Route Finder Software

"MSeries" <[email hidden]> 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

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distance and as a first stab at a route. Can anyone recommend a CDROM

based

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route finder software that is comparable to the AA website ?

Thanks Martin

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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

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"MSeries" <[email hidden]> wrote in message -"]news:[email hidden]-
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distance and as a first stab at a route. Can anyone recommend a CDROM

based

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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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