Isuzu backs Telematics Data Dictionary

Isuzu Australia has endorsed Transport Certification Australia’s ‘Telematics Data Dictionary’, which delivers data on driver and vehicle performance via a black box system and GPS and satellite technology.

Isuzu Australia Chief Engineer, Product Strategy, Simon Humphries, said the development of such key initiatives will lead to safer roads, greater efficiencies and more profitable freight transport across Australia.

“The Telematics Data Dictionary is a positive step towards more robust compliance around the broader issue of intelligent transport systems,” Mr Humphries said. “There is little debate this is the direction the Australian freight and transport industry is heading, so it’s important these functions and frameworks are well developed and brought to bear.”

The dictionary provides software developers and fleet managers with a common language, boosting integration between telematics systems – such as Isuzu’s Connect, and Connect Plus, telematics systems.

Acting CEO of the National Transport Commission, Ms Michelle Hendy, said the NTC’s framework included a ‘data dictionary’ to ensure that “Australia keeps pace with global trends, and the market can develop innovative solutions within a framework".

She said the Telematics Data Dictionary will “adapt to technology advances, and, importantly, encourage affordable integrated commercial and compliance telematics applications".

The goal is to encourage collaboration between software producers and eliminate duplication, further reinforcing the confidence of end-users in transport.

Currently, software and system design is based upon international telematics standards that are under constant review.

The CEO of Transport Certification Australia, Mr Chris Koniditsiotis, said: “As more parameters are required they will be included in the Telematics Data Dictionary… and we anticipate they will be driven by end-use demands, rather than changes to technology.”