Appendix A Street CLASS Definitions

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1 Appendix A Appendix A Street CLASS Definitions You should determine a template of the street classifications that you will use and consistently use the same codes to represent the same types of streets for each zone that you work on. NAVTEQ CLASS CLASSIFICATION 1 Major highways 2 Major highways used to channel traffic to and from CLASS 1 roads 3 Secondary highways, roads that interconnect CLASS 2 roads 4 Roads that provide high volume of traffice at moderate speeds between neighborhoods 5 Residential roads CLASS A00 A01 A02 A03 A04 A05 A06 A07 A08 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 CLASSIFICATION Road, Classification Unknown or Not Elsewhere Classified Road, undivided Road, undivided, in tunnel Road, undivided, underpassing Road, undivided, with rail line in center Road, divided Road, divided, in tunnel Road, divided, underpassing Road, divided, with rail line in center Primary road, interstate highway and limited access road: This category includes interstate highways, primary U.S. highways, most multi-lane roads and most other limited access roads Primary road, interstate highway and limited access road, undivided Primary road, interstate highway and limited access road, undivided, in tunnel Primary road, interstate highway and limited access road, undivided, underpassing Primary road, interstate highway and limited access road, undivided, with rail line in center Primary road, interstate highway and limited access road, divided Primary road, interstate highway and limited access road, divided, in tunnel Primary road, interstate highway and limited access road, divided, underpassing Primary road, interstate highway and limited access road, divided, with rail line in center August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service A-1

2 Appendix A CLASS A20 A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 CLASSIFICATION Secondary road, U.S. highway not classified A10, and state roads: This category includes the U.S. highways not classified as A10 and state roads. Most of the roads in this category tend to be state-level roads Secondary road, U.S. highway not classified A11, and state roads, undivided Secondary road, U.S. highway not classified A12, and state roads, undivided, in tunnel Secondary road, U.S. highway not classified A13, and state roads, undivided, underpassing Secondary road, U.S. highway not classified A14, and state roads, undivided, with rail line in center Secondary road, U.S. highway not classified A15, and state roads, divided Secondary road, U.S. highway not classified A16, and state roads, divided, in tunnel Secondary road, U.S. highway not classified A17, and state roads, divided, underpassing Secondary road, U.S. highway not classified A18, and state roads, divided, with rail line in center A30 Connecting road, county roads, and roads not classified as A10 or A20: This category includes county roads, roads not classified A10 or A20 that connect towns or major features, and principal non-a10/a20 roads through built-up areas. Most of the roads in this category are county roads A31 Connecting road, county roads, and roads not classified as A11 or A21, undivided A32 Connecting road, county roads, and roads not classified as A12 or A22, undivided, in tunnel A33 Connecting road, county roads, and roads not classified as A13 or A23, undivided, underpassing A34 Connecting road, county roads, and roads not classified as A14 or A24, undivided, with rail line in center A35 Connecting road, county roads, and roads not classified as A15 or A25, divided A36 Connecting road, county roads, and roads not classified as A16 or A26, divided, in tunnel A37 Connecting road, county roads, and roads not classified as A17 or A27, divided, underpassing A38 Connecting road, county roads and roads not classified as A18 or A28, divided, with rail line in center A-2 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

3 CLASS A40 A41 A42 A43 A44 A45 A46 A47 A48 A50 A51 A52 A53 A60 A61 A62 A63 A64 A65 A70 A71 A72 A73 A74 Appendix A CLASSIFICATION Neighborhood roads, city streets and unimproved roads: This category includes city streets in built-up areas, unpaved roads that are passable with an automobile in non built-up areas, and all other remaining improved roads Neighborhood roads, city streets and unimproved roads, undivided Neighborhood roads, city streets and unimproved roads, undivided, in tunnel Neighborhood roads, city streets and unimproved roads, undivided, underpassing Neighborhood roads, city streets and unimproved roads, undivided, with rail line in center Neighborhood roads, city streets and unimproved roads, divided Neighborhood roads, city streets and unimproved roads, divided, in tunnel Neighborhood roads, city streets and unimproved roads, divided, underpassing Neighborhood roads, city streets and unimproved roads, divided, with rail line in center Class 5 Road - (Jeep Trail) Class 5 Road, undivided Class 5 Road, undivided, in tunnel Class 5 Road, undivided, underpassing Special Road Feature Cul-de-sac Traffic circle Cloverleaf or interchange Service drive Ferry crossing Other Thoroughfare Walkway Stairway Alley Driveway August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service A-3

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5 Appendix B Appendix B Exercise #3 Data Zone Data Extracted from Form PS3999 Allied Time Breakdown by Route: Note: all these are in minutes and seconds Route C005 C009 C014 C016 C019 C022 C024 C025 C028 C038 C041 Relay Time 2:49 2:35 0:00 4:55 3:16 33:23 0:00 1:20 13:25 6:14 18:44 Travel To 9:00 7:33 5:48 4:50 13:16 8:50 5:08 6:02 4:00 2:06 7:01 Travel From 8:26 0:00 9:03 4:40 6:00 6:34 7:12 3:15 9:58 2:58 10:24 Vehicle Load 15:00 14:47 18:51 10:32 22:06 14:13 13:39 35:24 15:19 19:46 20:22 Other Street Time Total: Travel Within 1:32 11:28 13:49 1:52 9:48 26:59 15:30 14:18 3:38 1:35 0:57 Accountable Delivery 4:20 4:40 12:18 17:12 9:54 19:33 1:56 1:55 6:23 3:55 Parcel Delivery 0:26 8:16 12:42 13:37 1:45 3:10 9:59 0:44 6:53 5:07 Street Break Time 5:08 20:00 9:13 3:31 12:10 17:57 10:57 8:36 10:00 20:11 Collection Time 60:48 0:36 60:00 1:31 0:50 Deadhead Time 0:44 2:23 1:50 9:00 Personal Needs 3:25 1:53 19:56 3:13 24:11 2:23 Customer Contact 0:22 0:44 0:35 0:13 3:30 2:18 Gas Vehicle 57:00 60:00 Additional Time Total: Backtracking 1:03 0:52 0:43 1:26 0:38 Animal Interference Waiting for Relays 2:20 Waiting for Transportation Waiting-Other 20:39 8:08 5:59 12:27 Temporary Detail Management Time Accident Miscellaneous Other 8:00 3:05 August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service B-1

