22/09/2014
Following the appointment of Distinctive Systems as a Google OEM Partner, we have now integrated the Google Maps Platform into our Coach Manager private charter and contract booking system and its built-in price calculator.
Despite the very substantial cost of licensing Google Maps, we are making the integration, including unlimited use of all mapping facilities, available entirely free of charge to all clients with a current software maintenance or subscription agreement. Every Coach Manager user at every one of these clients is entitled to use the integration.
Google Maps is the most advanced mapping solution on the market. Business and other address lookups are virtually instantaneous thanks to the integration of Google Places, as are route calculations and the return of travel times, distances and latitudes/longitudes. All the facilities of the familiar free version of Google Maps are integrated into Coach Manager including map, terrain, satellite and street views, dragable routes and real-time traffic information.
Clicking a location pushpin displays an information window with a street view thumbnail. Clicking the thumbnail switches into full street view mode. This gives sales staff a detailed understanding of local features and surroundings at pick-up points and destinations.
Google Maps is a worldwide solution, so, for the first time, we are now in a position to provide our many clients in Australia, New Zealand and many other countries with an integrated mapping solution.
The Google Maps logo is a trademark of Google Inc.
Distinctive Systems is delighted to welcome two new members of staff to our development team.
Our all new Driver App allowing drivers to view their bookings and perform daily walk-around checks has now been released.
Here is the latest list of GPS tracking vendors Coach Manager integrates with.
The BusWA Conference 2024 will take place in Perth on 11th - 12th July.
The National Bus and Coach Show 2024 will be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on 17th - 18th September.
The 2024 New Zealand Bus & Coach Association Conference will be held in Auckland on 1st - 3rd October.
The BusNSW Conference 2024 will take place on 9th - 10th October - venue TBA.
The Coach Tourism and Transport Council of Ireland's (CTTC) biennial Coach & Bus Show makes a welcome return to Dublin's RDS Simmonscourt on 2nd-3rd November 2024.