Intercity Routing    (Using Pocket PC to show this example.)  

Using the TeleType GPS program and maps to create a route from “20 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116” to “750 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02115”  

(1) INSTALL PROGRAM and INSTALL GPS MAPS from the CD to your hard drive into any location you like (if using the TeleType GPS install wizard, the maps will be copied to the folder under C:\Program Files\Gps). In this example, we need the street map only for Boston city. 

(2) Double click the item called GPS found on your desktop. A rough base map (lots of city names and dots) will show up.  Find the city you will be starting from on the U.S. map, which is automatically loaded when you start TeleType GPS program. 

If it is not loaded, then you need to select Places.ttm, which is in the C:\WINDOWS directory.  If you don’t see the town/city you need, press “View”, choose “Show Preference”, choose “City/Road” tag, and select the “Show All Cities” option when looking for your starting point. 

Note: If you choose to "Show all Cities" be sure to turn off that feature once you find the city of choice. Leaving the checkbox on will cause the display to refresh slowly. Be assured that you will see all cities as you zoom closer, the only reason for showing all cities is for use when driving in rural areas and for pre-trip planning. 

Check Show All Cities option for displaying all towns/cities on the map.
 

TeleType GPS Base Map (Places.ttm)  

(3) Because the origin and destination are all located in Boston.  Therefore, we only need to load the Boston detailed map for creating the route. To do so, tap on the city “Boston” on the map.  In the pop up window, press “Load Detailed Maps” to load the detailed street map for Boston.

 Tip: Remember, in order to find or route from an address, street maps for the desired area must be loaded. 

Tap on Boston to load detailed maps of the area. 

Detailed street map for Boston.
Zoom in to the Boston area to see more detail.  

(4) Now load maps into the Pocket PC.  In the “File” menu, press “Unload Maps”.  Press “Save Export Files” to export the files of route. 

                                                
Press "Save Export Files" to export the route files.                        Press “OK” button to export files. 

Now, create a new folder in your hard drive.  In this example, the new folder is named Boston. You should save these files into Boston folder. 

(5) Now you have the folder Boston with map files on your desktop.  You need to copy this folder into the Pocket PC (go to “My computer” in you desktop/laptop, click “Mobile Device”, click “My Pocket PC”, click “My Documents”.) in order to view the maps from desktop/laptop on the Pocket PC. 

Now you can see the folder Boston in the “My Documents” of Pocket PC. 

(6) On the Pocket PC, go to “File” menu, choose “Load…” and choose “Load in view” to load the maps from the file folder Boston.

(7) Now you can see the maps you just downloaded on the Pocket PC. 

(8) Press “Route” menu and choose “New” for the pop up window.  Select From option, type the address “20 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116” on this pop up window, then press “Find Address”.  Select the appropriate address from the choices given by the search and then press “SAVE-OK” to use the address and in addition record the address for future use.  Next time you need an address, which has already been saved, rather than retype the address, press the button “History Address” and select the address you need.

                         
                                                                                             Select the appropriate address from the results 
                                                                                            provided by the search, then press “SAVE-OK”. 

Follow the same procedure for typing the address “750 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02115” on the blank fields for To option. 

Enter the destination address for To option.
Select the appropriate address from the results
provided by the search and then press “SAVE-OK”.

Note: It is not necessary to have complete address information in order to search. For example, you can search without entering Zip code or Place. 

Then press “Route” for creating the route on the map. (This process may take 2 minutes) 

Press “Route” button when you are satisfied with addresses listed in From and To fields.

(6) Now a pink line will display the Door-to-Door Route on your map.  For a text version with complete details, see the file called: curPathRst.txt under My Documents in Pocket PC. 

Note:

• The route you created on the map is also saved as curPathRst.dat (default file name) under My Documents in Pocket PC. You may rename the file name and keep it in your system for further use.
• The text version of details is saved as curPathRst.txt under My Documents in Pocket PC too.  You may rename the file name to keep it in your system for further use.

Sample for this route using a pink line is shown on the map. 

                                   
The file curPathRst.txt under My Documents in Pocket PC.         The text version with complete details.

• Tip: You also can create route via Waypoint to Waypoint for the shortest path.

Set two Waypoints (WP#1 and WP#2) on the map  

Click one of the Waypoints, the function window pop up.
Press “Get Path” button to get a route between WP#1 and WP#2.

The short path using a pink line is shown on the map. 

Click one of the Waypoints, the function window pop up.
Now you can see the detail path between these two Waypoints in text version.