6 Appendix B Zone Data Extracted from Form PS1840 Route C005 C009 C014 C016 C019 C022 C024 C025 C028 C038 C041 Net Street Time 0:59 4:48 2:36 1:31 4:58 6:10 2:47 6:04 3:50 2:48 4:34 Net Office Time 0:19 1:10 1:13 0:06 1:07 1:34 1:06 2:10 1:13 1:05 1:26 Std. Office Time 0:24 1:27 1:31 0:07 1:06 1:52 1:15 2:25 1:16 1:12 1:30 B-2 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

7 Exercise #1 Introduction to Starting the System, an acronym for Carrier Optimal Routing system, is an application that runs within Maptitude 4.2. Maptitude is a geographic information system (GIS), which runs within Microsoft Windows. In this exercise, you will learn how to start. You will also learn basic Maptitude 4.2 commands and procedures, which are necessary to understand in order to work with the program. Double click the icon to start. The [Maptitude] window will appear as below: Note: If the [Maptitude] window does not cover the entire screen, click the Maximize button, so that the [Maptitude] window will cover the entire screen. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 1-1

8 Starting the Tutorial Exercise Choose Tools-Add-Ins... to open the [Add-ins] window. Choose : Route Adjustment Tutorial and click setup menu. to display the exercise Choose Exercise 1, and click. The first time you start up the system you will be prompted for a Password. Type in a Password of your choosing (your name, pet, etc.) in the Enter Password textbox. Re-type the same Password in the Confirm Password textbox. IMPORTANT: Write down, and Save the Password entered. This will be your permanent Password. You will be prompted to enter this Password every time you start up the system. The password my not have spaces and should only consist of letters and numbers. The length must be between 4 and 7 characters and the password is not case sensitive. 1-2 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

9 Click. You will be prompted for a second route adjustment password which is the unique password that you were assigned by your Area Coordinator. If you have not been assigned a route adjustment password, contact your Area Coordinator. NOTE: The Route Adjustment password is case sensitive. When you are provided a password, you must use upper and lower case as the password is specified to you. You will not be able to alter or change this password. The current zone of will be loaded into the system and displayed. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 1-3

10 NOTE: There will be times when messages are displayed in the lower left corner of the screen prompting you to click on the map. There may be popup windows on the screen related to the function that you are using. It is critical that you do not attempt to move the popup window when you are being prompted to click somewhere on the map. Your next click, even if you are trying to move a popup window, will actually be the response to the prompt to click on the map. Whatever portion of the map is under the popup window that you click on, will be the location on the map that is used in response to the prompt in the lower left corner. Understanding the Screen Display There are six key components of the screen you are currently looking at. It is important to understand these components. 1. The [Maptitude] window. This window fills the entire screen and all other components of are inside this window. The window can be recognized by its title bar at the top of the screen. 2. The menu bar associated with the [Maptitude] window. This menu bar is often used to specify various commands. 3. The button bar associated with the [Maptitude] window. This button bar is used to execute various commands. 4. The [ Menu] window contains the Menu button. This button is used for most commands. 5. The [Tools] window contains the tool bar used with Maptitude. The tool bar is similar to the button bar in that it is used to execute many Maptitude procedures. 1-4 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

11 6. Inside the [Maptitude] window is a smaller window which is used for displaying geography. This window is currently called [32809.MAP ZIP Code 32809]. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 1-5

12 Learning Basic Maptitude Commands You will now learn and practice several Maptitude commands which you will frequently use while using the. Repositioning Windows It is possible to move a window from one part of the screen to another. Often times you will want to move a window in order to customize the screen display. To move a window, click and hold the left mouse button on the window name and drag the window to the desired location. Let go of the left mouse button to release the window. If the [ Menu] window is covering the top of the tool bar on your display, move the [ Menu] window to the bottom of the screen below the tool bar. 1-6 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

13 Changing the Map Scale An important skill to develop is the ability to change the scale of your map display. There are two tools on the tool bar that let you quickly change the scale of the map display. These tools are Zoom In and Zoom Out. Notice the map scale is specified in the lower left corner of the [Maptitude] window. Record the scale here. 1 Inch = Miles Now change the scale of the map by zooming in around a specific part of the map. Click Zoom In in the [Tools] window and zoom into the area indicated by the dashed box below. To zoom, click and hold the left mouse button at one of the corners of the area you are zooming into. Then drag the mouse to the opposite corner of the area you are zooming into. When you release the left mouse button, whatever is inside the dashed box will become the extent of the map display. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 1-7

