Can anyone recommend a decent route planning software package for PCs - preferably Europe as well. I have seen a few around, but wanted to see what people's experience is.

Cheers
Peter

 

Have a look at

 

I use this nice little freebie

 

I agree with Alec, the shellgeostar site is the best site I've come across.

It gets a little OTT when it comes across roundabouts, but it's easy to see where you have to go, particularly when using the "step-by-step maps" option.

Pete

 

For PC software I use Autoroute 2000. I would give it 8/10.

 

I used the AA for their free details when driving from Calais to Malaga last month, spot on and very detailed and free, I think the RAC do the same

 

I used MS AutoRoute Express Europe ('98 I think it was) to get to the garage in a tiny town in Holland that I bought my Scoob from, so thoroughly recommended.

(Got lost on the way back as I didn't bother to print the reverse route out and assumed I could just reverse the directions).

 

 

I can heartily recommend a package called 'Travelmanager'. It was written by TNT (the parcel people).

It is much, much better than Autoroute. If my memory serves me correctly, it only cost me £39.99 from a company called 'Softwair Publishing'.

The Travelmanager website is at

 

Autoroute 2001 is out, and pretty good if you want a non-web based package.

 

Hi Stuart.

The comma on the end of your link breaks it.

 

Thanks for all of those.

Do any show any particularly Scooby friendly roads (twisty and free of speed cameras )

 

Oops, spot the technical doofus!! Cheers Chris

I think I'll stick to my day job rather than think about a career in IT!!

 

Travel manager is good but.........

Now that infomap have developed a European version (same scale as tr/man)and lowered their prices to something reasonable £100

imho i'd go for infomap plus its instalable and has gps which t/m doesn't.

the web address is