Comments on: Optimize Your Trips http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/ Programming, mathematics and thoughts about random stuff Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:27:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Chiung http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-230 Chiung Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:03:16 +0000 http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-230 Please consider writing an App for the Apple iPhone based on your Trip Optimizer, and incorporating the iPhone's built-in GPS functionality. You could make a lot of money! Please consider writing an App for the Apple iPhone based on your Trip Optimizer, and incorporating the iPhone’s built-in GPS functionality. You could make a lot of money!

]]> By: José Ricardo http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-229 José Ricardo Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:09:57 +0000 http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-229 Outro exemplo com icone http://econym.org.uk/gmap/geicons.htm Outro exemplo com icone http://econym.org.uk/gmap/geicons.htm

]]> By: José Ricardo http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-228 José Ricardo Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:02:34 +0000 http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-228 Veja o link http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/examples/icon-custom.html Poderia fazer algo assim : (-3.734378467616159, -38.49334716796875, 1, Dr. Joao) (-3.736733796713304, -38.49626541137695, 2, Mst. Pedro) (-3.737697338612461, -38.49336862564087, 3, Dr. Sandro) (-3.731402179082779, -38.50529909133911, 4, Sr. Aparecida) Veja o link http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/examples/icon-custom.html

Poderia fazer algo assim :
(-3.734378467616159, -38.49334716796875, 1, Dr. Joao)
(-3.736733796713304, -38.49626541137695, 2, Mst. Pedro)
(-3.737697338612461, -38.49336862564087, 3, Dr. Sandro)
(-3.731402179082779, -38.50529909133911, 4, Sr. Aparecida)

]]> By: Pierre http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-221 Pierre Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:24:48 +0000 http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-221 Hi Gear, Thank you for your answer. I will try to find some example of icons. I have now a new problem. When I try to use an http call (By example : http://gebweb.net/optimap/index.php?loc0=av de la gare 10,Sion,Suisse&loc2=rue du scex 32,sion,suisse&loc3=place du midi 28,sion,suisse) I get an error in IE7, locations icons are not present on the map and the trip is not calculated. IE7 tell me Line: 31, Char: 2, Error: Object expected. What is wrong in the URL I use? Many thanks, Pierre Hi Gear,

Thank you for your answer. I will try to find some example of icons.

I have now a new problem. When I try to use an http call (By example : http://gebweb.net/optimap/index.php?loc0=av de la gare 10,Sion,Suisse&loc2=rue du scex 32,sion,suisse&loc3=place du midi 28,sion,suisse) I get an error in IE7, locations icons are not present on the map and the trip is not calculated.
IE7 tell me Line: 31, Char: 2, Error: Object expected.

What is wrong in the URL I use?

Many thanks,
Pierre

]]> By: Geir http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-214 Geir Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:40:53 +0000 http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-214 Mary: I just added functionality that allows you to add a list of addresses in the 'Bulk add' text area. I suggest you save your addresses to a text file, one address on each line, and copy-paste it into the 'Bulk add' field in OptiMap. You can then experiment with removing each address from the text area. Pierre: The icons are png graphics files, and are not easily changed. It's possible to use the standard google text blobs, but they are rather big and clumsy. If you can find some webpage that has Google maps icons that look the way you'd want them to look, you can forward the page to me and I'll see what I can do. Mary: I just added functionality that allows you to add a list of addresses in the ‘Bulk add’ text area. I suggest you save your addresses to a text file, one address on each line, and copy-paste it into the ‘Bulk add’ field in OptiMap. You can then experiment with removing each address from the text area.

Pierre: The icons are png graphics files, and are not easily changed. It’s possible to use the standard google text blobs, but they are rather big and clumsy. If you can find some webpage that has Google maps icons that look the way you’d want them to look, you can forward the page to me and I’ll see what I can do.

]]> By: Pierre http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-213 Pierre Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:08:09 +0000 http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-213 Superb tool! We'd like to use itl to provide a way to visualize and optimize round trips for nurses who visit patient at home. Your tool works perfectly. We plan to build the URL using visits planned in our system and patient addresses. To provide a very usefull tool, we'd like to personalize the icons on the map by adding the patient name by example. As result icon of the address will be named "1 John" instead of "1" Do you think it is possible ? Regards, Pierre Superb tool!

We’d like to use itl to provide a way to visualize and optimize round trips for nurses who visit patient at home. Your tool works perfectly.

