Vaisala Route Optimization - Operational facts

• Vaisala’s Route Optimization service can be implemented as a stand-alone project or fully integrated with other Vaisala products and services.

• Thermal Mapping data can be integrated into the route design process. Thermal treatment routes are designed with respect to the warmer and colder areas of the network, giving the potential for route-by-route decision making for selective treatment on marginal nights where temperatures are forecast to fall around freezing.

• Route Optimization will always aim to maximise the use of existing (or proposed) resources, typically leading to reductions in route numbers without compromising levels of service (typical route reduction is in the range of 10-20%, depending upon network type and size, and the overriding project aims).

• GIS Deliverables: Route maps for operatives can be produced in hard copy or electronic image formats. Routes maps are created in a GIS environment, where individual route layers are geo-referenced and can be exported for inclusion in GIS platforms if required.

Below - A typical treatment route map, Warwickshire County Council, UK.

• Route Optimization is applicable to all network types (urban, rural and linear) and sizes. The smallest contract to date designed three routes for a 130km network, the largest 297 routes for a network of 9450km.

• Route Optimization can be undertaken in response to changes to networks, depots or fleet, and in response to changing limiting constraints (treatment rates and times).

• Route Optimization can be used to propose optimum treatment regimes and vehicle capacities before the procurement of new resources.

• Modular routes that cater for multiple treatment scenarios can be designed.