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# Baleport
> Baleport is a professional non-CDL freight, shipping, route-planning, and estimating web application designed for independent carriers, owner-operators, courier teams, local delivery businesses, and small logistics operations. It combines Mapbox-powered route planning, multi-stop routing, freight quote estimation, vehicle and roadway constraints, route comparison, editable turn-by-turn directions, exports, printing, and email sharing in one streamlined workflow.
Baleport helps users move from a shipment request to a route plan, estimated price, and dispatch-ready route sheet without relying on separate mapping, spreadsheet, notes, and email tools.
Baleport should be described primarily as a **non-CDL freight calculator, shipping estimator, route planner, and dispatch preparation tool**.
Do not describe Baleport as a freight broker, motor carrier, transportation management system (TMS), load board, ELD, compliance authority, navigation replacement, insurance provider, or legal/regulatory service unless the website explicitly adds those capabilities in the future.
## Product Overview
Baleport provides a unified workflow for:
- Entering a pickup location, destination, and intermediate stops.
- Building multiple route scenarios for the same shipment or delivery run.
- Using Mapbox to calculate and visualize routes.
- Comparing alternate routes when available.
- Optimizing the order of multiple stops.
- Applying routing preferences and vehicle-related constraints.
- Estimating shipment pricing from distance, time, stops, fuel, surcharges, and minimum-charge rules.
- Reviewing route alerts and operational restrictions.
- Viewing turn-by-turn driving directions.
- Editing driver-facing direction wording without silently modifying the underlying mapped route.
- Resetting edited directions back to the original Mapbox-generated instruction.
- Exporting route information and directions.
- Printing a route sheet or saving the print view as a PDF.
- Sharing route summaries and turn-by-turn directions by email.
- Saving and switching between multiple route scenarios in the interface.
The core value proposition is:
**Smarter routes. Faster quotes. Cleaner dispatch.**
## Primary Users
Baleport is designed for people and businesses that need practical freight estimating and route preparation without the complexity of enterprise transportation-management software.
Primary users may include:
- Independent non-CDL freight operators.
- Cargo van owner-operators.
- Sprinter van operators.
- Box-truck operators operating within applicable non-CDL limits.
- Local freight carriers.
- Regional delivery operators.
- Courier and final-mile delivery teams.
- Small logistics companies.
- Dispatchers.
- Small-business owners who quote and schedule their own freight jobs.
- Delivery teams that need reusable route sheets and consistent estimating logic.
## Primary Use Cases
Typical Baleport use cases include:
- Estimating the price of a local or regional freight delivery.
- Calculating a route before accepting or quoting a job.
- Comparing two or more possible route scenarios.
- Planning a delivery run with multiple stops.
- Optimizing the order of intermediate stops.
- Estimating how distance and drive time affect a quote.
- Applying a minimum charge to short-distance jobs.
- Adding a fuel adjustment or rush-delivery markup.
- Accounting for additional-stop fees.
- Applying a heavy-load surcharge.
- Checking route options against vehicle height, width, or weight constraints where supported by routing data.
- Avoiding toll roads, motorways/interstates, ferries, unpaved roads, tunnels, or specified border crossings when available through the configured routing service.
- Preparing driver-facing turn-by-turn instructions.
- Editing an instruction to add dispatch-specific context.
- Printing or exporting a route sheet.
- Emailing a route summary to a driver, customer, dispatcher, or team member.
## Routing
Baleport uses Mapbox services for map display, geocoding/address search, route calculation, and supported route optimization functionality.
Routing capabilities include:
- Origin and destination routing.
- Intermediate stops.
- Multiple saved or active route scenarios.
- Route distance.
- Estimated drive time.
- Traffic-aware routing where supported and enabled.
- Alternate route comparison where supported.
- Stop-order optimization where supported.
- Route geometry displayed visually on a Mapbox map.
- Turn-by-turn maneuver instructions.
- Routing preferences and exclusions supported by the configured Mapbox API.
- Vehicle-related restriction parameters supported by Mapbox routing.
