars will change how we live

Riding the RAC Intellibus – a view to the future I went on the RAC Intellibus in March to see what the future of driverless vehicles might look like. The future is very bright and it is going to change how we live in ways that we might not expect.   The bus ride itself…

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Four challenges in last-mile delivery that still cost businesses money

Four challenges in last-mile delivery that still cost businesses money

At the recent Home Delivery Asia Pacific conference in Melbourne around 80 people gathered to discuss the challenge of the notorious “last mile”, the most complex leg of the delivery journey from sender to receiver. Challenges around the exact location of customers – in various places in the world where standard addressing conventions might not…

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Location technology gives public transport commuters a personalised experience

Location technology gives public transport commuters a personalised experience

Location technology is revolutionising the public transport industry by giving commuters real-time, personalised journey information, direct to their smartphones. It’s a customer service innovation that gives forward thinking transport companies and local governments the opportunity to increase patronage, improve goodwill and reduce customer dissatisfaction. Commuters have long been at the mercy of public transport failures….

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Whether you like it or not, you compete with Uber

Whether you like it or not, you compete with Uber

You might think you don’t compete against Uber. The reality is you do. We live in a world where we all need to continuously become more efficient. Doing the same or more with less resources is the reality we all live with and the challenge is to make your service as valuable and attractive as…

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How does asset tracking make your business more efficient?

How does asset tracking make your business more efficient?

If your company is dependent on a mobile workforce, you no doubt already use some form of a GPS for navigation, but did you know you can get more from it than just directions? By enhancing maps with real-time asset tracking, businesses can achieve greater operational efficiency. When vehicles and drivers are operating smoothly, businesses suffer…

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