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From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 7 Aug 2010 07:03 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Colin Irvine <look(a)bottom.of.home.page> typed >On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 01:29:22 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel squeezed out the >following: > >>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, wessie >><putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> typed >>>"Scraggy" <scraggy(a)abuseisgoodforyou.org.be> wrote in >>>news:TcCdnYsizJImAcbRnZ2dnUVZ7oadnZ2d(a)brightview.com: >>> >>>> I use it for route planning, and take little notice of the POIs. I >>>> find the 'route dragging' feature particularly useful. >>>> >>> >>>I've worked out how to do that in mapsource now >> >>Share, or die! > >Eh? What many users call "rubber banding"? I use it all the time. >Click on the route with the selection tool to make it yellow, click >again to give you the rubber bands. Move mouse (not dragging) to new >point, preferably a junction. Click once to anchor rubber bands there. >Mapsource automatically calculates new route through the shaping point >you've just created. <tries> Well, I'll be buggered! I'm *sure* I've tried that in the past and it didn't work. It's the reason I don't (didn't!) use Mapsource. I am very much obliged. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" I've always been a man who's open to persuasion
From: Colin Irvine on 7 Aug 2010 07:30 On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 12:03:29 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel squeezed out the following: >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Colin Irvine ><look(a)bottom.of.home.page> typed >>On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 01:29:22 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel squeezed out the >>following: >> >>>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, wessie >>><putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> typed >>>>"Scraggy" <scraggy(a)abuseisgoodforyou.org.be> wrote in >>>>news:TcCdnYsizJImAcbRnZ2dnUVZ7oadnZ2d(a)brightview.com: >>>> >>>>> I use it for route planning, and take little notice of the POIs. I >>>>> find the 'route dragging' feature particularly useful. >>>>> >>>> >>>>I've worked out how to do that in mapsource now >>> >>>Share, or die! >> >>Eh? What many users call "rubber banding"? I use it all the time. >>Click on the route with the selection tool to make it yellow, click >>again to give you the rubber bands. Move mouse (not dragging) to new >>point, preferably a junction. Click once to anchor rubber bands there. >>Mapsource automatically calculates new route through the shaping point >>you've just created. > ><tries> > >Well, I'll be buggered! I'm *sure* I've tried that in the past and it >didn't work. It's the reason I don't (didn't!) use Mapsource. > >I am very much obliged. Don't mention it. The functionality was indeed very flakey until more recent versions of Mapsource. -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk
From: steve auvache on 7 Aug 2010 13:03 On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:19:58 +0100, Colin Irvine <look(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: >On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 01:29:22 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel squeezed out the >following: > >>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, wessie >><putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> typed >>>"Scraggy" <scraggy(a)abuseisgoodforyou.org.be> wrote in >>>news:TcCdnYsizJImAcbRnZ2dnUVZ7oadnZ2d(a)brightview.com: >>> >>>> I use it for route planning, and take little notice of the POIs. I >>>> find the 'route dragging' feature particularly useful. >>>> >>> >>>I've worked out how to do that in mapsource now >> >>Share, or die! > >Eh? What many users call "rubber banding"? I use it all the time. >Click on the route with the selection tool to make it yellow, click >again to give you the rubber bands. Move mouse (not dragging) to new >point, preferably a junction. Click once to anchor rubber bands there. >Mapsource automatically calculates new route through the shaping point >you've just created. > >Choosing a junction ensures the new point is not created as a >waypoint, simply as an invisible "via" point. To get it accurate I >tend to zoom in to find the new point, zoom out to pick up the route, >zoom back in to anchor route on new point. By using the + and - keys >for the zooming the whole thing becomes quick and easy - more so than >my description would suggest. All this bloody time you lot spend faffing around looking at screens and punching buttons, it would be quicker just to get in yer car and go wouldn't it? -- steve auvache
From: Colin Irvine on 7 Aug 2010 13:18
On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:03:06 +0100, steve auvache squeezed out the following: >On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:19:58 +0100, Colin Irvine ><look(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: >>Eh? What many users call "rubber banding"? I use it all the time. >>Click on the route with the selection tool to make it yellow, click >>again to give you the rubber bands. Move mouse (not dragging) to new >>point, preferably a junction. Click once to anchor rubber bands there. >>Mapsource automatically calculates new route through the shaping point >>you've just created. >> >>Choosing a junction ensures the new point is not created as a >>waypoint, simply as an invisible "via" point. To get it accurate I >>tend to zoom in to find the new point, zoom out to pick up the route, >>zoom back in to anchor route on new point. By using the + and - keys >>for the zooming the whole thing becomes quick and easy - more so than >>my description would suggest. > >All this bloody time you lot spend faffing around looking at screens and >punching buttons, it would be quicker just to get in yer car and go >wouldn't it? Indeed. But IMHO much more fun on a bike. -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk |