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The Routing window allows you to enter the origin and destination points of a route. (PC)
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Point to Point Routing
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The Routing window allows you to enter the origin and destination points of a route. (PC)
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To see what each button on this screen does, view the section on Button Descriptions. On the PC, if you position the mouse over a button, a short description of that button will appear.
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| 1. | On the Route menu, click New.
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| 2. | Tap or click on the From box to bring up the Address Search window if you want to search for an address. If you wish to use your current position, tap or click on the Current Position button instead. You can also set up your home and office locations, and then use the Home or Office buttons to automatically load those addresses.
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To use the Current Position feature, your position must be locked. |
| 3. | Enter street number, name city, state, and zip code information (if it is known) and press Find. Next, select the most appropriate address from the list returned. If you wish to use an address from your address book, click the Address Book button. You can also enter a POI as a location by choosing the Yellow Pages radio button and filling in the appropriate information. Be sure not to over specify! Please check the Tips section for more details.
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Create a route by entering addresses or POIs. (PC)
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| 4. | Next, select the To option, and repeat the process as outlined above.
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| 5. | Click the Route button. The directions will now be displayed on the screen. You may also save them to a text file by clicking on the Route menu and selecting Save As. You can also select the Show Traffic Incidents box (US only, subject to additional fees) if you want to view any traffic obstructions in your area.
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| 6. | To reverse the origin and destination, tap or click on the Reverse button.
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The software also supports Avoid Points when routing. This is useful to allow the software to avoid routing through congested areas or along particular streets. (See Managing Avoid Points to learn how to create Avoid Points.) These Avoid Points are stored in a folder called avoid.way in the Waypoints window.
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When creating a route, the software will automatically load the street level maps for the origin address and the destination address you specify and the highway maps for the areas in between the origin and destination.
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Type the name, location or phone number of the desired YP (PC)
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Do not be afraid to use wildcards (* or ?) in your search if you are unsure of a specific name.
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| 5. | Select the YP that closely matches with your intended destination. If none of the given choices match, add or remove more keywords to narrow or broaden your search.
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History - Displays a list of addresses you have routed to in the past. Useful if you route to certain addresses frequently.
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Current Position - Sets your current position as either the origin or destination of the route, depending on which is currently selected. Typically used when you are already driving, locked in, and know only the destination address.
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Home Preset - Your home address. Use this to automatically enter addresses into the From/To box. You can set this using the Edit Presets button.
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Office Preset - Your office address. Use this to automatically enter addresses into the From/To box. You can set this using the Edit Presets button.
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Edit Presets - Allows you to edit your home and office addresses.
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Reverse - Switch your origin and destination addresses. Press Do Routing when ready to route.
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Do Routing - Displays the route after you have entered an origin and destination address.
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The software now offers manual and automatic re-routing feature. For manual re-route, tap or click on Route > Re-Route. See Preferences for details about auto re-routing. With this feature if you travel more than a specified distance from the generated route, the software will automatically generate a new route based on your current position. The settings for this feature can be found under the Direction tab of the Preferences window. You can only use this feature if your position is locked.
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In Pocket PC devices, Re-Route is automatically configured as Button #1. The numbering of buttons on different PDAs varies, but on the HP iPaq, Button #1 is the leftmost button on the front of the PDA.
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