Re: Upload addresses to GPS

This is along the lines of my thinking. There are GPS units that can
calculate the best route for a truck. Load the points and it should map out
a route that saves the most time and miles.

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On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Jim Oberholtzer <
midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Garmin makes a GPS specifically for trucks with the truck routes
identified. I believe there are states were the use of a truck enabled
GPS is written into law for commercial vehicles, ( New York comes to
mind right away due to the bridges etc. )

It is a higher cost unit but not significantly so.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 3/28/2012 12:20 PM, Jeff Crosby wrote:

Thanks, David.

It's a fixed set of 258 addresses. The deliveries will vary by day and
week (ie, not a set "route"). Our idea is a 1-time upload to the GPS.
During the actual delivering, if the driver needs directions to the

next

delivery location, simply bring it up and away we go. After a couple of
months it probably won't be needed.

That bring up another question. Can a GPS be set to follow truck routes?
A quick google seems to say yes.


On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 1:02 PM, David Gibbs<david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 3/28/2012 11:57 AM, Jeff Crosby wrote:

> Anyone have any experience uploading addresses into a GPS?

Easy? Hard?

Depends.

Most modern GPSs have some kind of software to allow you to upload

data&

routes.

Garmin has a browser plug-in that let's you send way-points (not

routes)

to the GPS from Google Maps.

If you need to do this under program control, the GPS interface is

fairly

standardized (I think), so you should be able to find libraries to

assist

with the transfer.

david

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