Let s take a look in detail at each of these: DRIVER DIRECTIONS As you have seen MapPoint automatically creates detailed driver directions (or lefts and rights) for your field trip. The estimated miles of the field trip calculated by MapPoint. The detailed driver directions generated from MapPoint. can retrieve two things from MapPoint: 1. Retrieve From MapPoint? As was mentioned at the start of this chapter T.O.M.
Software simply close your MapPoint session. When you are ready to return to your T.O.M. For more information on what you can do in MapPoint see the user s guide that came with MapPoint or refer to MapPoint s comprehensive electronic Help. You can also print this map using any one of the many different attractive maps or reports available in MapPoint. Launched MapPoint While in MapPoint you can Pan / Zoom in and out of the map of the field trip to better understand it. To Create a Map of Your Field Trip Figure E- 3- Map of Field Trip Automatically Created when T.O.M. User Guide E-3Ĥ Appendix E: Using Microsoft MapPoint with T.O.M. Figure E- 2 Clicking on the Map Button to Create a Map in MapPoint for the Field Trip. will automatically launch MapPoint, give it the customer and destination locations, and instruct MapPoint to create a route from the customer to the destination(s) (Figure E- 3). to Create a Map of Your Field Trip Second, Click on the Map Button on the Detailed Field Trip Screen Once the Detailed Field Trip Screen displays simply click on the MAP button located in the General Section of the Detailed Field Trip Screen to the left of the Fund text box (Figure E- 2). Figure E- 1Selecting a Field Trip To Map E-2 Transportation Operations Managerģ Appendix E: Using Microsoft MapPoint and T.O.M. To Create a Map of Your Field Trip Either Click in the desired trip and click the Edit button or double click on the d i d After selecting the trip click the Edit button. User Guide E-1Ģ Appendix E: Using Microsoft MapPoint with T.O.M. To do this locate the field trip you wish to map on your field trip search screen and double click on it or click on it and click the Edit button (Figure E- 1). you retrieve this information and place it in the field trip record.) Let s see how it s done step by step: First Retrieve the Field Trip You Want to Map: You must first retrieve the field trip you wish to map. You can specify in the District Options whether or not T.O.M. retrieve both the driver directions and estimated miles from MapPoint and place them in the field trip record is optional. will also retrieve the estimated miles of the trip that MapPoint estimates and place them in the field trip s estimated miles. will then retrieve these driver directions and place them in the destination s special instructions. then instructs MapPoint to generate detailed driver directions (lefts and rights) for this route. will feed MapPoint the location of all the destinations in your field trip and the sequence that you will visit each destination.) T.O.M. (Note: if your field trip has multiple destinations T.O.M. automatically launches MapPoint, feeds it the field trip s customer location and destination location and instructs MapPoint to create a route from the customer to the destination. Click on the Map button on the Detailed Field Trip Screen. Retrieve the field trip you wish a map for and edit it in the Working With Field Trips Screen. and MapPoint to create a map for your field trip is a simple two step process: 1.
you must have Microsoft MapPoint 2002 or later installed on your workstation. and MapPoint were developed in the Microsoft Office framework they can easily communicate with each other providing you with two products that can act as one! Note: In order to use the mapping feature of T.O.M. MapPoint is not only a powerful mapping tool, it also contains detail street maps and points of interest for all of North America.
MapPoint is one of the easiest yet most powerful mapping software products available on the market. with a relatively new member to the Microsoft Office family of software products MapPoint to do this. Either you are taking a trip to a new location or you have a new relatively inexperienced driver who needs help in finding his / her way around the field trip. to Create a Map of Your Field Trip Having a map for a field trip is a natural help. 1 Appendix E Using Microsoft MapPoint and T.O.M.