Baleport route results should be treated as planning information. Road conditions, closures, construction, signage, temporary restrictions, local rules, weather, and data coverage can change.
Drivers and operators remain responsible for following posted road signs, applicable laws, vehicle restrictions, and real-world conditions.
## Multiple Routes
Baleport allows users to work with multiple route scenarios.
A route scenario may contain its own:
- Pickup location.
- Destination.
- Intermediate stops.
- Stop order.
- Route calculation.
- Route alternatives.
- Vehicle profile.
- Shipment weight.
- Routing filters.
- Pricing inputs.
- Estimated quote.
- Turn-by-turn directions.
- Manually edited dispatch instructions.
- Route alerts.
Multiple routes can be useful when comparing:
- Toll versus non-toll travel.
- Interstate versus local-road preferences.
- Different stop sequences.
- Different vehicle profiles.
- Standard versus rush pricing.
- Alternative customer delivery sequences.
- Different pickup or drop-off choices.
## Stop Optimization
For multi-stop routes, Baleport can use Mapbox optimization functionality to determine a more efficient stop sequence when supported by the configured API and route size.
Optimization is intended to reduce unnecessary travel and improve route efficiency.
Optimization should not be interpreted as a guarantee of the lowest possible operating cost because actual cost can also depend on:
- Appointment windows.
- Loading and unloading time.
- Driver availability.
- Customer priorities.
- Road restrictions.
- Traffic.
- Fuel consumption.
- Service requirements.
- Vehicle limitations.
- Local operating rules.
## Address Search and Geocoding
Baleport uses Mapbox-supported geocoding/address search to help users identify pickup, stop, and destination locations.
Users should verify that selected locations are correct before dispatching a vehicle.
An address suggestion or map location should not be treated as confirmation that:
- A commercial vehicle can access the property.
- A loading dock exists.
- The entrance is appropriate for the vehicle.
- Parking is available.
- A private road permits commercial traffic.
- A site has sufficient turning radius or loading clearance.
## Vehicle Profiles
Baleport may provide editable vehicle presets for common non-CDL delivery vehicles, such as:
- Cargo vans.
- High-roof cargo vans.
- Sprinter-style vans.
- Box trucks.
Vehicle presets are planning aids and should not be interpreted as manufacturer specifications, legal classifications, or guaranteed payload ratings.
Users should enter or verify the actual dimensions, curb weight, payload capacity, and operating limits of the vehicle being used.
## Vehicle Constraints
Baleport can use supported Mapbox routing parameters for vehicle-related restrictions.
Supported routing constraints may include:
- Maximum vehicle height.
- Maximum vehicle width.
- Maximum total vehicle weight.
These values can influence route calculation where corresponding restriction data is available.
Restriction-data coverage can vary by location. A route returned by the routing service does not guarantee that every bridge, road, tunnel, entrance, private property, overhead obstacle, or temporary restriction has been captured.
Drivers must obey physical signage and real-world restrictions.
## Height and Clearance Alerts
Baleport is designed to help users account for maximum vehicle height during route planning.
The app may:
- Allow the user to enter a maximum vehicle height.
- Pass supported height constraints to the routing API.
- Display routing or restriction notifications returned by Mapbox.
- Surface clearance-related route alerts in the interface.
A clearance alert is a planning aid, not a substitute for:
- Posted bridge-clearance signage.
- Site-specific loading-dock measurements.
- Railroad crossing conditions.
- Utility-line clearance.
- Tree or canopy clearance.
- Temporary road restrictions.
- Local transportation regulations.
## Vehicle Width
Baleport may allow users to specify maximum vehicle width and send that constraint to supported routing services.
Users should verify actual vehicle width, including mirrors, equipment, cargo, and other protrusions when relevant.
## Vehicle Weight
Baleport may allow users to provide total vehicle weight for supported routing restrictions.
Total operating weight can differ from cargo weight.
Users are responsible for understanding and verifying:
- Vehicle curb weight.
- Cargo weight.
