Altitude Academic Research License

The Altitude Academic Research License (AARL) provides qualifying academic programs with complimentary access to the industry standard in commercial vehicle analytics. Replace outdated models with the aggregated, privacy-protected insights used by North America’s leading transportation agencies.

Leading commercial vehicle insights for post-grad research.

Research is the foundation of innovation, yet many post-graduate studies still rely on aggregated averages or outdated sensor counts. We believe the next generation of transportation planners deserves better. We offer universities the same “planning-grade” insights that power federal grants and infrastructure projects–in a non-commercial exchange agreement.

It’s a Partnership, Not a Purchase.

The AARL program operates on a Cooperative Exchange Agreement. We provide premium access to the Altitude platform in trade for professional validation, authoritative citation, and collaborative feedback.

The Cooperative Exchange:

What We Provide:

• Self-Serve Access: Full, complimentary access to the self-serve Altitude platform for independent research and analysis.
• Historical Datasets: Access to aggregated historical datasets and regional travel metrics tailored to your specific research project requirements.
• Research Promotion: Active marketing and promotion of your final research results to our public sector and commercial networks to prove data rigor.
• Co-Presentation Support: Opportunities to co-present findings with Altitude Subject Matter Experts at major industry events and academic symposiums.
• Onboarding Resources: Access to comprehensive self-service documentation and help center resources to support your project from day one.

What you Provide:

• Formal Attribution: Include a mandatory “Source: Altitude by Geotab” citation on all published studies, charts, and maps.
• Branding Visibility: Feature the “Backed by Altitude” badge or Altitude logo on related project posters, presentation and documents.
• Shared Outcomes: Provide a copy of final research findings or published studies to help us document real-world impact.
• Platform Feedback: Participate in brief feedback sessions to help refine our analytical tools for the research community.
• Collaborative Opportunities: Potential to co-present findings with Altitude experts at industry events or academic symposiums.
• Self-Serve Operation: Manage your research independently using our comprehensive onboarding documentation and help center resources.

What is Altitude by Geotab?

Altitude transforms complex commercial vehicle movement into actionable insights, helping organizations tackle critical challenges in infrastructure, logistics, safety, and site planning.

• Insight Integrity: Base your thesis on patterns derived from ~5.5% of all commercial vehicles in the USA, capturing over 330M trips and 3.9 billion miles every month.
• Comprehensive Coverage: Access longitudinal movement history covering 99% of U.S. primary roadways to support multi-year planning.
• Granular Context: Filter by vehicle class, vocation, fuel type, and dwell time to reveal true behavioral truth.
• Privacy by Design: Work with fully anonymized and aggregated datasets that meet strict privacy standards.

Why use Altitude Insights for your research?

• Freight & Corridor Planning: Prioritize infrastructure investments based on actual heavy-duty movement and flow.
• Road Safety: Identify high-risk areas using behavioral insights like harsh driving and braking patterns.
• Truck Parking Optimization: Use dwell time analysis to identify unmet parking demand across key corridors.
• Grid Impact & EV Planning: Forecast grid demand by aligning charging infrastructure with actual fleet behavior and vocation cycles.
• Expansion Factors: Scale observed data to represent total traffic volumes using validated methodologies to fill data gaps.

Express Your Interest

We are currently accepting Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the upcoming academic cycle.