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Truck Routing API
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Truck Routing API

Accurate route calculation for trucks — considering vehicle dimensions, weight limits, hazardous materials, and road restrictions. Delivered through Placematic as a HERE Gold Partner.

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Truck-specific profiles
Height, weight, hazmat, axle load
Real-time traffic aware
Dynamic ETA updates
REST API
JSON responses, no proprietary SDK required
Sub-500ms response
Production-grade latency
CAPABILITIES

What the Truck Routing API delivers

Toll cost the dispatcher can quote from

Calculate expected toll for the vehicle you described — class, axle count, dimensions, weight. On a single Illinois lane, the same route returns 166% more toll with a full vehicle profile than without one. Google's large vehicle routing documentation lists truck toll prices as unsupported.

Truck-compliant route calculation

Calculate routes that respect commercial vehicle restrictions — bridge heights, weight limits, tunnel categories, and hazmat transport rules. Returns paths that avoid roads legally inaccessible to trucks.

Road restriction awareness

Automatically accounts for local, state, and federal road restrictions for commercial vehicles. Includes axle load limits, width restrictions, and time-based access rules for urban zones.

Real-time traffic-aware ETAs

Routes factor in current traffic conditions to produce accurate ETAs for commercial vehicles — not just passenger car estimates. Updates dynamically as traffic changes.

Multi-stop truck routing

Optimize sequences of stops for a single truck — with time window constraints, loading/unloading time, and shift and break windows you supply. Hours-of-service compliance itself is an external layer — HERE enforces the constraints you give it.

REST API · JSON responses

Single endpoint, straightforward JSON response format. No proprietary SDK required. Response includes geometry, maneuvers, restrictions encountered, distance, duration, and toll data.

Why HERE Truck Routing vs. Google Maps?

Feature-by-feature.
Feature
HERE
Google Maps
Truck-specific routing
Vehicle dimensions, weight, axles
Truck toll cost
Speed limits returned
Radioactive cargo
Offline truck navigation
Truck restrictions as map layers
Enterprise SLA
API & SDK ready for fast integration
Detailed documentation
Available for fleets of all sizes

Full breakdown: Google Large Vehicle Routing vs HERE truck routing

LIVE DEMO · POWERED BY Placematic

Try the Truck Routing API.

Select two US addresses and see a truck-optimized route calculated in real time.

See the working truck-routing integration — including the physical constraints HERE ignores if you omit vehicle dimensions:

Truck Routing implementation guide
PRICING

Estimate your Truck Routing API costs.

Based on HERE Gold Partner pricing via Placematic. Compare with Google Maps pricing.

INTEGRATE

Start integrating in minutes.

REST API. JSON in, JSON out. Use any HTTP client — no proprietary SDK required.

Routing API for developers
SHELL CURL · ROUTES · PLACEMATIC.COM 
# 1 · Authenticated request
curl "https://router.hereapi.com/v8/routes" \
-H "x-api-key: $PLACEMATIC_KEY" \
-d '{"transportMode":"truck","origin":"42.0641,-88.0509",
'   "destination":"41.5250,-88.0817","vehicle[height]": 410,
'   "vehicle[grossWeight]": 35000, "vehicle[axleCount]": 5, 
'   "return": "summary,polyline"'
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Time & Materials
Flexible engagement for integration projects, prototypes, and proof of concept work.
02
Receive API credentials within 1 business day
Sandbox + production keys, both scoped to your account. No direct HERE account required.
03
Make your first API call with full documentation
OpenAPI spec, Postman collection, language-agnostic samples. Solutions engineer on call during pilot.
PARTNERSHIP

Partner with Placematic — trusted HERE Gold Partner.

Placematic is a certified HERE Gold Partner, trusted by enterprises worldwide for delivering high-quality HERE solutions. Our team combines deep technical expertise with hands-on experience to help businesses in logistics, mobility, retail, and real estate successfully adopt and integrate HERE APIs and location services.

10+

years as HERE Gold Partner

50+

enterprise projects delivered

18B+

API calls served yearly

10+

industries covered

20+

certified specialists on staff
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