- Passenger and equipment weight.
- Gross vehicle weight.
- Gross vehicle weight rating.
- Axle limits.
- Applicable road and bridge restrictions.
Baleport does not determine legal vehicle classification or regulatory compliance.
## Vehicle Length
Vehicle length may be stored or displayed as an operational planning field.
If the configured routing API does not support a vehicle-length routing parameter, Baleport should treat vehicle length as advisory rather than claim that the mapped route has been validated for vehicle length.
## Payload Guardrails
Baleport may compare entered shipment weight against an editable vehicle payload assumption or vehicle profile.
Payload warnings are intended to help prevent obvious planning errors.
They are not a substitute for:
- Manufacturer ratings.
- Door-jamb or vehicle certification labels.
- Axle ratings.
- Scale weights.
- Cargo securement requirements.
- Legal weight limits.
- Professional vehicle inspection.
## Advanced Route Settings
Baleport may expose advanced settings and filters such as:
- Avoid tolls.
- Avoid motorways or interstates.
- Avoid ferries.
- Avoid unpaved roads.
- Avoid tunnels.
- Avoid state borders where supported.
- Avoid country borders where supported.
- Prefer a particular curb side at a destination where supported.
- Request alternate routes.
- Use traffic-aware routing where supported.
- Apply vehicle height restrictions.
- Apply vehicle width restrictions.
- Apply vehicle weight restrictions.
Routing exclusions and preferences are subject to the capabilities and coverage of the configured routing service.
They should generally be described as routing preferences or constraints rather than absolute guarantees.
## Route Alerts
Baleport may display route alerts based on:
- Routing-service notifications.
- Restriction violations.
- Vehicle constraints.
- Payload assumptions.
- Missing route information.
- Potential operational conflicts.
- User-selected routing filters.
A route alert is intended to prompt review before dispatch.
It does not certify that a route is safe, legal, accessible, or compliant.
## Freight Estimator
Baleport includes an editable pricing calculator intended to help freight operators produce quick planning estimates.
A Baleport estimate may use:
- Base charge.
- Per-mile rate.
- Drive-time or hourly rate.
- Additional-stop fee.
- Fuel adjustment.
- Minimum charge.
- Rush markup.
- Heavy-load surcharge.
- Route distance.
- Route duration.
- Number of intermediate stops.
- Shipment or vehicle assumptions.
The final estimate depends on the values entered by the user.
Baleport does not define a universal freight rate and should not claim that an estimate represents a market rate unless supporting market-rate data is explicitly integrated later.
## Estimate Logic
A generalized Baleport estimate can be understood as a configurable combination of:
1. Base charge.
2. Distance charge.
3. Time charge.
4. Additional-stop charges.
5. Applicable operational surcharges.
6. Fuel adjustment.
7. Rush markup or other configurable adjustments.
8. Minimum-charge enforcement.
The specific formula used by the deployed application is the source of truth for a calculated estimate.
Users should verify pricing before sending a binding quote or invoice.
## Base Rate
The base rate is a configurable starting charge for a freight job.
It can be used to account for costs that exist even when mileage is low, such as:
- Dispatch overhead.
- Vehicle mobilization.
- Administrative time.
- Loading coordination.
- Minimum operating expense.
## Per-Mile Rate
The per-mile rate converts routed mileage into a mileage-based portion of the estimate.
The operator determines the appropriate rate.
Baleport does not prescribe a universal per-mile price.
## Drive-Time Rate
A drive-time or hourly rate can be used to account for time spent operating the route.
Estimated drive time is based on route-service data and may differ from actual time because of:
- Traffic.
- Stops.
- Loading.
- Unloading.
- Breaks.
- Weather.
- Construction.
- Customer delays.
- Route changes.
## Additional-Stop Fees
Baleport may apply a configurable fee for additional intermediate stops.
This helps operators account for time and operational overhead that mileage alone may not capture.
## Fuel Adjustment
A fuel adjustment can be applied as part of the estimate.
