Route Finder Software

[Mseries]

I generally use OS maps and a OS map CDROM to plan new routes and I also find the route finder on
the AA website useful for a rough estimation of the distance and as a first stab at a route. Can
anyone recommend a CDROM based route finder software that is comparable to the AA website ?

Thanks Martin

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[Rg]

"MSeries" <skankmartin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I generally use OS maps and a OS map CDROM to plan new routes and I also find the route finder on
> the AA website useful for a rough estimation of
the
> distance and as a first stab at a route. Can anyone recommend a CDROM
based
> route finder software that is comparable to the AA website ?
>
> Thanks Martin
>
> --
> The Reply & From email addresses are checked rarely. http://www.mseries.freeserve.co.uk (http://www.mseries.freeserve.co.uk/)
>
>

There is the Microsoft AutoRoute product which, like you, I use for a first pass at routes.

You just have to set the preferences thing to not go on Motorways and reduce the percentage for A
roads to a low level - it then works, sorta, for a bike as an indication

RG

[Richard Bates]

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 12:57:15 +0000 (UTC), in
<bsuh3b$nkj$1@sparta.btinternet.com>, "RG"
<newszzzzzz@bntinternet.com> wrote:

>
>"MSeries" <skankmartin@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:bsu6pg$1g3i5$1@ID-207671.news.uni-
>berlin.de...
>> distance and as a first stab at a route. Can anyone recommend a CDROM
>based
>> route finder software that is comparable to the AA website ?
>
>There is the Microsoft AutoRoute product which, like you, I use for a first pass at routes.
>
>You just have to set the preferences thing to not go on Motorways and reduce the percentage for A
>roads to a low level - it then works, sorta, for a bike as an indication

It does some odd (but logically correct) things though: I asked it for a route from Holyhead to
somewhere in mainland Wales (can't remember where exactly) avoiding A roads. It recommended I
travelled to Liverpool via Dublin!
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