We plan to build the URL using visits planned in our system and patient addresses. To provide a very usefull tool, we’d like to personalize the icons on the map by adding the patient name by example. As result icon of the address will be named “1 John” instead of “1″

Do you think it is possible ?

Regards,
Pierre

]]> By: Mary in New Hampshire http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-212 Mary in New Hampshire Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:09:43 +0000 http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-212 Thank you for publishing this wonderful tool. I do have a quick question, maybe I'm missing something so I thought I would ask. My business requires me to decide on jobs all over the state that are completed in one or two days. Before we accept the jobs we map it out to see if it's too far within our route. So I usually put up to 15-20 addresses, then I look at the map and wonder if the route would be considerably better if I drop one of the locations that doesn't flow in our route very well. Anyway the tool requires me to re-type all the addresses again without the one I'm trying to drop, and it takes a really long time, especially as I'm playing around with the routes. Is there a way to save the addresses? Or even to just save them for the the current search. Sometimes it will also pull the wrong address (ie I got an address in Ohio) which of course was not in my route for New Hampshire, and I didn't know it had that error until I had already mapped it out. So is there a way to save addresses or delete ones that are on a list? Thanks again, either way this is a huge help and I appreciate the use of the program. Regards, Mary Thank you for publishing this wonderful tool. I do have a quick question, maybe I’m missing something so I thought I would ask. My business requires me to decide on jobs all over the state that are completed in one or two days. Before we accept the jobs we map it out to see if it’s too far within our route. So I usually put up to 15-20 addresses, then I look at the map and wonder if the route would be considerably better if I drop one of the locations that doesn’t flow in our route very well. Anyway the tool requires me to re-type all the addresses again without the one I’m trying to drop, and it takes a really long time, especially as I’m playing around with the routes. Is there a way to save the addresses? Or even to just save them for the the current search. Sometimes it will also pull the wrong address (ie I got an address in Ohio) which of course was not in my route for New Hampshire, and I didn’t know it had that error until I had already mapped it out. So is there a way to save addresses or delete ones that are on a list?

Thanks again, either way this is a huge help and I appreciate the use of the program.

Regards,
Mary

]]> By: Béla Boda http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-209 Béla Boda Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:54:40 +0000 http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-209 Hi, I'm trying to use the js api, but the following method fails as described: Input of the page is generated by a J2EE Servlet: 4029 Debrecen Malomköz utca 4 2314666 Hi,

I’m trying to use the js api, but the following method fails as described:

Input of the page is generated by a J2EE Servlet:

4029 Debrecen Malomköz utca 4

2314666

]]> By: Geir http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-206 Geir Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:06:10 +0000 http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-206 I've just added options for walking directions and avoid highways to OptiMap. The Google Maps API team added walking directions support last week, so this should be one of the first API sites that use them! It's one of the more requested features for Optimap, so I know there are some happy OptiMappers out there now :-) I'm certainly one of them, since I don't have a car and do virtually all my travel on foot / bike. Now when can we get biking directions in the Google Maps API? I’ve just added options for walking directions and avoid highways to
OptiMap. The Google Maps API team added walking directions support
last week, so this should be one of the first API sites that use them!
It’s one of the more requested features for Optimap, so I know there
are some happy OptiMappers out there now :-) I’m certainly one of
them, since I don’t have a car and do virtually all my travel on foot
/ bike. Now when can we get biking directions in the Google Maps API?

]]> By: Brady http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-195 Brady Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:58:34 +0000 http://gebweb.net/blogpost/2007/08/26/optimize-your-trips/#comment-195 Hi Geir (and others), We found OptiMap to be a perfect fit for promoting "chaining trips" to save on gas and reduce emissions while running errands in your car. Here's how we changed the interface for our site: http://www.smart-trips.org/tripchainer.php I'm wondering if there is some way we could add "avoid highways" from the Google API to the tsp.js to allow for people making trips by bicycle? Thanks very much for the excellent web application! -Brady Hi Geir (and others),

We found OptiMap to be a perfect fit for promoting “chaining trips” to save on gas and reduce emissions while running errands in your car. Here’s how we changed the interface for our site:

http://www.smart-trips.org/tripchainer.php

I’m wondering if there is some way we could add “avoid highways” from the Google API to the tsp.js to allow for people making trips by bicycle?

Thanks very much for the excellent web application!

-Brady

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