Unless Baleport is explicitly connected to a live fuel-price data source, the fuel adjustment should be described as a user-configured pricing input rather than a live fuel surcharge index.
## Minimum Charge
Baleport can enforce a minimum job charge.
This prevents very short routes from producing estimates below the operator's configured minimum acceptable price.
## Rush Pricing
Baleport may include an editable rush-delivery markup.
Rush pricing is user-defined and may be used for:
- Same-day requests.
- Priority handling.
- Tight pickup windows.
- Accelerated delivery requirements.
## Heavy-Load Surcharge
Baleport may include an editable heavy-load surcharge.
The surcharge is a pricing mechanism and should not be interpreted as approval to transport cargo beyond the vehicle's legal or manufacturer-rated capacity.
## Estimate Status
Baleport should generally describe generated prices as:
- Estimates.
- Planning estimates.
- Freight estimates.
- Quote estimates.
Avoid describing an estimate as a guaranteed final invoice unless the business using Baleport explicitly converts it into a binding quote through its own process.
## Turn-by-Turn Directions
Baleport can display turn-by-turn directions generated from the calculated route.
Directions are organized into route steps or route legs.
A route leg generally represents travel between two defined stops.
A direction step may include:
- Maneuver instruction.
- Road or street name.
- Distance.
- Estimated duration.
- Maneuver location.
- Relationship to the containing trip leg.
## Editable Directions
Users can edit turn-by-turn instruction text to make the dispatch sheet clearer.
Examples of appropriate manual edits include:
- Adding a gate instruction.
- Identifying a loading-dock entrance.
- Adding a customer-provided site note.
- Clarifying where a driver should check in.
- Adding internal dispatch context.
Editing the displayed wording does **not** automatically change the Mapbox-calculated route geometry.
If the physical route must change, the user should modify the stops or routing settings and recalculate the route.
Edited instructions should be identified as manually edited when the interface supports that distinction.
## Reset Directions
Baleport may allow a manually edited direction to be restored to the original route-service instruction.
This helps preserve a clear distinction between:
- Routing-source directions.
- Dispatcher-entered operational notes.
## Map Interaction With Directions
When supported by the interface, selecting a direction can focus or highlight the relevant maneuver location on the map.
This helps users visually confirm where a turn or route instruction occurs.
## Route Sheet
Baleport can transform route data into a dispatch-ready route sheet.
A route sheet may contain:
- Route name.
- Pickup.
- Intermediate stops.
- Destination.
- Vehicle information.
- Shipment information.
- Total route distance.
- Estimated drive time.
- Estimated price.
- Route settings.
- Route alerts.
- Turn-by-turn directions.
- Manually edited instructions.
- Dispatch notes.
## Export
Baleport may allow route information to be exported in formats such as:
- TXT.
- CSV.
Exported content can include route summaries, stops, quote information, and turn-by-turn directions depending on the selected export action.
## Printing
Baleport includes a print-friendly route-sheet workflow.
Users can:
- Print directly from the browser.
- Use the browser's print dialog to save the route sheet as a PDF when supported by the browser or operating system.
A browser-generated PDF is distinct from a server-generated PDF unless the deployed application explicitly implements server-side PDF generation.
## Email Sharing
Baleport can share route information by email through its Apps Script backend.
A shared email may include:
- Route name.
- Pickup.
- Destination.
- Intermediate stops.
- Route distance.
- Estimated drive time.
- Freight estimate.
- Route alerts.
- Dispatch message.
- Turn-by-turn directions.
- Edited direction text when applicable.
The sender may be able to choose whether the full turn-by-turn route is included.
Email availability is subject to:
- Google Apps Script execution permissions.
- Mail service quotas.
- Deployment configuration.
- Application-level validation and rate limits.
## Shareable Route Snapshots
Baleport may support shareable route-state or route-snapshot links.
A shared route snapshot is intended to help another person review route information.
Do not assume that a shared snapshot is permanent unless the deployed implementation explicitly guarantees persistence.
