Re: Google map routing

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't used any of these tools - my experience in this area was many, many years ago.

But there appear to be a significant number of open source solutions in Java, Python and node many of which should run on IBM i without too much effort.



> On Jun 17, 2020, at 11:31 AM, Paul Therrien <paultherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The travelling salesman problem....
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem#:~:text=The%20trav
> elling%20salesman%20problem%20(also,returns%20to%20the%20origin%20city%3F%22
>
>
> Paul 
>
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> From: PcTech <pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
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> Subject: [PCTECH] Google map routing
>
> All,
>
> We have a new delivery territory we'll be adding in a month or 2.  These are
> defined delivery locations (260 of them) that will not change.  We need to
> set them up on delivery routes.
>
> I have plotted all of them on google maps for the transportation manager.
> I've been using Mr. Google to try to figure out a way to automatically
> calculate some delivery routes.  This is a one-time deal as once the routes
> are set up, they will not generally change, just some minor tweaking.
>
> Not really finding anything free.  Not opposed to spending a little money,
> if something was worth it.  There's one, www.routific.com, that seems like
> it might fit the bill.  They even have a 7-day free trial, which we would
> probably get it done in that time, but that just doesn't seem right.
>
> Just curious if anyone has any experience with software in this area.
> Thanks.
>
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