As three of the five regions are now complete, I have unlocked their threads.
I have started work on the north east region but have hid a snag with a bit of the routing, which I am trying to sort out with Michelin. Once complete (another 16 routes) I will then set about the north west section (another 16) to complete the full 80.
Hints and tips:
(a) The routes were all lifted from the Michelin route plans, which I then plotted out in Mapsource. Wherever possible I edited out any obvious routing glitches dreampt up by Mapsource, some though may still be there. If anyone finds any please flag them up and I will see if I can correct them. Wherever possible I tried to check that I had not clicked on the wrong lane of a dual carriageway. I also tried to make sure that Mapsource hadn't cut too many silly corners in towns, skirting down back alleys to save 20 meters.
(b) I have pointed out whatever errors I did find in Michelin's route books. There may be others. Again, flag 'em up, please.
(c) All of the routes are circular, each centred on a major town or city. That does not mean stretches cannot be used to plot other routes, cutting a part out of one and joining it into another.
(d) If you load several routes into a single file it should become obvious how segments of routes could be joined up. Simply use a decent map to fill in the gaps in between.
(e) If anyone is not confident with cutting route segments out, there is an easy way to work around it.
Load a route (or routes) into a single file.
Simply plot a new route by tracing over the top, joining two or more routes together, just as if you were plotting a route from afresh.
(f) Eventually, when I have finished the last two regions, there will be the five principle regions of France covered, each with 16 routes.
I think the five threads will work best of they are inter-active. So, besides pointing out any glitches, it would be great if users could flag up any other items of interest:
For instance:
Good hotels
Good view points
Significant road changes
Nice cafes
Bad hotels / cafes
Anything of any interest really.
If you can include pictures, waypoints and the like, so much the better.
Cheers,
Richard
PS It is still worth getting the book when you are in France.
PPS You may well still need a half decent local map!
I have started work on the north east region but have hid a snag with a bit of the routing, which I am trying to sort out with Michelin. Once complete (another 16 routes) I will then set about the north west section (another 16) to complete the full 80.
Hints and tips:
(a) The routes were all lifted from the Michelin route plans, which I then plotted out in Mapsource. Wherever possible I edited out any obvious routing glitches dreampt up by Mapsource, some though may still be there. If anyone finds any please flag them up and I will see if I can correct them. Wherever possible I tried to check that I had not clicked on the wrong lane of a dual carriageway. I also tried to make sure that Mapsource hadn't cut too many silly corners in towns, skirting down back alleys to save 20 meters.
(b) I have pointed out whatever errors I did find in Michelin's route books. There may be others. Again, flag 'em up, please.
(c) All of the routes are circular, each centred on a major town or city. That does not mean stretches cannot be used to plot other routes, cutting a part out of one and joining it into another.
(d) If you load several routes into a single file it should become obvious how segments of routes could be joined up. Simply use a decent map to fill in the gaps in between.
(e) If anyone is not confident with cutting route segments out, there is an easy way to work around it.
Load a route (or routes) into a single file.
Simply plot a new route by tracing over the top, joining two or more routes together, just as if you were plotting a route from afresh.
(f) Eventually, when I have finished the last two regions, there will be the five principle regions of France covered, each with 16 routes.
I think the five threads will work best of they are inter-active. So, besides pointing out any glitches, it would be great if users could flag up any other items of interest:
For instance:
Good hotels
Good view points
Significant road changes
Nice cafes
Bad hotels / cafes
Anything of any interest really.
If you can include pictures, waypoints and the like, so much the better.
Cheers,
Richard
PS It is still worth getting the book when you are in France.
PPS You may well still need a half decent local map!