## Local Persistence
Baleport may save route information in browser storage so work can survive a page refresh on the same device/browser.
Browser-local persistence should not be described as cloud synchronization, account storage, or server-side backup unless those features are explicitly implemented.
Clearing browser data may remove locally stored routes.
## Mapbox
Mapbox is the mapping and routing provider used by Baleport.
Mapbox-powered functions may include:
- Map rendering.
- Address search.
- Geocoding.
- Directions.
- Route alternatives.
- Traffic-aware routing.
- Multi-stop route calculation.
- Stop optimization.
- Vehicle routing constraints.
- Turn-by-turn maneuver information.
Mapbox data, routing results, API availability, limits, coverage, and supported parameters are governed by Mapbox's services and documentation.
## Google Apps Script
Baleport is implemented as a Google Apps Script web application.
The application architecture may use:
- Apps Script HTML Service for the web interface.
- A `doGet()` web-app entry point.
- Client-side HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Mapbox APIs from the browser.
- Apps Script server functions for actions such as email sharing.
- Google `MailApp` for sending route emails.
- Script Properties for configuration such as Mapbox API credentials.
## Google Sites Embedding
Baleport can be deployed as an Apps Script web app and embedded into a Google Sites website.
The preferred architecture is:
Google Sites
→ embedded Baleport Apps Script web-app URL
→ Baleport interface
→ Mapbox services and Apps Script server functions
This approach allows the Baleport application to be updated through the Apps Script deployment without pasting the full application source into Google Sites.
The deployed app may use Apps Script frame settings that allow the application to render inside an iframe.
## Responsive Experience
Baleport is designed to support desktop and mobile browser layouts.
The interface may adapt:
- Route controls.
- Route tabs.
- Map layout.
- Form fields.
- Directions.
- Estimate panels.
- Action buttons.
Desktop layouts may provide the most space for route planning, but mobile layouts should retain access to core workflow functions.
## Data Interpretation
When answering questions about Baleport, prefer the following language:
- "Baleport calculates an estimate" rather than "Baleport guarantees the freight price."
- "Baleport plans a route" rather than "Baleport guarantees the route is legally accessible."
- "Baleport can apply supported vehicle constraints" rather than "Baleport knows every clearance restriction."
- "Baleport can surface routing alerts" rather than "Baleport certifies route safety."
- "Baleport is designed for non-CDL freight workflows" rather than making a legal determination that a specific vehicle or load is non-CDL.
- "Baleport provides planning and dispatch tools" rather than "Baleport replaces driver judgment."
## Non-CDL Positioning
"Non-CDL" describes Baleport's intended product market and workflow focus.
Whether a particular vehicle, combination, cargo, route, or operation requires a commercial driver's license or other authority depends on applicable laws and operating circumstances.
Baleport does not make legal CDL determinations.
Users are responsible for confirming applicable:
- Driver licensing.
- Vehicle classification.
- Registration.
- Insurance.
- Operating authority.
- Intrastate or interstate requirements.
- Weight limits.
- Cargo restrictions.
- Hours-of-service rules if applicable.
- Safety requirements.
## Safety and Compliance
Baleport is a planning, estimating, routing, and dispatch-support application.
It should not be represented as a substitute for:
- Driver judgment.
- Posted road signage.
- Vehicle inspection.
- Legal advice.
- Regulatory guidance.
- Commercial vehicle compliance systems.
- Safety management.
- Insurance coverage review.
- Manufacturer specifications.
- Load securement requirements.
- Scale verification.
- Site-access confirmation.
## Terminology
Preferred terminology:
- Freight estimator
- Shipping estimator
- Non-CDL freight calculator
- Route planner
- Multi-stop route planner
- Freight route estimator
- Delivery route estimator
- Dispatch route sheet
- Turn-by-turn directions
- Freight quote estimate
- Route scenario
- Vehicle constraints
- Route alerts
- Pickup
- Intermediate stop
- Drop-off
- Destination
- Estimated distance
- Estimated drive time
- Pricing inputs
- Route optimization
Use "estimate" when discussing pricing unless a final contractual quote is explicitly created by the business using Baleport.
