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Originally Posted by Soladad
There are times that it tells me to exit when I don't need to but if I have studied my route carefully I can tell when it has a hickup in the routing.
Soladad
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If there are times that it tells you to exit when you don’t need to then you are obviously not doing something right. To identify what it is you are not doing right, however, would require that I watch how you go about routing.
I’ve been using Streets & Trips for the better part of a year now and never have that problem. Indeed, I do all my routing with Streets and Trips and during navigation mode the software never tells me to exit unless it’s at the correct spot.
The only problem I had with routing was when it wanted to route me through a particular city instead of around it.
When I first started using the software and it routed me through a particular city instead of around it, I used to drag and drop the route manually around the perimeter of the particular city, which was a real tedious pain in the ass. Until I wised up that is and experimented with avoid area squares and rectangles.
Now anytime the software routes me through a particular city instead of around it like I desire, I simply draw a square or rectangle through the center of the city and designate as an avoid area, and from then on the software will automatically route you around the particular city, and to make the changes permanent, I simply save the changes in my default map. Hence, the next time I have to route through that particular city, the software will automatically route me around it as I desire.
I also use avoid area squares and rectangles to force the software to take certain desired routes like for instance when there is only one truck designated way in to a certain location, but numerous other routes in for four wheelers. I’ll use avoid area squares and rectangles to block all the other ways in, which then forces the software to automatically route the desired route in. Again, I’ll save these changes in my default map to make them permanent.
As for as using the software goes, I love it and think it does a wonderful job. I especially like it on those deliveries that you have to make when it is pitch black dark and so foggy you can’t see the roads you must turn on let alone the street signs. At times like these, is when the software really earns its money!