14 Notice how the map scale has changed. Record the new scale here. 1 Inch = Miles You can easily get back to the previous map scale. Click Previous Scale in the [Tools] window to return the previous view. Notice how the map display has returned to its previous scale. Just as you zoomed in above to create a smaller map scale, you can also zoom out to create a larger map scale. Click Zoom Out in the [Tools] window and then click anywhere in the middle of the map display. Notice how the scale has become larger and you can see more geography. Click Previous Scale in the [Tools] window to return the previous view. You can also specify a specific scale for the map display. Assume you want to see the map display at a scale of 1 inch = 1 mile. Click Set the Map Scale on the button bar. The [Map Scale ( Digit ZIP Codes)] window will appear. Click on the Mi per In scaling method and specify 1 Mi per In. 1-8 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

15 Click and watch the screen redisplay at a scale of 1 inch = 1 mile. Spend a few minutes practicing zooming in and zooming out and setting a specific scale. When you are done practicing, return to the initial scale. You may use the Set the Map Scale button to control the map scale for printing. Click Initial Scale in the [Tools] window to return to the initial view. This tool returns you to the scale and zoom position of the last time you saved the map file. Learning How to Pan It is possible to shift the map display in any direction without changing the scale of the map display. To accomplish this, you use the Pan in the [Tools] window. Click Pan and then click and hold the left mouse button over any part of the map display. As you drag the mouse, notice how the entire display drags with you. When you let go of the left mouse button, the map will redraw at the same scale, but in its new position. Spend a few minutes using the Pan tool. When you are done practicing, return to the initial scale. Click Initial Scale in the [Tools] window to return to the initial view. Understanding Map Layers Your screen is currently showing four distinct geographic features. These features are Streets, Post Office, Delivery Layer, and Blockface. Each of these features corresponds to a Map Layer. A map layer is a collection of similar geographic entities that can be displayed. What color are the Streets currently drawn in? What color is the Blockface for existing route C014 drawn in? Where in the view is the Post Office currently drawn? August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 1-9

16 Click Map Layers to display the [Layers] window. Notice that there are five possible layers to display. You have not seen the Node layer on your screen because it is marked Hidden. Click on Node to highlight the Node layer and then click layer can be displayed. so that the Node Click Close and watch the map redraw with the Node layer. Once again click Map Layers to display the [Layers] window. Click on Node to highlight the Node layer and then click layer will not be displayed. so that the Node Click and watch the map redraw without the Node layer. NOTE: If you drop a layer, the layer is removed from your map but is not removed from the computer s hard drive. Understanding the Working Layer 1-10 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

17 In Maptitude, one of the map layers will always be designated as the working layer. All operations are performed on the working layer. All other layers are for display purposes only. The working layer is shown in the middle of the button bar as seen below. The working layer is currently Streets. It is very easy to change the working layer. Click working layer and choose Blockface to change the working layer to Blockface. Notice how the button bar now shows Blockface as the working layer. Using the Info Tool Using the Info tool you can get information on any single entry in the working layer. For example, since Blockface is the working layer, you can get information on any one Blockface. Click Info, move the cursor to any Blockface on the map display and click the left mouse button. The [Dataview1 Blockface Info] window will appear showing all data associated with that Blockface. When finished viewing the data, close the [Dataview1 Blockface Info] window by clicking the small X in the upper right corner of the [Dataview1 Blockface Info] window as shown below. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 1-11

18 NOTE: The Info window is an editable window. Understanding the Dataview Click working layer and choose Streets. The dataview lets you look at the data associated with several entries in the working layer at the same time. Click New Dataview. The [Dataview2 - Streets] window is shown with the data for all streets available for viewing. Scroll through the dataview and look at some of the data. You can use the dataview to locate certain records on the map display. Assume you want to locate the street KEATS AVE. The dataview can assist you in locating KEATS AVE on the map display. Sort the records in the dataview based on the street name. Click the NAME field title bar to highlight the NAME field United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

19 NOTE: To accomplish a two-field sort, hold down the [Shift] key and click the [Start Left] field. With both fields highlighted, the sort will be first on Name and for those with the same Name, they will be sorted in increasing order of Start Left address range. Click Sort Dataview first. to sort the street names. Note that blank street names appear Use the scroll bar on the [Dataview2 - Streets] window to find KEATS AVE in the NAME field. Choose Selection-Settings to open the [Streets Selection Sets] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 1-13

20 The first line indicates that the layer is Streets, unselected streets are drawn in blue, and there are 4244 total records. The next three lines identify three selection sets, Duplicate Geography, Selection, and cluster. Notice that currently there are no records in the Selection set. You can use this generic set to select the KEATS AVE records. The selection sets use the columns to the left of the ID field. The generic selection set Selection is currently the middle column. Click to close the [Streets Selection Sets] window. Click in the red selection column of each of the KEATS AVE entries. A red line should appear next to each entry. By clicking on each record of KEATS AVE, you have selected the records and they can be viewed in the map display. Click anywhere on the map display to bring the [32809.MAP ZIP Code 32809] window to the front. The street KEATS AVE is highlighted in red since you selected the street in the dataview. However, the Blockface layer makes it hard to see the Streets layer. Click Map Layers to display the [Layers] window. Click on Blockface to highlight the Blockface layer and then click the Blockface layer will not be displayed. so that Click and watch the map redraw without the Blockface layer United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

