Press Release: October 14, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mary Kelly, Media Relations
Phone: 609-252-8160
E-mail:kelly@alk.com
Fax: 609-252-8166
ALK Technologies Announces the 11th Annual DTOD Release
for the United States Department of Defense
Defense Table of Official Distances Based on PC*MILER 24.1 Provides Worldwide Routing,
Mileage and Mapping — All through a Web Services Interface
Princeton, New Jersey — October 14, 2010 - ALK Technologies and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released Version 24.1 of the Defense Table of Official Distances (DTOD), the official standard of vehicular land distances for all DoD household goods, DoD freight, and travel reimbursement for military personnel.
The Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC), which serves as the liaison between the U.S. DoD and commercial carriers, is one of the world’s largest shippers with more than $2.2 billion spent on transportation services in 2009. The DTOD also is used by the General Services Administration (GSA), which provides transportation purchasing services to most non-Defense U.S. government agencies.
All motor carriers and logistics companies that handle freight or personal property shipments for the SDDC and GSA must use DTOD 24.1 to generate distances for payment and audit purposes.
The release of Version 24.1 marks the eleventh year that ALK Technologies has been the official provider of critical mileage data and services for the U.S. DoD. The DTOD is based on PC*MILER and PC*MILER|Worldwide, the transportation industry’s routing, mileage, and mapping standard.
“This year, the DoD is using an enterprise version of PC*MILER Web Services to deploy DTOD Version 24.1 more quickly and efficiently to the approximately 12 applications and tens of thousands of personnel who rely upon DTOD distances,” said Mark Hornung, Senior Vice President of Operations, ALK Technologies.
Using PC*MILER Web Services, DoD applications and personnel can seamlessly access all future DTOD updates and releases from central mileage servers. The most current DTOD data will thus be immediately available to all DoD applications and personnel without the delays and the expense associated with shipping and updating software at each application and personnel site.
“The DoD sees the benefit of using Web Services to keep all of its users up-to-date with the latest map data. Our general and prospective customer base could benefit from this type of thinking,” Hornung said.
PC*MILER 24.1 and PC*MILER|Worldwide 24.1 are the commercial versions of the DTOD for carriers and logistics services providers to generate DTOD distances. The powerful data and functionality of this software can be accessed over the Internet or embedded directly into customers’ web-based applications and web sites through PC*MILER Web Services.
ALK has offered PC*MILER Web Services since 2007 as a hosted interfacing application with North American data and three feature levels to choose from (Lite, Standard and Premium). PC*MILER Web Services provides a standardized way of embedding PC*MILER truck-specific routes, mileage, maps and reports with third-party applications and websites.
In conjunction with the release of DTOD 24.1, ALK announced it has enhanced PC*MILER Web Services with options for worldwide map data coverage and related features (Standard Worldwide and Premium Worldwide). ALK last week announced the release of PC*MILER|Worldwide 24.1, the on-premises software version, with map data enhancements that include over 659,000 new miles of roads
in Europe and over 13,000 new miles in South America. An increase in postal code coverage can be seen throughout most regions with over 392,000 new postal codes in Asia and more than 37,500 new postal codes in South America.
For more information, visit: www.pcmiler.com.
About ALK Technologies, Inc.
Since 1979, ALK Technologies has developed innovative mobile navigation and transportation technology solutions. ALK's award-winning CoPilot Live GPS software is the navigation based services platform of choice for mobile operators, hardware OEMs and systems integrators globally. ALK's PC*MILER routing, mileage and mapping solutions are used by over 22,000 transportation, logistics and manufacturing
companies worldwide. For more information on ALK Technologies, visit: www.alk.com
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