Route optimization that cuts drive time for lawn care crews
Keep the dispatcher’s manual order or build a suggested driving route, review it around real-world commitments, and send the same saved day to crew phones for navigation.
Start free — up to 25 customers, GPS routing, EPA records, and the mobile crew app. No credit card required.
Plan the route, then let the field run it
- Manual control with optimization when useful — Keep As scheduled or ask for a suggested closest-first or farthest-first order where location data supports it.
- Practical travel estimates — Use available road-routing or estimated travel data to compare options, then account for commitments the software cannot know.
- Review and adjust before saving — Pin stops, drag around appointment windows, correct map pins, or undo an optimization.
- One shared route for the day — Calendar, planning, dispatch, printing, and crew dashboards use the same saved route order.
- Turn-by-turn navigation for crews — Crew members see their assigned stops in the saved order and can open addressable stops in Google Maps.
- Less windshield time, lower fuel cost — Fewer miles driven means more jobs completed per crew, per day.
- Safe changes to a shared plan — New work does not silently re-optimize the day, and stale edits refresh instead of overwriting a newer route.
- Live GPS tracking & dispatch — Pro operators can see crew progress and reassign stops as the day changes.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to optimize every route?
No. Keep “As scheduled” when the dispatcher’s manual order already reflects appointment windows, customer promises, or local knowledge. Use optimization when a suggested proximity-based order is helpful, then review and drag the result before the crew leaves.
How does TurfTechAdvisor choose an optimized stop order?
It starts from the day’s scheduled stops, available property map pins, and the home-base or chosen starting point. It uses road-routing data when available and an estimated proximity-based route when it is not. The result is a practical suggestion, not a guarantee of the mathematically shortest route or exact traffic-aware arrival times.
Can I adjust the route after optimizing it?
Yes. Pin stops that cannot move, drag visits around appointment windows or customer preferences, correct a bad property pin, or undo the optimization. The operator reviews and saves the final route; the software does not silently re-optimize every later schedule change.
Do the office, crew phones, and printed route use the same order?
Yes. A date has one shared saved route order across Calendar, route planning, dispatch, printing, and crew dashboards. Each crew member sees only the stops assigned to their crew, but those stops keep their place from the whole-day route. Printing an optimized route saves that reviewed order before the print window opens.
What happens when the route changes or two people edit it?
Newly scheduled stops are added without discarding the existing saved sequence, so the operator can decide where they belong or optimize again. If another tab or device saves a newer route first, TurfTechAdvisor rejects the stale overwrite and asks the operator to refresh, review, and try again.
Does route optimization work for multi-crew operations?
Yes. Assign stops to crews and optimize or reorder a crew lane without intentionally replacing the other crews’ saved stops. The result still becomes part of the one shared whole-day route, while Pro operators can follow field progress on the live dispatch board.
How does this work with Google Maps?
TurfTechAdvisor helps organize the stop order first. Once the route is reviewed, crews can hand addressable stops to Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation instead of rebuilding the day’s list in a separate mapping app.
Does it work offline when crews lose signal?
Yes. TurfTechAdvisor is a Progressive Web App (PWA), so crews can install it like a native app and keep working when cell service drops on a route. The day's stops stay available offline, and any updates queue up and sync automatically once the truck is back in coverage.
Is GPS route optimization free?
Yes. Route optimization is included on every plan, including the free plan, with no credit card required. You can optimize your first route within minutes of signing up.