21 The dataview that you used to select KEATS AVE is now being hidden by the [32809.MAP ZIP Code 32809] window. Choose Window- Dataview - Streets to bring the dataview to the front of the display. Close the [Dataview - Streets] window by clicking the X in the upper right corner of the [Dataview2 - Streets] window. If asked, Click for saving changes to the dataview. IMPORTANT: Whenever you exit a dataview, you will be asked if you wish to save the dataview. This question is not asking whether or not you wish to save any data you may have changed in the dataview. DATA THAT YOU CHANGE IS ALWAYS AND INSTANTLY SAVED. Instead, this is asking if you wish to save the way in which you are viewing the data. For example, if you sorted the streets dataview on NAME, you could choose to save the dataview so that it can be viewed sorted on the NAME field. If you say YES, then you will be asked for a name to under which the dataview will be saved. Using Conditions to Select Specific Records There is another way besides using the dataview to select a specific record based upon a data attribute. This method involves selecting by condition. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 1-15

22 Before you select by condition, unselect the KEATS AVE records by clicking Clear Selection on the tool bar. Notice that the street KEATS AVE is no longer highlighted in red since you unselected the street records. Click Select by Condition on the button bar. The [Select by Condition (Dataview: Streets)] window will appear. Under the section Condition Builder, click on the box labeled Field List... and choose the field NAME. Notice how the field NAME appears in the Enter a Condition section of the window. Finish entering the condition by typing = KEATS AVE. Be sure to type KEATS AVE in capital letters. When finished, the [Select by Condition (Dataview: Streets)] window should appear as below: This condition will select all streets whose NAME is KEATS AVE. Click. Notice that the street KEATS AVE is once again highlighted in red since you selected the street using a condition. Unselect the KEATS AVE records by clicking Clear Selection on the tool bar United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

23 Using Tools to Select Specific Records There are three tools on the tool bar that can be used for selecting records. These tools are Select by Pointing, Select by Circle, and Select by Shape. When you select a street by pointing, all streets that were selected become unselected. If you want to keep all the selected streets selected, you must hold the <SHIFT> key down when selecting by pointing. Click Select by Pointing, position the cursor over a street of your choice and click the left mouse button. Notice how the street turns red as it is selected. Now position the cursor over another street segment and click the left mouse button. Notice how the new selected street turns red while the previous street you selected became unselected. Now position the cursor over another street segment, hold down the <SHIFT> key and click the left mouse button. Notice how the new selected street turns red while the previous street you selected stays selected. Now position the cursor over one of the selected street segments, hold down the <CTRL> key and click the left mouse button. Notice how the segment is unselected while the previous street you selected stays selected. When you select by circle, all streets inside a circle that you draw become selected. Click Select by Circle. Position the cursor over the middle of the streets. Click and hold the left mouse button. While holding down the left mouse button, move the mouse and notice the dashed circle being drawn on the screen. When you let go of the left mouse button, every street inside the circle will be selected. You can also select by a specific radius. Click the Select by Circle tool. Left click on the desired location on the map. Enter the radius that you want to see displayed in the radius block and click OK. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 1-17

24 When you select by shape, all streets inside a shape that you draw become selected. Click Select by Shape. Click the left mouse button to start drawing a shape. As you drag the mouse, a dashed line is drawn. Clicking the left mouse button will anchor the line being drawn and allow you to continue drawing in a different direction. When your shape is fully drawn, double click the left mouse button. Every street inside the shape you drew will be selected. Spend a few minutes practicing selecting streets using the three tools you just learned. When finished practicing, click Clear Selection on the tool bar. An alternative way to work with selection sets is through Selection Toolbox. NOTE: If you do not see this button, you may have to change the display settings. Choose Start-Settings-Control Panel. Then Choose Display Settings and set the resolution to 1024x768. Click on the Selection Toolbox below. and the Street Selection Toolbox will appear as You can use the drop down window to switch between various selection sets. The Zoom to Selection button will zoom in to the records selected from the selection set identified in the selection set drop down window. The Show One Set/All Features button allows you to turn off and on all the streets that are not part of the current selection set. The Create New Selection button allows you to introduce additional selection sets. You can use this tool to switch between selection sets and then use the Clear Selection tool to clear the records in your selection set United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

25 The Selection Settings button brings up the selection sets window. This is the same window as described below that is shown from the Selection-Settings menu item Close the Streets Selection window. Instead of just clearing the entries, you can remove selection sets that you no longer want. Choose Selection-Settings to open the [Streets Selection Sets] window. Highlight the cluster selection set. Click the Drop Set button that will become active. The selection set cluster has been removed. Choose Click to confirm that you want to drop the set. to close the [Streets Selection Sets] window. Changing the Style of a Map Layer It is possible to change the appearance (color, size, etc.) of a map layer. Often times you will want to change the appearance of a map layer for better or more appealing visual display. For example, you may want to make the Delivery Layer more visible. The Layer Style button can be used to accomplish this style change. It is important to note however that only the style of the working layer can be changed. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 1-19

26 The working layer is currently Streets. Click working layer Layer to change the working layer to Delivery Layer. and choose Delivery Click Layer Style. The [Style (Layer: Delivery Layer)] window will appear. Change the Size to 6 and the Color to green so the [Style (Layer: Delivery Layer)] window appears as below: Click and watch the screen redraw with the Deliveries more visible. Click working layer and choose Streets to change the working layer to Streets. Click Layer Style. The [Style (Layer: Streets)] window will appear. Change the Width to 4 and change the Style of the street lines to that shown below: Click and watch the screen redraw United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

