- Route planning software
Route planning software is a computer
software programme, designed to plan a route between two geographical locations using a journey planning engine, typically specialised for Road networks as a road route planner. Many online mapping sites offer road route planning as an adjunct.Microsoft Streets & Trips (known as Microsoft AutoRoute inEurope ) is one of the best known Road route planning software applications. Although as route planning software is prone to mistakes if you try to get directions from destination A to B, the use of common sense is also required. Applications can typically also calculate the journey time and cost, some also display points of interest along the route.Route planning is notoriously difficult, and this software is famously prone to comical errors. Some are understandable, such as directing people via central
London (impassable for much of the day, but to realise this requires local knowledge); others are less easy to credit:
* FromSouthampton toPortsmouth , avoidingmotorway s in early AutoRoute versions, the route went via theIsle of Wight , involving twoferry crossings.Fact|date=June 2007
* FromHaverfordwest toLeominster in AutoRoute 2002, the route offered is viaDún Laoghaire , also involving two crossings, this time of theIrish Sea , a journey requiring in excess of one day of travel. To drive direct takes a few hours.Fact|date=June 2007
* According toThe Times on22 November 2005 , the RAC's route planner suggests a route from theEast Midlands toDevon viaIreland andFrance , a journey involving threeferry trips.ee also
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Travel technology
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