Need sat nav for gritting route?

lcs99 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 26, 2014 Posts: 2

Hi All, not very good with tec stuff. Is there a system that I could use to help me with a 7 page road gritting route which has about 100 roads? Is there a sav nav that I could set up to do the route? Many Thanks lcs

sussamb · Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 11:01 am Post subject:

Yes, quite a few ... but don't the company you work for supply you with details/satnav?

You might find this will give you some idea of the problems/solutions ... as this discusses a similar problem for snow clearing

http://forums.gpsreview.net/discussion/29353/nuvi-with-basecamp#latest
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DennisN · Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 5:25 pm Post subject:

I can't believe I'm reading this! Back in the days when I had it to organise, we used drivers who knew the roads. Winter Maintenance is not for the amateur driver. And the pros used to go out on dummy runs before winter to make sure they knew where they would be going (and that the gritter could negotiate the route). And there would be nights when we only did partial runs, a preplanned route does nothing with that.

This sounds like another of those privatised sub-contract driver things, not the local roadworkers. I wonder what sussamb thinks of agency hired ambulance drivers?
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sussamb · Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 6:02 pm Post subject:

Don't get me started ... Twisted Evil

Stay off the Sussex roads tonight though, I'm on shift in a rapid response car Wink

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AliOnHols · Pocket GPS Verifier Joined: Oct 15, 2008 Posts: 1942

Do you have an Android SmartPhone?
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M8TJT · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 1:15 am Post subject:

lcs99 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 26, 2014 Posts: 2

Thanks for all the comments guys and DENNISN whos got a problem with life !!!. Just remember the first time you done it or are you to professional and perfect!! You always get one !

M8TJT · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 10:03 am Post subject:

Cheapies from ebay like this one or this one from Amazon tend to run a version of iGO. You can add lots of what they call 'VIAs' (way points by another name). You can add them in any order and then sort them into the most logical/shortest route. I havn't found a limit yet, but have added more than twenty to see if there was a low limit.

DennisN · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 10:26 am Post subject:

Or there's how I learned.
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sussamb · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 11:36 am Post subject:

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