27 You will not see many differences in the appearance of the streets at this scale. However, if you zoom in closer, you will be able to see most of the streets draw with arrows as requested in the style box above. Click Zoom In and zoom in around some streets of your choice. You will notice the streets are now drawn with arrows. Based on these arrows, you can differentiate the right side of the street from the left side of the street. The concept of the right versus the left side of a street is very important in. The line style chosen in the above display is the one you will choose to help differentiate right and left sides of the street. When this line style is chosen, the direction of the arrowheads indicates the direction in which the line was drawn on the map. Using this orientation, it is possible to uniquely identify the right side from the left side of the street. Now change the Streets style back. Click Layer Style. The [Style (Layer: Streets)] window will appear. Change the Width to Hairline and change the Style of the street lines to that shown below: Click and watch the screen redraw. Click Initial Scale in the [Tools] window to return to the initial scale. Choose File-Properties... from the menu bar to change the setting of the background color for the map. Click Background Color and scroll through the list of colors. The screen will appear as below: August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 1-21

28 Click to change the background color. You can try several different colors. Note that the system will use white as a highlight color when transferring territory. Click when you are finished. Creating Themes The Color Theme Map Wizard button allows you to color code the working layer based upon a data attribute. For example, you can color code the streets based upon the ZIP Code they are in. Click Color Theme Map Wizard. The [Color Theme (Layer: Streets)] window will appear. Click in the Field box and choose [Left ZIP]. Click in the Method box and choose List of Values. The [Color Theme (Layer: Streets)] window should appear as below: 1-22 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

29 NOTE: Always choose the Maximum value of 257 from the #Classes drop down menu. Click and watch the screen redraw with the streets color coded by ZIP Code. Click Zoom Out in the [Tools] window and then click anywhere in the middle of the map display to see additional zones. Repeat as needed. Click Initial Scale in the [Tools] window to return to the initial scale. Using Labels Another useful feature to learn is the ability to put labels on your map display. Click Automatic Labels appear.. The [Automatic Labels (Layer: Streets)] window will Click in the box labeled Field and choose the field NAME. The [Automatic Labels (Layer: Streets)] window should appear as below: August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 1-23

30 Click and watch the screen redraw with labels. To clear the labels from the screen, click Automatic Labels Labels (Layer: Streets)] window to appear. Click without labels. to get the [Automatic. The screen will redraw It is also possible to label specific streets. To accomplish this, use the Manual Labels tool from the tool bar. Click Manual Labels, move the cursor over a street you want to label and click the left mouse button and the label will appear. Click on other streets to add additional labels to your display. To delete a manual label, click Pointer Tool and the press the <DELETE> key., click on the label you want to delete, To delete all manual labels, choose Edit-Select All from the menu bar and then press the <DELETE> key United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

31 Creating Freehand Symbols Maptitude offers you the ability to create and place Freehand Symbols on the map display in order to represent features or service point locations. Choose Edit-Preferences... from the menu bar. The [User Preferences] window should display. Click the Freehand/Layout tab. The window should appear as below: Click on the Freehand Style button (3 rd button on the right). The [Freehand Icon Style] window should appear. Choose a Font of Caliper Transportation. Choose the Truck symbol on the left, change the symbol Size to 16, and change the Color to Blue. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 1-25

32 Click Click the map display. to accept the Symbol style. to close the [User Preferences] window. This will take you back to You will now place freehand symbols with this style on the map display. Click the Freehand Symbol tool from the Toolbar on the right side of the screen. Position the crosshair anywhere on the map that you would like to place a symbol and click the Left mouse button. A graphic in the chosen style (Blue truck) will display on the map at that location. Freehand Symbols placed on the map display can be moved to another location or deleted. To move a Freehand Symbol, click the Pointer Tool, click & hold the left mouse button down on the symbol you would like to move, then drag it to another location. Click anywhere else on the map display to clear the selection. To delete a Freehand Symbol, click the Pointer Tool would like to delete, then press the <DELETE> key., click on the symbol you 1-26 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

33 Exiting Choose File-Close All from the menu bar. Click for changes to the MAP file for this training exercise. NOTE: For your actual work, choose Yes to save the added layers and changes to symbols. Choose File-Exit from the menu bar to exit Maptitude. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 1-27

34 Exercise #10 Managing Solutions Starting the System Double click the icon to start. Starting the Tutorial Exercise Choose Tools-Add-Ins... to open the [Add-ins] window. Choose : Route Adjustment Tutorial and click setup menu. to display the exercise Choose Exercise 10, and click. When the setup process is complete, you will be prompted to enter your Password. Type in your Password, and Click to continue. You will then be prompted to enter your Route Adjustment password: August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 10-1

35 Type in your Route Adjustment Password, and Click to continue. The current zone displayed is the zone that you want to use. Saving a Solution A solution contains the data loading and routing results that you have completed at the time you decide to create it. A solution can consist of a completed route adjustment or just be a partial result. For example, you may save several different options for territory transfers without the associated Lines of Travel. Similarly, you may try alternative Lines of Travel for a set of territory transfers. A saved solution is the state of the zone at the time you choose to save it. You are not saving just a route generation or a specific line of travel that you have edited. Instead, you are capturing a snap shot of all work done up to that point. Whenever you reach a point that you want to save or might wish to return to, you should save a solution. However, creating too many solutions that you will not ever return to will waste your hard disk space. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Solution Management from the Category menu and double click Save Solution from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

