Itinerary

Itinerary calculates the route between a series of points in the specified order.

SIS Desktop will be active in the background whilst the command is open.

Select Applications > Routes > Itinerary.

Option	Description
Start position	There are four ways to select the start of the itinerary: Use selected item: This option will be active if a single item is selected prior to starting the Itinerary command. Enter co-ordinate: A co-ordinate can be typed or pasted in the text box. Note: Use the right-click Paste function to paste co-ordinates in this box. This applies to all controls in this wizard. Click on map: Click the cursor/arrow button and then click on the map. The position will be shown next to the cursor button. Use first location in list: The Select route positions by clicking on the map dialog (next page of the Itinerary dialog) lists the locations to be visited. This option allows you to specify the start point to be the first location on that list.
Route locations	Click positions on map: This allows free input of any clicks in the map window. Select locations from: This allows locations to be selected from a single overlay. Select the overlay to be searched from the first drop-down box. Select the property containing the name of the location from the second drop-down box.
Maximum snap distance (m)	This controls the maximum snap distance to the topological network. Any snaps further from the network than this distance are rejected.
Measurement Option	Select the required Option. See also Measurement Options.
Keep on top	Tick this checkbox to keep the Itinerary dialog pinned on top of all other windows.

Click Next.

A No network found error message means you have clicked too far from the topological network. The allowable click distance from an element in the network is set in Maximum snap distance (m) above.

There are two possible versions of the Select route positions by clicking on the map dialog.

1. If you select Click positions on map:

The Select route positions by clicking on the map dialog will be displayed:

If Use first location in list was selected as a Start position in the Itinerary dialog then Start: followed by "Location 1" will be shown as above.

If Use selected item, Enter co-ordinate or Click on map was selected as a Start position in the Itinerary dialog then Start: followed by the entered co-ordinate will be shown, i.e.:

2. If you choose Select locations from:

The Select route positions by clicking on the map dialog will be displayed with additional parameters as below:

Click Add locations from a list to generate a list of Locations, i.e.:

Check the tickbox for any location(s) to be added to the itinerary and click OK. These will then be added to the Select route positions by clicking on the map dialog Location list

Note: This list is based on the entire overlay so it should not be generated on large database tables.

Added selected locations become active if more than one item was selected when the Itinerary command was started.

This adds all selected items on the locations overlay to the itinerary. The Select route positions by clicking on the map dialog will be loaded with these locations, i.e.:

Select one or more positions and click Next.

The Calculate itinerary dialog will be displayed.

Option	Description
Route options	Close route back to starting point: Check this tickbox to create a route that returns to the start point. The above shows a route with Close route back to starting point tickbox unchecked The above shows the same route with Close route back to starting point tickbox checked
Calculate optimum route	The Calculate optimum route area informs you of the number of potential routes. This option is only visible when 21 positions or fewer are selected. The itinerary list will be re-ordered and the route created accordingly. The original start point will not be changed. See below for Troubleshooting.
Display route on map	Check this tickbox to display the route on a map in the map window
Output route to CSV	Check this tickbox to export the the route as a CSV file. The Include directions tickbox will also become active with this option; check the tickbox to include directions in the CSV file. The directions option is configured in the same way as the Directions command. See also Directions.

TROUBLESHOOTING - Calculate optimum route error message

This error indicates the links in the topological network have not been set.

Later versions of ITN manager will do this automatically but you may need to set this manually in older versions.

Select Applications > Routing Tools > Settings .
Select the General tab of the Routing tools settings dialog.
Click Make Links 'Automatic'.

Note: See also Settings for more information.

Select the overlay from the drop-down menu and click OK.
The links will be set and a confirmation will be shown
Click OK.
Click the Calculate button again. The dialog should now appear similar to:

Styling

Styling is carried out using Themes stored in RouteDirectionTemplate.nol which is included as part of the Routing Tools installation. The Themes and Schema are as shown below: