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Morpace Wins The Inaugural Geotab Data Challenge - Smart Community PrizeFARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., June 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Morpace is honored to have won the inaugural Geotab Data Challenge in the category of Smart Community for their concept of DataDialogue™|Park. The concept is for an application designed to help find and recommend convenient, safe parking for long-haul truck drivers before their Hours of Service (HOS) expire. Depending on the level of data integration, the parking recommendation engine can be tailored to:
Using a proprietary Parking Favorability Score for each parking area, the app concept provides the driver with:
With DataDialogue|Park, Morpace seeks to maximize lucrative driving time, increase driver retention, save fuel costs, improve driver safety, mitigate HOS and unauthorized parking violations, and minimize driving in bad areas. The Smart Community Prize is awarded for the creation of a solution for the community that contributes to a better way of life for its citizens and visitors, using one or more datasets from Geotab's Intelligence Data. Geotab, a world leader in IoT and telematics technology, collects over 2 billion raw data points daily from the over 1 millio commercial vehicles equipped with Geotab GO devices across the globe. Leveraging the Intelligence Data found on data.geotab.com, Geotab challenged customers, partners, and the general public residing in the U.S. and Canada to be as creative as possible by putting this data to use in interesting and innovative ways. They awarded prizes in two different categories during their annual conference, Geotab Connect, held June 2018, in Toronto. All entries were judged based on creativity, feasibility, and impact. About Morpace Inc. About Geotab Contact: View original content with multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/morpace-wins-the-inaugural-geotab-data-challenge---smart-community-prize-300669528.html SOURCE Morpace |