36 The [Enter a Solution Name] control window will appear. It is important to use a name and a description that make sense to you. It is always helpful to have a date in the description. For this exercise, click in the solution name box, and type LOT1. Click in the Solution description box, and type 2/28/03 Lines of Travel Option 1. The [Enter a Solution Name] control window should appear as follows. Click to proceed. Click to acknowledge that the solution was saved. Now you can continue to make changes to the Routes, Lines of Travel, or Adjusted Route Summary Form without it affecting the saved solution LOT1. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 10-3

37 For the purpose of this exercise, pick one of the routes and edit the Line of Travel making at least one change. Also, after making the change to the Line of Travel, make a change to the Adjusted Route Summary for that route. After changing the Line of Travel for one of the routes, save the entire solution using the Solution name: LOT2 with the description: 2/28/03 Lines of Travel Option 2. Restoring a Solution A previously saved solution can be restored. After restoring the solution, the Routes, Lines of Travel, and Adjusted Route Summary Form will be the same as when you saved the solution. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Solution Management from the Category menu and double click Restore Solution from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. The [Select a Solution] control window will appear. Highlight the solution LOT1 to restore this solution United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

38 Click to restore solution LOT1. Confirm that the previous solution was restored by showing the Line of Travel for the route you changed and reviewing the Adjusted Route Summary Form. If the screen does not display with the restored solution, chose Window/Redraw. Renaming a Solution A previously save solution can be renamed. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Solution Management from the Category menu and double click Rename Solution from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 10-5

39 The [Select a Solution] control window will appear. Highlight the solution LOT1 to rename this solution. Click to rename solution LOT1. Type in the new name LOTA1. Click to change the name United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

40 Click will reappear. to acknowledge the new name. The [Select a Solution] control window Click to exit procedure. Click to acknowledge message. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 10-7

41 Exiting Choose File-Close All from the menu bar. Click for changes to the MAP file. Choose File-Exit from the menu bar to exit Maptitude United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

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44 Exercise #11 Rebalancing Routes Starting the System Double click the icon to start. Starting the Tutorial Exercise Choose Tools-Add-Ins... to open the [Add-ins] window. Choose : Route Adjustment Tutorial and click setup menu. to display the exercise Choose Exercise 11, and click. When the setup process is complete, you will be prompted to enter your Password. Type in your Password, and Click to continue. You will then be prompted to enter your Route Adjustment password: August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 11-1

45 Type in your Route Adjustment Password, and Click to continue. The current zone displayed is the zone that you want to use. The current solution contains four routes that are more than 15 minutes over the 8 hour target and has a auxiliary route that is almost a full route (about 7 hours). In this exercise, you will use the automated rebalancing procedure to balance the work between all the routes. This balancing will lose the auxiliary route, but should help reduce the amount of time that routes exceed the 8 hour goal. Rebalancing Routes 11-2 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

46 Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Rebalance Routes from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. The [Generate Routes] route selection control screen will appear. Click all of the routes. to balance The [Route Generation Settings] parameter screen will appear. Confirm or set the following options. Desired Route Time 08:00. Maximum Volume of Mail Per Relay August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 11-3

47 Max Route Trip Walking Time between Service (MM:SS) 04:00. Network File tn Office Location PINECASTLE STATION. Click to start the rebalancing process. Reviewing the Adjusted Route Summary Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Edit Adjusted Route Summary from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

48 The [Adjusted Route Summary Editor Zone 32809] window will provide the revised route times for each route as shown below. The rebalancing has lowered the time for routes C009 and C016. Route C014 has increased. There is still additional room for adjustment that can be done with the August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 11-5

49 Territory Transfer Toolbox. Also, notice that all of the routes have lost the asterisk indicating that each one requires that a new line of travel be generated. Click to exit the editor. General Practice in Route Balancing You should use the remainder of this exercise as an opportunity to practice using the Territory Transfer Toolbox and completing a zone adjustment. Try to balance the routes. You may continue to have route C014 as an auxiliary route or not as your adjustment proceeds. As you transfer territory remember that when you think you are done you must verify that no Plus4s are split between two routes. You should also know that your starting point already has some manual adjustments to some of the allied time entries. The goal of this exercise is not to achieve balance by simply adjusting entries in the Adjusted Route Summary Editor but instead to transfer territory. When you are done with the territory transfers, you may wish to generate lines of travel and work with the line of travel editor, if time permits. Exiting Choose File-Close All from the menu bar. Click for changes to the MAP file. Choose File-Exit from the menu bar to exit Maptitude United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

50 Exercise #12 Resolving DCD Load Errors Starting the System Double click the icon to start. Starting the Tutorial Exercise Choose Tools-Add-Ins... to open the [Add-ins] window. Choose : Route Adjustment Tutorial and click setup menu. to display the exercise Choose Exercise 12, and click. When the setup process is complete, you will be prompted to enter your Password. Type in your Password, and Click to continue. You will then be prompted to enter your Route Adjustment password: August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 12-1

