Routing applications are used for a variety of purposes including:

• Find the nearest
• Find the shortest or fastest route
• Plan an optimised journey with one or more destinations
• Show directions to all destinations

Routes can be calculated singly or in batch mode, producing complex optimised journeys between hundreds of sites.

ESBI Computing supplies a range of 'stand-alone' routing applications or developer tools, which can embed and call routing functions in an existing or new application. Our range of products come from MapInfo^® and InfoTech Enterprises Europe.

If there is a specific product you require which is not listed below, please contact us with details of your specific requirement.

RouteView Pro™

RouteView Pro is a full-featured software application for routing, territory planning and journey time catchment area analysis, that works in conjunction with desktop mapping software.

Features of RouteView Pro™:

• Journey Time and Distance Regions - Calculate regions from a selected point which can highlight roads that fall within the specified journey time or distance. Calculations may be carried out using a variety of time and distance measures
• Shortest and Fastest Path Calculation - Calculate either the shortest or fastest route between any number of points, ideal for planning pickup and delivery routes
• Route Optimisation - Find the best route between a variety of sites or customers based on journey time, distance specifications or waiting times at each site
• Journey Directions - RouteView Pro™ will return the journey directions and display the route
• Road Editing - Set variable road speeds for different times of the day, create one-way and turn restrictions
• Territory Builder - Build territories using journey times to allocate a region to the nearest warehouse or store
• Batch Mode - Enables the calculation of the shortest or fastest path between a large number of multiple points as a batch process
• Matrix Builder - Create time and distance matrices between any series of points on the map
• Territory Builder - Make a first attempt at creating territories based on the proximity of regions to a particular location
• Where's the Nearest? - Locate from a single point or several points the nearest points of interest, customers, or depots across the road network
• Origin to Destination Calculator - Analyse one set of points (eg. customers) with respect to the travel time and distance from another set of points
• Frequency Analysis - Creates a time-based and distance-based frequency analysis graph based on a set of user defined percentile parameters

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RouteView RouteX™

RouteView RouteX™ is a GIS platform independent OCX control that allows you to add routing functionality to new or existing applications. RouteView RouteX™ is based on ActiveX controls and is for use with mapping objects like MapX™, MapObjects™ and GeoObjects amongst others. RouteView RouteX™ contains the ability to calculate point-to-point routing and display journey directions. The latest version now includes catchment area analysis for travel time and travel distance analysis.

Features of RouteView RouteX™:

• Journey Time and Distance Regions - Calculate regions from a selected point which can highlight roads that fall within the specified journey time or distance. Calculations may be carried out using a variety of time and distance measures
• Shortest and Fastest Path Calculation - Calculate either the shortest or fastest route between any number of points, ideal for planning pickup and delivery routes
• Route Optimisation - Find the optimum route between a variety of sites or customers and calculate the journey times and distances
• Journey Directions - Once a route has been calculated RouteView RouteX™ will return the journey directions
• Data Independent - RouteView RouteX™ works with any dataset that is link and node
• Dynamically Mapping Aware - RouteView RouteX™ can be used with a number of mapping front ends and is not restricted to one mapping method on which to display routes

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RouteView SDK (Software Developer's Kit™)

RouteView Software Developer Kit™ (SDK) allows you to integrate some or all of the functionality of RouteView Pro™ into your own application and works with any language that supports DLL calls.

Features of RouteView Software Developer Kit™

• Create Routing network files - which are the basis of all calculations.
• Set-up the routing - i.e. which map should be loaded and which network file should be loaded
• Set drive restrictions - one-way, turn, vehicle height, width and weight, road avoids
• Set-up speeds of a vehicle - on the various categories of road/street being used
• Calculate a route - between two points on the map given their co-ordinates
• Set-up the type of route - that should be calculated (fastest / shortest / least cost)
• Optimise the journey order
• Calculate - One to Many Matrix distances or Many To Many Distance Matrices
• Generate Journey Directions
• Calculate a travel time - or travel distance given a starting co-ordinate on a map and a time or distance

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MapInfo^® Routing J Server

MapInfo® Routing J Server lets you add turn-by-turn driving directions to any Web-based or Windows-based application. Calculating either the shortest distance or quickest timed route between any two points, the Routing J Server returns text-based driving directions and spatial points to your users. You can select a given point of origin and either a given number of miles or minutes, and Routing J Server will calculate a polygonal area representing the territory within the prescribed drivetime or driving distance. The Routing J Server is best for applications demanding greater customization, control and security - ideal for customers with appropriate Web, database, Java or client/server expertise.

 MapInfo^® Routing J Server

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