RouteSmart Technologies | The world's most intelligent routing system.
Issue 17 | November, 2007

In This Issue


  • Routing University
    Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 Course Catalog now available. Introduction to Routing seminar November 12-14, 2007 - sign up now!

  • RouteSmart WebAccess 2.0 Now Available!
    Improving morning dispatch operations for the newspaper industry.

  • Nokia to Acquire NAVTEQ
    Creating a leading global player in the fast growing location based services market.

  • Plan Ahead for INTERSECT '08!
    September 7-12, 2008 in Annapolis, Maryland.

  • ESRI Enables Access to Free Data
    ArcGIS Online offers a comprehensive collection of Web-based map and image services.


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Routing University

Routing University offers a series of seminars and other training opportunities for RouteSmart clients. Our training options are simply the easiest and most cost-effective way to train new users, support staff, IT, or to reinforce your skills from previous training. Our instructors are all experienced RouteSmart staff with extensive industry knowledge.


Learning in the Advanced Routing Concepts class.

Here’s a list of our upcoming classes held in our new training facility in Columbia, MD. For more information, please email us or visit us on-line to download our latest course catalog.

NU-001 Data Preparation and Benchmarking

Dates: January 14-16, 2008; March 3-5, 2008; May 5-7, 2008

You’ll learn workspace maintenance, importing and geocoding data, setting routing attributes in the data, creating street networks, and benchmarking routing attributes like time, load, and distance to reflect real-world conditions.

NU-002 Introduction to Routing

Dates: November 12-14, 2007; January 21-23, 2008; March 10-12, 2008; May 12-14, 2008

You’ll learn what each of the RouteSmart for ArcGIS solvers will do, when to use them, how to interact with and edit various routing scenarios, and how to generate all of the routing solver reports in the application.

NU-003 New User Express

Dates: December 3-7, 2007; February 18-22, 2008; April 21-25, 2008

Need to get trained quickly in RouteSmart for ArcGIS? Have a project pending and want a great refresher? This condensed, 5-day class combines the majority of the content from NU-001 and NU-002 (Data Preparation and Benchmarking and Introduction to Routing) to get you up to speed fast.

AU-001 Advanced Routing Concepts

Dates: April 7-9, 2008

This three-day seminar provides an in-depth discussion of the more advanced route solver settings in RouteSmart for ArcGIS. If you’ve ever wondered exactly what the Balance vs. Compactness slider bars do, this is the class for you. You’ll also learn key strategies that will help you to maintain your routes over time.

Classes fill up quickly, so act now. For more information, please email us or visit us on-line to download our latest course catalog.

RouteSmart WebAccess 2.0 Now Available!

Announced at INTERSECT ’07, RouteSmart WebAccess continues to evolve as the next generation of RouteSmart for newspaper home delivery operations. In operation currently at newspapers across the country, RouteSmart WebAccess provides browser-based access to home delivery routing functions, such as printing route books, route sequencing, down route and late publication management, and more. Additionally, WebAccess provides a complete set of system administrator tools for defining user privileges and administering the application in a variety of hardware deployment configurations.

With the debut of RouteSmart WebAccess 2.0, home delivery operations are now afforded a broader set of analysis tools for reporting. Our new analysis reports include: Delivery List by Address, Delivery List by Sequence, Subscribers by Address, Subscribers by Sequence, and Ungeocoded Subscribers. These reports can be generated based on the selection specific routes, publications, or frequency codes. For example, you may want to see a list of subscribers on all routes who receive one specific publication, sorted by route and delivery sequence.

For more information about how RouteSmart WebAccess can help you address your newspaper dispatch operation needs, contact Jason Fry, our newspaper industry Business Development Manager. Existing RouteSmart WebAccess clients are encouraged to contact RouteSmart Technologies technical support to schedule your upgrade to 2.0.

Nokia to Acquire NAVTEQ

Nokia and NAVTEQ today announced on October 1, 2007, a definitive agreement for Nokia to acquire NAVTEQ. Under the terms of the agreement, Nokia will pay $78 in cash for each share of NAVTEQ including outstanding options for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $8.1 billion (€5.7 billion), or approximately $7.7 billion (€5.4 billion) net of NAVTEQ existing cash balance. The acquisition has been approved by the board of directors of each company and is subject to customary closing conditions including regulatory approvals and NAVTEQ shareholders’ approval.

For more information, see the full press release.

Plan Ahead for INTERSECT ’08!

Mark your calendars and make your plans! RouteSmart Technologies’ premier training and collaboration event – INTERSECT ’08 – is scheduled for September 7-12, 2008! This year we’re “Back to the Chesapeake” – the conference and post-conference training will be held at the fantastic Loews Annapolis Hotel in historic Annapolis, Maryland.

An important change this year – we think the conference is so important, we’re going to make it easier than ever for you to attend. For every RouteSmart for ArcGIS® primary maintenance subscription you have, you will receive one complimentary registration to INTERSECT ’08! If you have one RouteSmart for ArcGIS primary maintenance subscription, you receive one free registration. If you have two, two people can come for free! All you have to do is get there, and stay at the conference hotel, to get your complimentary registration. Additional people can register for $699 per person.


Marie McKeeth (City of Folsom, CA) presents at INTERSECT '07.

We’ll be setting up registration and sending you more information soon, but make your plans early to attend. You don’t want to miss this! Over 70% of our attendees have been to 2 or more RouteSmart conferences. Make this one your first, or make it your fifth, but make sure you’re there.

ESRI Enables Access to Free Data

ArcGIS Online is a set of map and image services designed to be easily integrated within ESRI GIS applications. ArcGIS Online offers a comprehensive collection of Web-based map and image services that can be used in conjunction with your own local data. You can connect to ArcGIS online through ArcGIS-based desktop applications (like RouteSmart for ArcGIS) and access online content and capabilities free of charge. Basemaps, such as imagery for the world, and shaded relief and topographical maps, are available as Web services, enabling you to quickly connect and use this data to enhance your current data or to provide a new perspective.

Connect to ArcGIS Online to learn more.

SmartTip
This month we highlight a helpful tool in our RouteSmart for ArcGIS help document. When you open RouteSmart Help, on the Contents tab, click to open "Getting Started" and go to the help topic "Understanding the Routing Process." This help topic walks you through the entire routing process, from A to Z, with links to everything from creating a workspace to viewing reports. It's your turn-by-turn directions for using RouteSmart!
SmartStep
Did you know you can log a case, update a case, and search the RouteSmart knowledge base 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?
Route yourself to My RouteSmart for a new and easy way to reach our RouteSmart technical support team!
TradeShows

Welcome New Clients

The Courier-Journal
Newspaper
Louisville, KY

Gannett Wisconsin
Newspaper
Appleton, WI

The Oregonian
Newspaper
Portland, OR

Waco Tribune-Herald
Newspaper
Waco, TX

City of Riverside
Public Works
Riverside, CA

City of San Mateo
Public Works
San Mateo, CA

Woodbridge Township
Public Works
Woodbridge, NJ

City of Worcester
Public Works
Worcester, MA

California Water Service Company
Utility
Visalia, CA

NiSource
Utility
Merrillville, IN

RouteSmart Technologies, Inc.
8850 Stanford Boulevard, Suite 3250
Columbia, Maryland 21045
1-800-977-7284
410-290-0226
fax: 410-290-0334
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