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Your routing engine is only as good as your coordinates
Route optimization gets most of the attention in last-mile logistics. The tooling has become genuinely sophisticated. The input data has not received the same scrutiny. A routing engine optimizes...
Read moreFuel is cheaper in the US, yet failed deliveries cost more
Over the past three posts, we built a bottom-up cost model for failed last-mile deliveries: urban (€15.30), peri-urban (€22.26), rural (€42.14). All three used European benchmarks - specifically...
Read moreThe €17 failed delivery in rural operations: the number no longer holds
We have now modeled failed delivery costs for urban (€15.30) and peri-urban (€22.26). Rural is a different category entirely. The structural constraints are more severe, the mitigation options...
Read moreThe €17 failed delivery in peri-urban operations: the math is worse
In our previous post, we rebuilt the cost of a failed delivery from scratch for dense urban B2C operations in Europe. The central estimate: €15.30 for a redelivery scenario, €9.28 for a PUDO...
Read moreThe €17 failed delivery: everyone cites it, nobody shows the math
Search for "cost of a failed delivery" and you find the same figure everywhere: somewhere between €15 and €20 per failed order. It shows up in industry reports, logistics blogs, carrier decks....
Read moreString Distance Metrics for Address Comparison: Levenshtein, Damerau, Jaro, and Jaro-Winkler
Comparing addresses is not a simple equality check When you compare two address strings to decide if they refer to the same location, an exact match is rarely enough. Real-world addresses come...
Read moreUS Census + Google Maps: How to cut geocoding costs by 90% for US addresses
The setup We wanted to test the effectiveness of a cascading geocoding strategy for US addresses. We took 1,000 real US addresses (a mix of residential and business addresses, of variable quality...
Read moreHow to reduce geocoding costs by 67%
The use case: a logistics company paying way too much for geocoding If you work in logistics, insurance, or routing software, you know the drill: geocoding volumes are massive, and the bills that...
Read moreHERE price increase by 6% in 2026
HERE Technologies is updating its pricing from April 2026. This post summarizes what matters for geocoding users: effective date, what changes, and who is affected. Table of contents: What HERE...
Read moreGeocoding prices in 2026
Here’s a clear overview of what the main geocoding services cost in 2026, and whether anything changed recently. Use the table and the interactive chart below to compare prices at a glance and to...
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