How we compare
Most crews already run something: the map on their phone, a truck sat nav, or another emergency product. Here's how each compares with Blue Light Maps, including where the other option is the better fit.
Google Maps
Blue Light Maps vs Google Maps
Google Maps is the best general-purpose map there is, and most crews already have it in their pocket. Here is what changes when the journey is on blue lights.
Sygic Professional Navigation
Blue Light Maps vs Sygic
Sygic is one of the few navigation companies that has emergency routing capability, with deployments in police and fire fleets across Europe and beyond. Here is how the two compare.
Waze
Blue Light Maps vs Waze
Waze is brilliant at one thing that matters to every response, which is telling the public what's happening on the road ahead. We use it for exactly that. Here is where it fits and where it doesn't.
TomTom
Blue Light Maps vs TomTom
TomTom has been in emergency vehicles for years, from sat navs on the dashboard to BRIDGE units running Airbus ScGuide. Here is how it compares on the drive to scene, and what changes now that BRIDGE is being shut down.
HAAS Alert Safety Cloud
Blue Light Alert vs HAAS Alert
HAAS Alert and Blue Light Alert both warn the public that an emergency vehicle is coming, through the navigation apps drivers already use. The difference is what each alert is built from.
Navigation in a typical CAD or MDT app
Blue Light Maps vs the navigation in your CAD app
Your mobilising or MDT app already shows crews the incident. The drive that follows is most of the response, and it deserves the best navigation you can get, chosen on its own merits.
At a glance
Navigation for emergency vehicles, side by side
| Blue Light Maps | Google Maps | Sygic | Waze | TomTom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency exemptions | Bus lanes, bus gates, restricted turns, contraflow | No emergency mode | Yes: forbidden manoeuvres, pedestrian zones, closed roads | No emergency mode listed | No emergency mode listed |
| Vehicle size and weight | Vehicle profiles; exemptable weight limits crossed and marked | Not in the consumer app | Truck profile; weight exemptions not stated | Not listed | Truck profiles; weight limits always applied |
| Speeds from emergency driving | Yes, from anonymised emergency-vehicle telematics | Ordinary traffic | Not described | Ordinary traffic | Ordinary traffic |
| Routing without signal | Map and routing on the device | Downloaded areas only, no traffic | Maps stored on the device | Needs a data connection | Offline maps (GO Expert) |
| Fleet deployment | MDM with pre-set profiles and routing policy | Personal app | Major MDM platforms | Personal app | Webfleet terminals |
| Dispatch integration | CAD API, Webfleet API, SDK and deep links | None listed | Push destinations, read back ETAs | None listed | Via the Webfleet API |
Summarised from each comparison page, where every claim is sourced and dated.
Everything we say about another product comes from that company's own published material and is dated on each page. If something has changed, tell us at hello@bluelightmaps.com and we'll correct it.
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