Intrastate Routing

Using the TeleType GPS program and maps to create a route from “1300 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02446” to “50 Washington St, Springfield, MA, 01108”  

(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 and the Highway Only map for Massachusetts (MA).

 (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 in MA.  Therefore, we should load the MA street map for creating the route. To load state street map, press “File” menu and click “Load Maps”.  Choose the state maps you would like to see.  In this example, you need to choose all files under both 25_ma folders for displaying the MA maps.

Load state maps from the CD or your hard drive.

Use Select All (Control A) to load an entire state at one time. (available for laptops and desktop systems, not Windows CE).

TeleType GPS MA state street detail map.

(4) Now you need to load MA highway map for creating a clear route.  In the “File” menu, click “Load Maps”. Choose the folder “highways_only” and choose the files you need.  In this example, you need to choose ma_hy.ttm file for displaying the MA highway.

Load highway maps from the CD or your hard drive.

Load MA highway map.

MA highway map on the TeleType GPS MA state street detail maps.

(5) Press “Route” menu and choose “New” for the pop up window.  Select From option, type the address “1300 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02446” 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 “50 Washington St, Springfield, MA 01108” 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, 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 C:\Program Files\Gps\ for desktop/laptop computer systems (or click the file curPathRst.txt under My Documents for Pocket PC).

  Note:

• The route you created on the map is also saved as curPathRst.dat (default file name) under C:\Program Files\Gps\ for desktop/laptop computer systems. You may rename the file name and copy into the Pocket PC or keep it in your system for further use.
• The text version of details is saved as curPathRst.txt under C:\Program Files\Gps\ for desktop/laptop computer systems 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.

curPathRst.txt  (text version with complete details)

Start
Bear right on Commonwealth Ave
Turn right on Massachusetts Ave
Turn right on Ramp
Bear right on Massachusetts Tpke
Bear right on I 90
Bear right on Massachusetts Tpke
Continue on I 90
Bear right on Massachusetts Tpke
Bear right on I 90
Bear left on Massachusetts Tpke
Exit on : Exit 4
Bear right on
Turn right on Ramp
Bear right on I 91 S
Exit on : Exit 4
Continue on
Continue on W Columbus Ave
Turn left on Main St
Turn right on Longhill St
Turn left on Sumner Ave
Bear right on Dickinson St
Bear left on Belmont Ave
Turn right on Commonwealth Ave
Turn right on Washington St
End