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Sunrise Walkers Tuesday 16 Apr 2019 16:32:34
Hi !
Brand new to this site and to plotting routes in general. Love your site...BUT.... I just want to use the "make me a route" feature for a 5 mile walking route starting and ending on Edgewater Drive at Infusion Tea. (Corner of Guernsey and Edgewater) AND keep the result from sending me onto MAJOR roads like Highway 50 in Orlando Florida and I-4.
I have checked the "avoid highways" box under "auto plot", " by road" section in the main Simple (free) version of the software. I have selected "walking" under the "make me a route" options but every time it generates results it makes the SE route use Highway 50. I LIKE the SE route (#2 on the list generated) but I don't want to walk along MAJOR Highways for safety reasons. There ARE alternatives but the "make me a route" feature doesn't choose other (non-highway) roads instead.
If this just simply isn't possible, this is a deal killer for puchasing walking route software. I keep trying to find a way to block the roads I don't want the "make me a route" feature to use, but I can't find out how to do that...i.e. nothing in the "how do I" forum under "block roads" or "road block" .... no easy to find button that just says "block road"... no simple explanation that is ANYWHERE easy to find and I've already used 2 on my 3 "credits" to try and create a trial route for me to test out... this is frustrating. I feel sure,(given the thoughtfulness of the way the REST of the software is laid out) that this is a "pilot error" or "user" problem but after an hour of trying, I STILL don't know how to fix the problem. I know that SOMEHOW you CAN block the use of certain roads when you are MANUALLY creating the route (though I can't figure out how to do that either) but I don't know if the "make me a route" feature will let you block certain roads and still auto generate a route.
HELP PLEASE, BEFORE I PULL MY HAIR OUT !
Thanks in advance...
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plotaroute admin Wednesday 17 Apr 2019 09:03:53
Hi - have you seen our video tutorial for the Make Me a Route feature? This gives a dmeo which includes blocking roads that you want to avoid. Have a look at this and give it another try - hopefully this will help. You could also try using the Plot With Waypoints feature, whic gives you more control over where you want the route to go - you place a small number of waypoints on the map and can drag them around to experiment with different routes.
John
