RoutePlanner - Revision history

Cpcmaniaco at 18:58, 11 July 2009

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Cpcmaniaco at 10:53, 27 November 2008

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Cpcmaniaco at 14:03, 6 July 2007

2007-07-06T14:03:03Z

Cpcmaniaco at 08:47, 20 May 2007

2007-05-20T08:47:42Z

PulkoMandy at 10:21, 3 January 2007

2007-01-03T10:21:50Z

ChaRleyTroniC at 14:52, 1 October 2006

2006-10-01T14:52:49Z

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RoutePlanner was a UK road navigation program written by [[ChaRleyTroniC]], and sold commercially by [[Sentinel Software]] and [[Radical Software]].

Using a database of the UK's motorways and A roads, RoutePlanner would generate the fastest or shortest route between any two places on request - as with the well-known PC program AutoRoute. This route would be drawn on a scrollable map of the UK, or shown in a printable itinerary.

A standard A*/best-first algorithm was used to calculate the routes. The first version was very slow to calculate the longest routes (taking up to half an hour for Land's End to John O'Groats); a subsequent revision brought this time down to a couple of minutes.

The program required a 128k CPC. Because of the size of the database, users were asked to choose an area of Britain to omit (Scotland, Wales, or the south-west) when loading the program.

RoutePlanner was reviewed favourably in [[Amstrad Action]] issue 108, but sales were very modest. A (greatly improved) PCW version was subsequently developed and enjoyed more success, not least due to distribution by [[Locomotive Software|LocoScript Software]].

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-RoutePlanner was a UK road navigation program written by [[ChaRleyTroniC]], and sold commercially by [[Sentinel Software]] and [[Radical Software]].
+'''RoutePlanner''' was a UK road navigation program written by [[ChaRleyTroniC]], and sold commercially by [[Sentinel Software]] and [[Radical Software]].
 Using a database of the UK's motorways and A roads, RoutePlanner would generate the fastest or shortest route between any two places on request - as with the well-known PC program AutoRoute.
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 == Download ==
-* [[Media:Routeplanner.zip|Routeplanner.zip]] (DSK for Emulators)
+* [[Media:Routeplanner.zip|Routeplanner (disc).zip]] (DSK for Emulators)
 [[Category:Applications]] [[Category:Manual]]

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	RoutePlanner was reviewed favourably in [[Amstrad Action]] issue 108, but sales were very modest. A (greatly improved) PCW version was subsequently developed and enjoyed more success, not least due to distribution by [[Locomotive Software\|LocoScript Software]].		RoutePlanner was reviewed favourably in [[Amstrad Action]] issue 108, but sales were very modest. A (greatly improved) PCW version was subsequently developed and enjoyed more success, not least due to distribution by [[Locomotive Software\|LocoScript Software]].
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		+	== Disc ==
		+
		+	<gallery caption="Router Planner">
		+
		+	Image:Router Planner Disc - side B.jpg\|Side B
		+	Image:Router Planner Disc - side A.jpg\|Side A
		+
		+	</gallery>

	== Manual ==		== Manual ==

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	RoutePlanner was a UK road navigation program written by [[ChaRleyTroniC]], and sold commercially by [[Sentinel Software]] and [[Radical Software]].		RoutePlanner was a UK road navigation program written by [[ChaRleyTroniC]], and sold commercially by [[Sentinel Software]] and [[Radical Software]].

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	RoutePlanner was reviewed favourably in [[Amstrad Action]] issue 108, but sales were very modest. A (greatly improved) PCW version was subsequently developed and enjoyed more success, not least due to distribution by [[Locomotive Software\|LocoScript Software]].		RoutePlanner was reviewed favourably in [[Amstrad Action]] issue 108, but sales were very modest. A (greatly improved) PCW version was subsequently developed and enjoyed more success, not least due to distribution by [[Locomotive Software\|LocoScript Software]].
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		+	== Manual ==
		+
		+	[[Media:Router Planner Manual.pdf\|Router Planner Manual]] (pdf)
		+
		+
		+	[[Category:Applications]] [[Category:Manual]]

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		+	[[Category:Applications]]
	RoutePlanner was a UK road navigation program written by [[ChaRleyTroniC]], and sold commercially by [[Sentinel Software]] and [[Radical Software]].		RoutePlanner was a UK road navigation program written by [[ChaRleyTroniC]], and sold commercially by [[Sentinel Software]] and [[Radical Software]].

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 RoutePlanner was a UK road navigation program written by [[ChaRleyTroniC]], and sold commercially by [[Sentinel Software]] and [[Radical Software]].
-Using a database of the UK's motorways and A roads, RoutePlanner would generate the fastest or shortest route between any two places on request - as with the well-known PC program AutoRoute. This route would be drawn on a scrollable map of the UK, or shown in a printable itinerary.
+Using a database of the UK's motorways and A roads, RoutePlanner would generate the fastest or shortest route between any two places on request - as with the well-known PC program AutoRoute.
-A standard A*/best-first algorithm was used to calculate the routes. The first version was very slow to calculate the longest routes (taking up to half an hour for Land's End to John O'Groats); a subsequent revision brought this time down to a couple of minutes.
+This route would be drawn on a scrollable map of the UK, or shown in a printable itinerary.
-The program required a 128k CPC. Because of the size of the database, users were asked to choose an area of Britain to omit (Scotland, Wales, or the south-west) when loading the program.
+A standard A*/best-first algorithm was used to calculate the routes.
-RoutePlanner was reviewed favourably in [[Amstrad Action]] issue 108, but sales were very modest. A (greatly improved) PCW version was subsequently developed and enjoyed more success, not least due to distribution by [[Locomotive Software|LocoScript Software]].
+The first version was very slow to calculate the longest routes (taking up to half an hour for Land's End to John O'Groats).
 == Disc ==
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 == Manual ==
-[[Media:Router Planner Manual.pdf|Router Planner Manual]] (pdf)
+* [[Media:Router Planner Manual.pdf|Router Planner Manual]] (pdf)
 [[Category:Applications]] [[Category:Manual]]