Can you buy a sat nav that works out the best order to visit a number of addresses - ie used on delivery run?
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i own a repair shop,and we install these here ,and there's none that i know of that will do that ,and i have installed some good ones too,mostly all of them will give you the shortest distance between points ,but wont do over two given points,it would be nice if they did have one that did,but as for now you probably got the best one,good luck,i hope this help,s.
Apart from getting a competent new driver, how about putting "via" in between each destination. I think you'd have to enter them in reverse order though. Try it out by yourself for an hour and see if it works.
Or a good Tom Tom may do the job.
Good luck.
tom tom 910 works great for me and my family
you can use a 'tomtom one' and programme in extra stop off points by using the via route. i have used it before and it is very good at working it out whether you want the fastest or shortest routes. it is also useful for walking.
this is called the 'travelling salesman problem" and is a classic mathematical puzzle. mathematicians, i believe, say there is no best answer to it. i could be wrong, but i don't think so. you just have to nut out a reasonable answer before you turn the ignition key. ten minutes spent doing this could save forty minutes later on.
from what i read of reviews of sat-nav systems a lot of them find it difficult to find some of the addresses in the first place and suggest you turn where no road exists. probably they are the cheaper ones.
don't be lazy, do it the good old fashioned way and get a map book!
Agree with Tiwy, just get a map book and put the deliveries in order that make the most viable and economical route. If your worried about the time doing it, it would be about the same as having to type the details into a SatNav.
I used to do this when i was delivering and never had any problems. Its always a good idea to write the page number and grid ref on the paperwork, so that your driver knows where to look. If that fails, sack him and get another driver.
Also you could try a software programme called "Routemaster".
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