Well, I sat down last night and started working on the pushpin (POI) set for Streets & Trips. I made a map template file that has the following POI's in it:
Cat Scale, IdleAire, Flying J, Petro, Pilot, T/A, Weigh Stations
I also "made" icons for each of the above POI's. So, for Flying J's, you'll have the "J" logo, Pilot has their "P", and so on.
I wanted to also add POI's for: Blue Beacon, Eagle Truck Wash & Interstate Scales but they have no downloadable list that will "match" to addresses or longitude/latitude. I also was unable to include Love's truckstops as only about 25% of their list has "matchable" addresses or latitude/longitude. I'm still working on the Love's POI set.
As far as setting it up for users to download, I'm working on that right now. I'm not sure if the template file "embeds" the custom icons into the file or not. If you want to download the template file (under 1 meg) here are the links (these are hosted on my home computer):
Template file:
ftp://reqbot.serveftp.com/Big%20Truck.stt
Icons (only needed if there is no custom icon already set when you open):
Cat Scale:
ftp://reqbot.serveftp.com/CatScale.ico
IdleAire:
ftp://reqbot.serveftp.com/IdleAire.ico
Weigh Stations:
ftp://reqbot.serveftp.com/scale.ico
Flying J:
ftp://reqbot.serveftp.com/Flying%20J.ico
Petro:
ftp://reqbot.serveftp.com/Petro.ico
Pilot:
ftp://reqbot.serveftp.com/Pilot.ico
T/A:
ftp://reqbot.serveftp.com/TA.ico
Note: when you initially open the template file, you'll see the map of the USA zoomed out full. The icons COMPLETELY cover the map. However, the more the map is zoomed in, the more realistic the pushpins will appear. This is because S & T doesn't "scale" the icons the further out the zoom level is set at.
Code:
You can customize how MS Streets & Trips opens. For example you may prefer that it opens zoomed into a specific map area, shows Route Planner pane, uses larger font size, etc.
Create a new map or modify an existing map with the features you'd like to see whenever you open a new map.
On the File menu, click Save As.
In the Save in box, browse to Program Files\Microsoft Streets & Trips \Templates, and click New North American Map.stt.
Click the arrow next to the Save as type box, and then choose Map Template from the list.
Click Save
When prompted about replacing New North American Map.stt, click Yes.
Your map replaces the Streets & Trips default template.
I also came across a couple of things to make S&T better this morning:
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/t...TOPIC_ID=24519
This addon adds a number of features that are missing from S & T. Read the info on the web page. The addon program is completely free.
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/t...TOPIC_ID=21067
This is a bunch of Tips & Tricks for S & T that can be used to "fine-tune" the program. There's a lot of good information.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask me, either here in the forums or via PM.