BOISE, Idaho — Rand McNally is partnering with Platform Science to bring its next-generation Rand Navigation powered by Rand Road IQ to the Virtual Vehicle Marketplace and the Platform Science connected-fleet ecosystem.
“For generations, Rand McNally has guided drivers across America’s highways,” said Doug Phillips, CEO of Rand McNally. “This partnership delivers that same reliability through today’s most advanced connected-vehicle platform, helping fleets navigate with greater safety, intelligence, and efficiency.”
According to a company press release, the collaboration will bring Rand McNally’s truck-safe, feature-rich navigation service to fleets using Platform Science, enabling direct in-cab deployment with no additional hardware or integration required. Designed for professional drivers and large fleets, the solution combines decades of trusted map data with real-time intelligence to create a safer, smarter, and more efficient routing experience for commercial transportation.
Rand McNally Road IQ
“Rand McNally’s Road IQ platform builds on 80 years of curated road data first compiled for the Motor Carrier Road Atlas and expanded through continuous, field-verified updates,” the release said. “Compared to standard maps, Road IQ includes approximately 33 percent more truck-specific attributes, such as low-clearance bridges, weight restrictions, and hazmat-limited routes. The system uses real-time traffic, weather, and operational data to refine routing dynamically, offering fleets optimized travel times and safer route guidance based on vehicle type and conditions.”
Rand McNally’s roadmap for Rand Road IQ reflects its evolution from a heritage mapmaker to a connected-technology leader. The company’s acquisitions of Fleetsu and SafetyDirect have expanded its reach into telematics, analytics, and driver-safety data. This enables upcoming opportunities to deepen the system’s predictive intelligence and safety scoring based on the best-in-class insights into driver performance and true vehicle health.
“Rand Road IQ is designed to continuously learn,” Phillips said. “As we expand our data ecosystem, it will evolve from static attributes to more context-aware insights that help drivers and fleets make safer, smarter decisions in real time.”
Platform Science Partnership
Through Platform Science, fleets can activate Rand Navigation instantly within their existing telematics environment. The open, OEM-ready Virtual Vehicle platform allows fleets to deploy, manage and update applications directly through the Marketplace, avoiding the cost and complexity of custom integrations.
“Partnering with Rand McNally adds a driver-trusted navigation option to our expanding Marketplace,” said Joe Jumayao, vice president of business development, Platform Science. “Together we are giving fleets more choice, flexibility and data-driven insight than ever before.”
The Virtual Vehicle platform also supports OEM-native telematics activation and usage-based billing, ensuring that fleets only pay for active trucks, a key advantage for large operations managing dynamic equipment rotations, according to the release.
“The Platform Science collaboration marks another milestone in Rand McNally’s transformation into a connected-fleet technology innovator,” the release said. “The company’s solutions now span truck-safe navigation, ELD and compliance, fleet management, video telematics and an exclusive OEM installed video and safety solution.”
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rand mcnally needs to generate a eld that is FMCSA approved to where these devices cant be changed by foreign owned companies to push drivers to drive more than there 11 hours and have them do a ten hour break , to where these companies can’t change these hours, that would be a great deal dot FMCSA approved to where all companies must use these, that would be a real kick in foreign owned companies xxx cause the ones they are using are being changed to where drivers are having accidents and fatigue , not getting enough sleep etc I can keep going on, and this would be a great deal towards driver safety on the road instead of having self driving trucks …so the American truck driver can keep trucking …