Expanded Functionality, New Street Data Purchasing Model Among Enhancements

Announcing ArcLogistics Route 2

ArcLogistics Route 2 is a major new release of this desktop routing and scheduling solution and includes expanded solver functionality, multiple street data extractions, improved geocoding tools, and higher-quality street data. According to Don Weigel, ArcLogistics Route product manager, "We had a successful first year and the software has filled a real need in the market. We listened to our users and implemented many of their suggestions in this release to makeArcLogistics Route an even more integral part of their day-to-day operation."

In version 2, ArcLogistics Route accommodates more routing routines by allowing users to specify route renewal points for reloading or unloading. Vehicles that need to make a stop during a route benefit greatly from this new feature because it lets them account for that stop on their original route. ArcLogistics Route 2 also allows users to decide exactly how long a route lasts, determine lunchtime within a time window, give orders and vehicles as many specialties as they want, and many more features not available in earlier versions of the software.

ArcLogistics Route 2 includes Dynamap/Transportation, the latest street data for the United States, from GDT. Shipped in NAD83 format, Dynamap/Transportation includes node elevations and features one-way streets, physical turn restrictions, improved ramp structures, calculated speed information, and geocodable database. Esri has also introduced a new street data purchasing model to accommodate users' need for a larger street data. At ArcLogistics Route 2, users can license 50 percent larger street data or extract multiple street data to operate on a single installation.

ArcLogistics Route 2 comes with an upgrade to Crystal Reports, which includes faster reporting and new wizards for advanced reporting. ArcLogistics Route 2 also includes many additional application framework enhancements such as duplicate routing folders, enhanced export of routing folders, and multiple service areas for each street database.

Due to be released in the summer of 2000, ArcLogistics Route 2 operates on Windows 95/98, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000 environments. For more information, please visit Esri on the Web at www.esri.com/arclogistics, contact your Esri regional office, or call Esri at 1-800-447-9778. Outside the United States, contact your local Esri distributor.

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