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* Type of vehicle - The mode of transport used for routing.
 
* Type of vehicle - The mode of transport used for routing.
  
* Number of rounds - Divide stops over multiple roundtrips, e.g. drivers, vehicles or days.
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* Number of rounds - Divide stops over [[multiple rounds]], e.g. drivers, vehicles or days.
  
 
* Balance - For multiple round optimization: total travel time vs total time needed to finish all jobs (makespan).
 
* Balance - For multiple round optimization: total travel time vs total time needed to finish all jobs (makespan).
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* Navigate with - The satnav service used for turn-by-turn gps navigation.
 
* Navigate with - The satnav service used for turn-by-turn gps navigation.
 
  
 
== Geocoding ==
 
== Geocoding ==

Revision as of 11:58, 22 March 2016

The Options dialog showing the Routing tab

The Options button on the top right opens the options dialog with several settings.

Routing

These options impact the route finding:

  • Optimize routes - If disabled, your destinations will not be re-ordered.
  • Type of vehicle - The mode of transport used for routing.
  • Number of rounds - Divide stops over multiple rounds, e.g. drivers, vehicles or days.
  • Balance - For multiple round optimization: total travel time vs total time needed to finish all jobs (makespan).
  • Home address - The default departure address that will automagically be added to the map each time.
  • Default departure time - Your departure time from which arrival times are calculated.
  • Default service time - The default service time, used for arrival times and time windows.
  • Navigate with - The satnav service used for turn-by-turn gps navigation.

Geocoding

  • Geocoding preference - The geocoder service used for finding addresses on the map.
  • API key - Your optional API key for geocoding services. For high volume users.
  • Suffix address - Text to be added to addresses when sent to the geocoding service. May be used to add a city, state or country.
  • Check address precise - If enabled, a warning is given when a geocoding service does not return a precise result, e.g. no street or house number.
  • Add what3words: If enabled, each location is completed with its w3w address of three words.


Styling

These options impact the appearance of the user interface:

  • Map style - Select another theme for the map.
  • Retina maps - Allow the use of high resolution maps (only on retina screens).
  • Maps in driving directions - Add detailed maps for destinations in the driving directions.
  • Show labels - Add text labels for each location to the map next to the marker.
  • Buttons with text - If disabled, the buttons on the website do not show text.
  • Print width - To change the css page width for printing (default: 800px).


Parameters

These parameters are used for route finding and savings:

  • Unit of distance/volume/weight, currency - Whatever you like, need or know. Note that you'll need to save the options to have the new units displayed in the next parameters.
  • Avg fuel economy, fuel costs and avg carbon emission - Only used for savings calculation, has no impact on optimization.
  • Speed - The percentage of the normal speed to use in planning. Use 100% for normal speed. If our routes are too fast, e.g. total travel time is too small, use a value below 100%. If our routes are too slow, use a value above 100%.


WEBFLEET

Only for TomTom Telematics WEBFLEET users. This tab is used to enter your user credentials.


Other

Some additional buttons are added to the dialog:

Account - Edit details for your account.

History - Retrieve or delete previous routes that you've created.