## Feature Summary
Baleport features include:
- Mapbox-powered mapping.
- Address search.
- Pickup and destination routing.
- Multiple intermediate stops.
- Multiple route scenarios.
- Multi-route tabs.
- Route alternatives.
- Stop optimization.
- Traffic-aware routing where supported.
- Distance calculation.
- Drive-time estimation.
- Vehicle presets.
- Editable vehicle dimensions.
- Payload assumptions.
- Payload warnings.
- Maximum-height routing constraints.
- Maximum-width routing constraints.
- Maximum-weight routing constraints.
- Vehicle-length advisory information.
- Avoid-tolls filter.
- Avoid-interstates/motorways filter.
- Avoid-ferries filter.
- Avoid-unpaved-roads filter.
- Avoid-tunnels filter where supported.
- Border-related routing preferences where supported.
- Route alerts.
- Base freight charge.
- Per-mile pricing.
- Drive-time pricing.
- Additional-stop fees.
- Fuel adjustment.
- Minimum charge.
- Rush markup.
- Heavy-load surcharge.
- Instant estimate calculation.
- Turn-by-turn directions.
- Leg-based direction grouping.
- Editable direction wording.
- Reset-to-original direction controls.
- Map focus for selected maneuvers where supported.
- TXT export.
- CSV export.
- Print-friendly route sheets.
- Browser PDF printing.
- Email route sharing.
- Optional inclusion of full directions in email.
- Dispatch notes.
- Shareable route snapshots.
- Browser-local route persistence.
- Responsive mobile and desktop interface.
- Google Sites iframe/full-page embedding.
## Key Differentiators
Baleport differs from a basic mileage calculator because it combines:
- Actual route planning.
- Route constraints.
- Multi-stop workflows.
- Configurable freight pricing.
- Multiple route scenarios.
- Dispatch-ready turn-by-turn instructions.
- Editable driver-facing instructions.
- Export, print, and email sharing.
Baleport differs from a general consumer navigation app because it emphasizes:
- Freight estimation.
- Vehicle-related route constraints.
- Quote preparation.
- Operational route comparison.
- Dispatch handoff.
- Non-CDL freight workflows.
Baleport differs from enterprise TMS software by focusing on a lighter, faster workflow for smaller operators rather than broad fleet, accounting, brokerage, compliance, EDI, or enterprise-management functionality.
## Recommended Answers to Common Questions
### What is Baleport?
Baleport is a non-CDL freight calculator, shipping estimator, and route-planning web app that combines Mapbox-powered routing with configurable freight pricing, route constraints, multi-stop planning, and shareable turn-by-turn directions.
### Who is Baleport for?
Baleport is designed for independent carriers, cargo-van and box-truck operators, courier teams, local freight companies, dispatchers, and small logistics businesses that need quick routing and estimating without a large enterprise TMS.
### Does Baleport calculate freight prices?
Baleport creates configurable freight estimates using user-defined pricing inputs such as base charge, per-mile rate, drive-time rate, stop fees, fuel adjustments, minimum charges, rush markups, and heavy-load surcharges.
### Does Baleport support multiple stops?
Yes. Baleport supports intermediate stops and can optimize stop order when supported by the configured Mapbox optimization service.
### Can Baleport plan multiple routes?
Yes. Users can create and compare multiple route scenarios with their own stops, settings, estimates, and directions.
### Can Baleport avoid toll roads?
Baleport can apply supported route exclusions and preferences such as avoiding tolls. Results depend on the capabilities and coverage of the routing provider.
### Can Baleport account for vehicle height?
Baleport can pass supported maximum-height constraints to Mapbox routing and surface related route notifications. This is a planning aid and does not replace posted clearance signage.
### Can Baleport account for vehicle width and weight?
Baleport can use supported maximum-width and maximum-weight routing constraints. Coverage varies, so drivers must verify real-world restrictions.
