Routing University

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: November 5-7, 2007; 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: October 22-26, 2007; 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.

Itron Partnership

“RouteSmart has an established track record and already shares many key clients in the energy and water industry,” said Russ Vanos, Itron’s vice president of marketing. “As the industry leader, Itron now combines the best in automated meter reading with the top technology for route optimization via our partnership with RouteSmart.”

For more information, see the full press release.

RouteSmart Has a New Home!

8850 Stanford Boulevard
Suite 3250
Columbia, Maryland 21045

The telephone number remains 800.977.7284 and our fax number is 410.290.0334.

SmartDirections Now Available On-Line!

Plan Ahead for INTERSECT ’08!

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.

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 Announces Mapping Center

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