route planner

Does anyone know of a software or site where you can plan a route based on
the roads
you want to use? For example if I try use SF as a starting point and LA as
the destionation
Google Maps and Microsoft Street&Maps will force me to use US-101.
I'd like to be able to specify US-1.

 

Cool, I would like to Avoid Utah on my way to Sundance though...

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Jim Stinnett
R1100RS
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in MS Streets & Trips:

add your start, stop, and in between points, tell S&T to route the trip.
When it is done, click once on the route, it should highlight it, keep the
mouse button down, and drag towards the road you want.

For instance, SF start, LA end, routes you on Hwy 101, you want to go Hwy 1.
Click and hold on the route, near say, Salinas, and drag over to Hwy 1, and
let go. It should re-route you that direction. I've never used the 'avoid
this' trick.

David

 

Did you mean SR-1? US-1 runs from Key West to Maine.

 

The way around that is to set intermediate points (Microsoft's mapping
software lets you do that). If you ask for SF-LA via Monterey and San
Simeon, it's unlikely to route you back to the 101.

FWIW, I just asked Google Maps for SF-LA, and they sent me on the 5 (I-5
to you Norcal folk).

Rich, Urban Biker

 

Another way to control routes on MS Streets & Trips:

Create a route.
Click Route > More Options, then click the Segments tab.
On the tab, select a route segment and click Preferred Roads.
Click Preferred Road Types and set your likes and dislikes.

The best you can hope for is a route that selects secondary highways. MS doesn't
provide a back roads option. And you can only set your preferences on individual
routes; there's no overall setting for preferred road types.

= Mike Bradley