I design my route in st2010, then transfer them into mapsource for the final editing, then send them to the gps. the original route planning in st2010 is so much faster and easier, it just impossible to plan initial routes in mapsource once you get use to the alternative.
Yep, same way I do it.
I posted this a few days ago to another list....some tips on the new 2010 version:
Another great
new feature is the ability to "rename" route points in the "Route Planning" window. Say you have a starting location of your house, entered by your address, and an ending location, maybe something like a hotel and a waypoint in the middle used for routing, like an exit number where you want to make a turn, or a gas station. In the past these would need to remain named whatever S&T puts there (address, gas station name, etc.). No more, now
you can right-click on them and call them whatever you want. For my 48++ I used a naming convention that I wanted to see on my GPS so I'd know why they were there. If it was a stop to get a state receipt I called it STOP-CITY-ST. If it was a gas stop I called it GAS-CITY-ST, and for a simple routing waypoint I named it WAYPOINT. With this I could look ahead in my street direction screen and see where my next waypoint was for a receipt stop, gas stop, or simply somewhere I wanted to force a turn. It made it much easier to navigate when my mind was a little fuzzy after multiple 1k days. So, call the stops what you want in S&T and those names transfer to Mapsource where they get included in your route instructions as via-points.
Only bummer is you can't rename them in Mapsource, so get it right in S&T.
The other cool new feature is they've combined
the three tools most used into one. These were on the toolbar and called "zoom in", "select" and "pan". Now all three can be done with the mouse without having to choose the tool. In other words you can do any of the three without having to switch tools. To zoom in you can double-click the map with the left mouse button (same function as the scroll-wheel). Or you can click and drag the right mouse button to draw a box around a box around the area you want to select to zoom to, then left click inside the box to do the actual zoom. And to pan (drag the map around) simply click and drag with the left mouse button. Once you get used to doing it this way you'll really be cursing at Mapsource and wondering why it doesn't work so intuitively.
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