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Posted by James on February 8, 2007, 10:50 am


Hi

Does anyone know of any cheap route planning software that will calculate
the most efficient route to / from several points.

In plain terms I would like to be able to put in a start point and possibly
an end point then have several stops en route. I would like the software to
place the stops in such a fashion that they are visited in the least
possible time rather than in the order I enter them.

I know there is software out there for delivery companies and the like but I
suspect it would be way too expensive for a single user.

Cheers

James



Posted by Roger Mills on February 8, 2007, 11:27 am


In an earlier contribution to this discussion,

> Hi
> Does anyone know of any cheap route planning software that will
> calculate the most efficient route to / from several points.
> In plain terms I would like to be able to put in a start point and
> possibly an end point then have several stops en route. I would like
> the software to place the stops in such a fashion that they are
> visited in the least possible time rather than in the order I enter
> them.
> I know there is software out there for delivery companies and the
> like but I suspect it would be way too expensive for a single user.
> Cheers
> James


The latest version of MS Autoroute (2007) apparently has a facility to
calculate an optimised route - taking in multiple destinations.
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Posted by Jim on February 8, 2007, 11:41 am


> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
> > Hi
> > Does anyone know of any cheap route planning software that will
> > calculate the most efficient route to / from several points.
> > In plain terms I would like to be able to put in a start point and
> > possibly an end point then have several stops en route. I would like
> > the software to place the stops in such a fashion that they are
> > visited in the least possible time rather than in the order I enter
> > them.
> > I know there is software out there for delivery companies and the
> > like but I suspect it would be way too expensive for a single user.
> > Cheers
> > James
> The latest version of MS Autoroute (2007) apparently has a facility to
> calculate an optimised route - taking in multiple destinations.
> --
> Cheers,
> Roger
> ______

AFAIK earlier versions on MS AutoRoute (2005, 2006) also did optimised
routes.

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Regards

Jim

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Posted by The Caretaker on February 8, 2007, 12:41 pm


Jim wrote:
>> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
>>> Hi
>>> Does anyone know of any cheap route planning software that will
>>> calculate the most efficient route to / from several points.
>>> In plain terms I would like to be able to put in a start point and
>>> possibly an end point then have several stops en route. I would like
>>> the software to place the stops in such a fashion that they are
>>> visited in the least possible time rather than in the order I enter
>>> them.
>>> I know there is software out there for delivery companies and the
>>> like but I suspect it would be way too expensive for a single user.
>>> Cheers
>>> James
>> The latest version of MS Autoroute (2007) apparently has a facility to
>> calculate an optimised route - taking in multiple destinations.
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Roger
>> ______
>
> AFAIK earlier versions on MS AutoRoute (2005, 2006) also did optimised
> routes.
>

AR2004 definitely does, I just checked.

Enter the route stops, click the optimise button, then click the get
directions button. Seems to work well too.

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The Caretaker ........

Posted by Roger Mills on February 8, 2007, 3:17 pm


In an earlier contribution to this discussion,

>> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
>>> Hi
>>> Does anyone know of any cheap route planning software that will
>>> calculate the most efficient route to / from several points.

>> The latest version of MS Autoroute (2007) apparently has a facility
>> to calculate an optimised route - taking in multiple destinations.

> AFAIK earlier versions on MS AutoRoute (2005, 2006) also did optimised
> routes.

Yes, you're right! I've just looked at my 2002 version, and discovered that
even *that* does it!

It is still true that the latest version does it - albeit not exclusively
so. <g>

I presume that if the OP wanted to buy something, he would go for the latest
version anyway. I don't know how he defines 'cheap', but Autoroute 2007 can
be bought for about UKP 50.
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Roger
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