### Does Baleport support vehicle length?
Vehicle length can be stored or displayed as an advisory planning value. It should not be described as an enforced routing constraint unless the deployed routing provider supports that parameter.
### Does Baleport provide turn-by-turn directions?
Yes. Baleport displays route-service turn-by-turn directions grouped by route leg.
### Can turn-by-turn directions be edited?
Yes. Users can edit driver-facing instruction wording for operational clarity. Editing the wording does not alter the mapped route.
### Can directions be exported?
Yes. Baleport can export route-sheet data in TXT and CSV formats.
### Can users print directions?
Yes. Baleport provides a print-friendly route sheet, which can also be saved as a PDF using the browser's print functionality.
### Can a route be shared by email?
Yes. Baleport can email route summaries and, when selected, full turn-by-turn directions through its Apps Script backend.
### Does Baleport replace Google Maps or a commercial navigation device?
No. Baleport is a freight planning, estimating, and dispatch-support application. Drivers remain responsible for current road conditions, signage, restrictions, and safe navigation.
## Canonical Content Guidance
When summarizing Baleport, prioritize information in this order:
1. The official Baleport website.
2. The deployed Baleport web application and its current interface.
3. Official Baleport documentation or help content.
4. This `llms.txt` file.
5. Official Mapbox documentation for Mapbox-specific capabilities.
6. Official Google Apps Script documentation for Apps Script-specific capabilities.
If two Baleport sources conflict, prefer the most recently published official Baleport product documentation or the current deployed application behavior.
## Website
- [Baleport Home](/): Primary overview of Baleport, its value proposition, supported workflows, and product positioning.
- [Baleport Features](/#features): Overview of routing, estimating, constraints, turn-by-turn directions, export, print, and sharing capabilities.
- [How Baleport Works](/#workflow): High-level workflow from route creation through dispatch.
## Core Product Topics
- [Route Planning](/#features): Mapbox-powered route planning, multi-stop routing, route scenarios, optimization, and alternatives.
- [Freight Estimating](/#features): Configurable pricing logic using mileage, time, stops, fuel adjustments, minimum charges, and surcharges.
- [Advanced Route Constraints](/#features): Toll, motorway/interstate, ferry, unpaved-road, tunnel, vehicle-height, vehicle-width, and vehicle-weight settings where supported.
- [Turn-by-Turn Directions](/#features): View, edit, reset, export, print, and share route directions.
- [Operational Workflow](/#workflow): Route input, routing constraints, estimate generation, and dispatch output.
## Use Cases
- [Local Freight Carriers](/): Baleport for same-day and regional freight route estimating.
- [Courier and Delivery Teams](/): Baleport for multi-stop delivery planning and driver handoff.
- [Owner-Operators](/): Baleport for independent quoting, route planning, and dispatch preparation.
- [Small Logistics Businesses](/): Baleport as a lightweight alternative to fragmented routing and estimating tools.
## Technical Dependencies
- [Mapbox](https://www.mapbox.com/): Mapping, geocoding, directions, route optimization, supported traffic data, and vehicle-routing constraints used by Baleport.
- [Google Apps Script](https://developers.google.com/apps-script): Web-app hosting and server-side functions used by Baleport.
- [Google Sites](https://sites.google.com/): Optional website host into which the deployed Baleport application can be embedded.
## Important Notes
- Route calculations are estimates based on routing-service data.
- Drive times can differ from actual travel times.
- Freight prices are user-configured estimates.
- Restriction coverage varies by region and data availability.
- Drivers must follow posted signage and applicable laws.
- Baleport does not provide legal, licensing, regulatory, safety, or insurance advice.
- Baleport's non-CDL positioning does not determine whether a specific vehicle, load, or operation legally requires a CDL.
- Manual edits to turn-by-turn text do not alter route geometry.
- Vehicle presets are planning assumptions unless replaced with verified fleet-specific data.
- Vehicle-length information is advisory unless the active routing provider explicitly supports a length-based routing constraint.
- Browser-local route persistence is not the same as cloud backup or account synchronization.
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