51 Type in your Route Adjustment Password, and Click to continue. The current zone displayed is the zone that you want to use. In a prior exercise, you loaded DCD data and there were no errors. In practice, you may find that some data in the DCD has no place to load. Specifically, data for a sector segment may have no corresponding delivery locations to which the route inspection data can be placed. When this occurs, you must determine where the sector segment data should be loaded. You may have to add streets and deliveries into the system. NOTE: This exercise will prepare you for basic edits that may have to be made. If you have substantial DCD load issues or if you are a new user of, you are strongly encouraged to obtain the assistance of a Database Preparation user. IMPORTANT: Before making any edits to the street database to correct DCD load errors, it is strongly recommended that you make a backup copy of your zone database. In order to make a backup, perform the following: Click Menu in the [] window. Choose Startup & Import/Export Procedures from the Category menu, and double click Package Zone for Backup from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. The [Select Layers] window will appear, listing all the layers contained in the map that are available to be packaged. You should select all layers that are listed. To include all layers in the backup, highlight the first layer in the list, then hold down the <Ctrl> key while clicking each subsequent layer until all the layers contained in the current map are highlighted. Click the layers. after selecting all By default, the packaged zone file will be saved in the C:\Program Files\ directory. Change the default file name to indicate when the backup was created, and what zone it represents. For example, save the packaged zone with the file 12-2 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

52 name: ZON, to represent a backup of zone on August 15, Loading DCD Data Click Menu window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Adjustment] Choose Delivery Data Procedures from the Category menu and double click Load DCD Data from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. When the procedure completes, the following Load DCD Data Route Conflicts report will be displayed: ************************************************************************ * Load DCD Data Route Conflicts * * * * Zone = * * * * Mon Jan 19 15:35: * ************************************************************************ Records in the DCD Data file: 797 No tagging errors were found August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 12-3

53 Close this report viewer window and the following Load DCD Data Report will be displayed: ************************************************************************ * Load DCD Data Report * * * * Zone = * * * * Mon Jan 19 15:35: * ************************************************************************ Delivery data from the DCD file was loaded into the Alternate Address, Delivery, Streets and Blockface views. Records in the DCD Data file: The following plus4(s) in the DCD file were not found in the Plus4 column of the Alternate Addresses table: Plus4 Route NDS Street Name NDS Address Range C025 BIARRTZ CT A total of 1 plus4(s) in the DCD file were not found in the Plus4 column of the Alternate Addresses table. Delivery data for these plus4 values will not be copied to the Alternate Addresses table. You will see that one of the Plus4 entries in the DCD file is unable to load to the Alternate Address Table. This means that the delivery data associated with Plus on the 600 block of BIARRTZ CT cannot be loaded into. This must be examined and some change must be made to load this data into the system. In practice you would print this report. Close this report viewer window and the following Delivery Data Statistics Report will be displayed: 12-4 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

54 ************************************************************************ * Delivery Data Statistics Report * * * * Zone = * * * * Mon Jan 19 15:35: * ************************************************************************ DCD File Statistics Route Del Time (secs) Pos Dels C C C C C C C C C C C Totals: Number of routes in DCD File = Alternate Address Table Statistics Exist Route Del Time (secs) Office Time (secs) Pos Dels C C C C C C C C * *** C C C Totals: 88190* *** Number of Exist Routes in Alternate Addresses Table = 11 * - The delivery time for 1 route(s) does not match the delivery time for the route(s) in the DCD file. * - The total delivery time does not match the total delivery time in the DCD file. *** - The possible deliveries for 1 route(s) do not match the possible deliveries for the route(s) in the DCD file. *** - The total possible deliveries do not match the total possible August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 12-5

55 deliveries in the DCD file Delivery Layer Statistics Exist Route Del Time (secs) Office Time (secs) Pos Dels C C C C C C C C * *** C C C Totals: 88190* *** Number of Exist Routes in Delivery Layer = 11 * - The delivery time for 1 route(s) does not match the delivery time for the route(s) in the DCD file. * - The total delivery time does not match the total delivery time in the DCD file. *** - The possible deliveries for 1 route(s) do not match the possible deliveries for the route(s) in the DCD file. *** - The total possible deliveries do not match the total possible deliveries in the DCD file. _ Streets Layer Statistics Exist Route Del Time (secs) Office Time (secs) C C C C C C C C * 6607 C C C Totals: 88190* Number of Exist Routes in Streets Layer = 11 * - The delivery time for 1 route(s) does not match the delivery time for the route(s) in the DCD file United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

56 * - The total delivery time does not match the total delivery time in the DCD file. You can see from this report that delivery time and possible deliveries is flagged as not all being accounted for between the DCD file and the AAT. In particular, route C025 is identified as being the route for which the time and possible deliveries is not all loaded. This reinforces the fact that not all of the route inspection data has been loaded. In practice you might print this report. Close this report viewer window. Determining Where the Plus4 Data Belongs and Adding New Streets When you encounter a Plus4 that is not loading into, there are several questions that you should consider. Why are there no AAT records corresponding to the reported Plus4? Are there any addresses in the AAT on the street and within the address range mentioned in the report? Does the street exist in the street database where these deliveries belong? Perhaps this is a relatively new street with new deliveries that are being recorded in the DCD but were not included when the zone was prepared during database preparation. NOTE: To avoid unnecessary effort, you may want to contact the delivery unit to determine the location of a missing street. In this case, you have the 600 block of BIARRTZ CT. You know that Plus will not be in the AAT or the DCD data would have loaded. You can first examine the AAT for entries on BIARRTZ CT. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Delivery Location Procedures from the Category menu and double click Open Alternate Address Table from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 12-7

57 Click on the Name field and sort the dataview. Scroll down and look for delivery records in BIARRTZ CT. Do you find any? Close the Alternate Address Table dataview and choose No to save changes. Given that there are no entries on BIARRTZ CT, you might conclude that these represent new deliveries. You next want to determine where BIARRTZ CT is or should be located on the map. You might open the street dataview and search for (and select) streets with the name BIARRTZ CT. You could then zoom to the selected set (if any streets with this name were present) and see if the correct street is present. In this case there are no streets named BIARRTZ CT. This might lead to the conclusion that the street is also new and is not even present in your street database. Based on outside resources or your knowledge of route C025 s location, you will use following display to zoom into the location in the rectangle United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

