Re: Question about DeLorme Street Atlas 2005
- From: "Dan Lawyer" <dlawyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 02:28:26 GMT
If your using a database (ie. Customers) and want to import it into the app
and actually use the data (all fields included and editable), you can even
select records from it to route to all at once (no need to place individual
stops....powerful stuff;>), or need residential and business phone data for
the whole US, then consider SA2006 Plus. It's more expensive, but may be
very helpful if any of the needs are there.
http://www.delorme.com/streetatlasplus/default.asp
I've been a DeLorme fanatic since 95, so I'm not one to ask. I also use S&T
but it's mainly for map comparison. As far as I was concerned, it was junk
from the standpoint of usability, and had only a fraction of the features of
the SA products, but with the 2006 release, they are catching up a good bit.
They have finally added some features that DeLorme has had for may years.
>From the only review I've read, they are still behind because the features
they copied, aren't near as refined nor work as DeLorme's. They do have
better maps in most metro areas, but much worse maps in rural areas and off
the main roads, which is typical of the Navteq maps. To be fair, it will
also optimize your stops, and I'm pretty sure it will work with your Garmin.
Dan
"Joe" <nuisancewildlife@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Ugk0f.2650$4h2.500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello Dan,
>
> Thanks for the info, that would save me a lot of work. The thing is, the
> origin and destination are the same with each 'stop' (waypoint) only being
> visited once (no crossovers, etc.).
>
> So as long as I know it will work with my garmin12, then I will probly buy
> the 2006 version. I saw that one in there too. I am wondering what you
> mean by 'logical progression'.
>
> In case you are not familiar with the TSP, (you can google it), the
> problem is to take the shortest route (called optimum route) from the
> starting point and back to the starting point, passing thru each stop on
> the way. I have been using the coordinate values and coding in JBASIC to
> try and find the optimum... till now. If this thing does it for me, well
> then that's even better. There's 42 stops on my route.
>
> Just a couple more questions. Is there something better I could get for
> about the same money (US $50-$60)?
>
> I guess top posting is OK in this NG? I haven't visited here for a couple
> of years (before the great SA removal in May,2000 <?>).
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> "Dan Lawyer" <dlawyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:CAj0f.9354$Q53.5382@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> If you bought it and haven't opened it yet, take it back, as Woody said,
>> 2006 had been out for a while now and has more usable enhancements that
>> any version they have done yet. It will work with our Garmin.
>>
>> You don't need a degree to solve the traveling salesman problem. Just
>> enter a start and finish, calculate the route. Then "insert" all your
>> stops, and the app will order them in a logical progression from the
>> start to the finish, no matter how you insert them. Note the "insert", as
>> you can also "add" them, which puts them in the order you add them
>> regardless of logical order.
>>
>> Dan
>> "Woody" <TheDuck@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:iYg0f.622$GA1.555@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hope you got a good deal as 2006 is the current product....
>>>
>>>
>>> "Joe" <nuisancewildlife@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:c%f0f.6563$oc.5137@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Hi to the group,
>>>>
>>>> I was at bestbuy today and I saw this package and was wondering if
>>>> anyone has used it for street mapping.
>>>> DeLorme Street Atlas 2005. I don't know yet if it is compatible with my
>>>> old garmin, but can find out if it is worth it.
>>>>
>>>> Some background: I have a garmin gps 12 which I have been using for
>>>> bush wacking and mapping trails in our local forests for a few years
>>>> now. I have been using it with TOPO! GPS USA software, which is probly
>>>> as old as my garmin. Recently, I picked up a delivery route
>>>> (newspapers) to make a little (very little, LOL) extra money. I also
>>>> have a background in math and physics and I figured I would use the
>>>> 'traveling salesman problem' to solve for the shortest route for my
>>>> deliveries. I have been using TOPO, but the maps are outdated, and show
>>>> forests and wilderness where there are now roads. In order to solve my
>>>> 'traveling salesman problem' , I think I need something that is going
>>>> to constrain the coordinates to just the roads. This is not bush
>>>> wacking anymore. If it matters, I am using the gps UTM/UPS coordinate
>>>> system with wgs84 datum.
>>>> I know I can use the tracklog of my garmin with TOPO and 'create' new
>>>> roads, but was thinking of upgrading my mapping software for streets
>>>> anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Any tips, links, ideas, or suggestions welcome
>>>>
>>>> TIA,
>>>> Joe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
.
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