I bought the topo usa software from delorme and it has very nice features, but there is one real big problem I have: creating a route.
The instructions say that you are supposed to mark a start and end location to create a route. No problem, but of course the route chosen is not the one I want-- highways, etc. So then I try to insert vias in order to force the route to go through certain roads. This works up to a point, but invariably, the route ends up taking wierd loops and bizarre detours.
Does any one use this software to plan their rides? If so, how do you force it to route exactly the streets you want rather than some wild trajectory. Is there something I am missing?
"angdis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Hi,
I bought the topo usa software from delorme and it has very nice features, but there is one real big problem I have: creating a route.
The instructions say that you are supposed to mark a start and end location to create a route. No problem, but of course the route chosen is not the one I want-- highways, etc. So then I try to insert vias in order to force the route to go through certain roads. This works up to a point, but invariably, the route ends up taking wierd loops and bizarre detours.
Does any one use this software to plan their rides? If so, how do you force it to route exactly the streets you want rather than some wild trajectory. Is there something I am missing?
Thanks, H.
http://www.billcotton.com/gps_tips.htm You should find help on my page above, about half way down the page. Basically you want to set route preferences. Use New/Edit, advanced. Set road type. Set the speed highest on roads that you preference. I set local roads as Prefer and the speed at 15 mph for bicycling. Toll and interstate roads as Avoid and 8 mph, other roads as Standard and 10 mph
"angdis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Hi,
I bought the topo usa software from delorme and it has very nice features, but there is one real big problem I have: creating a route.
The instructions say that you are supposed to mark a start and end location to create a route. No problem, but of course the route chosen is not the one I want-- highways, etc. So then I try to insert vias in order to force the route to go through certain roads. This works up to a point, but invariably, the route ends up taking wierd loops and bizarre detours.
Does any one use this software to plan their rides? If so, how do you force it to route exactly the streets you want rather than some wild trajectory. Is there something I am missing?
Thanks, H.
I would suggest not setting the end location unless you have auto calculate turned off. The way I do it is to set a start point and then add (not insert) via points on each of the routes turns. Make sure you have the roads only option set to on also.
The topic is CueSheetMaker, an EXCEL add-in that takes files produced by several mapping products and turns them into cue sheets.
angdis said:
Hi,
I bought the topo usa software from delorme and it has very nice features, but there is one real big problem I have: creating a route.
The instructions say that you are supposed to mark a start and end location to create a route. No problem, but of course the route chosen is not the one I want-- highways, etc. So then I try to insert vias in order to force the route to go through certain roads. This works up to a point, but invariably, the route ends up taking wierd loops and bizarre detours.
Does any one use this software to plan their rides? If so, how do you force it to route exactly the streets you want rather than some wild trajectory. Is there something I am missing?
I bought the topo usa software from delorme and it has very nice features, but there is one real big problem I have: creating a route.
The instructions say that you are supposed to mark a start and end location to create a route. No problem, but of course the route chosen is not the one I want-- highways, etc. So then I try to insert vias in order to force the route to go through certain roads. This works up to a point, but invariably, the route ends up taking wierd loops and bizarre detours.
Does any one use this software to plan their rides? If so, how do you force it to route exactly the streets you want rather than some wild trajectory. Is there something I am missing?
Thanks, H.
My experience has been that one of two problems can cause this:
Usually it is caused by the order of the via's not being going as you think the route is going. I haven't been able to figure out why this happens, but in the Route tab, click on the advanced button and you can rearrange the order of the via's.
Another problem that sometimes happens is that the road I am trying to route doesn't actually go "through". I've only run into this a couple of times and the fix is to create a new routable road.
