Re: Upload addresses to GPS

[Mike Wills <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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