58 Turn on street labels. Make sure your working layer is Streets. Click the automatic labels button. Choose Name for the Field and set the rest of the screen as shown below. Click and the street name labels will appear. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 12-9

59 As expected, there is no BIARRTZ CT displayed in the map. You need to determine where in the route C025 should BIARRTZ CT occur. Since you know the missing Plus4 is 6515 you can look on the 3999 to determine what Plus4 immediately precedes and follows If you have paper 3999s you might examine those. In this exercise, you will use the 3999 editor to determine the adjacent Plus4s. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Delivery Data Procedures from the Category menu and double click 3999 Editor from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. Double click Edit an Existing Route. Scroll down and double click on route C025. Scroll down through the list until you locate Plus What Plus4 precedes 6515? What Plus4 follows 6515? Click to exit route C025. Double click Exit Menu to leave the 3999 editor. Now label the Delivery Layer by Plus United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

60 Make the Delivery Layer your working layer. Click the automatic labels button. Choose Plus4 for the Field and set the rest of the screen as shown below. You will see that the south side of FLAGLER DR contains the Plus and the east side of MILLAY DR contains Plus You might conclude that BIARRTZ CT belongs somewhere west of and connecting to MILLAY DR. The figure below shows where BIARRTZ CT should be and the address range associated with it. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 12-11

61 BIARRTZ CT You will have to add a new street to represent BIARRTZ CT. You will also have to split MILLAY DR into two pieces. The address range on MILLAY DR is currently from on the right side and on the left side. Your local knowledge indicates that the two resulting sections of MILLAY DR. Should be addressed as and for one segment and and on the second segment. It will be helpful to turn on the node layer as you begin editing. Choose the Map Layers button. Highlight the Node layer and click the Show Layer button. Click the Close button. Switch back to the Streets as the working layer United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

62 Click on the Map Editing Toolbox. The toolbox will appear as shown. Prior to performing any street editing, you must confirm how the attributes will be modified whenever you split a segment or join two segments. Click on the button on the Map Editing Toolbox. The Data Updates window will appear. Scroll to the Dir field and change the option to Copy. Scroll to the L Parking field and change the option to Copy. Scroll to the R Parking field and change the option to Copy. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 12-13

63 Scroll to the Travel Flag field and change the option to Copy. Scroll to the From Elev field and change the option to Copy. Scroll to the To Elev field and change the option to Copy. Click. NOTE: You may perform all of these settings at one time by holding the <CTRL> Key and selecting each of the above listed data fields and then clicking the radio button for copy once. You should not select all of the attributes and change them to copy because some of them should be left as they default to divide proportionally. The recommended option is to use copy for the From Elev and To Elev fields. However, any street that has different values for From Elev and To Elev will have to be individually examined and probably corrected after performing a geographic split. Activate the Split Line tool on the Map Editing Toolbox. Click on the line representing MILLAY DR where BIARRTZ CT will intersect. Click the Save edits tool to make the split on MILLAY DR. Depending on where you split the street, the address ranges will have automatically been prorated. You must select the two new segments of MILLAY DR and confirm the address ranges. Using any of the select tools from the Main Toolbox floating Tools bar, select the two segments for MILLAY DR. Open the Streets Dataview and switch the active view to be Selection. One of the segments will start with 6680 on the right and 6681 on the left. You will edit the [End Right] to be 6690 and the [End Left] to be The other segment will end with 6698 on the right and 6699 on the left. You will edit the [Start Right] to be 6692 and the [Start Left] to be The [Left ZIP] and [Right ZIP] should have automatically be set to Close the Streets dataview United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

64 You are now ready to draw in the new line for the street segment representing BIARRTZ CT. NOTE: In general you will want to draw a new street segment starting at the low end of the address range and ending at the high end of the address range. In this case, the low end of the 600 block of BIARRTZ CT begins at the intersection with MILLAY DR. So you will draw the new line from the newly created node where you split MILLAY DR to the West direction. Activate the New Line tool. Click on the newly created node along MILLAY DR and move the mouse in the direction you want to draw the new street. If you want to add shape to the new street click the mouse at different locations to change the direction of the line you are drawing. When you reach the location where you want to end the new line, double click. If you are satisfied that the line has the desired shape, click the Save edits tool. Otherwise, you may click the Cancel edits tool and try redrawing the line. You now have a new street segment. You must add attribute data to this new street. Select the new street. Open the Streets Dataview and switch the active view to be Selection. Enter the following information, making sure to use CAPITAL letters for the street name. Name BIARRTZ CT Class A41 [Left ZIP] [Right ZIP] [Start Left] 600 [Start Right] 601 [End Left] 698 [End Right] 699 Parity 0 The diagram above that showed where to draw BIARRTZ CT indicated the address ranges. The definition of Left and Right is relative to the arrow on the figure which corresponds to drawing the street from low to high address range. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 12-15

65 The Class field is a code that indicates whether a street is residential, arterial, highway, etc. Residential streets will be given a code of A41. The parity field indicates whether or not an address range is purely odds on one side and evens on the other (Parity = 0) or if the address range is mixed odd and even on one side of the street (Parity = 1). Most of the time, parity will be 0. Close the Streets dataview. Close the Map Editing Toolbox. When you are done adding streets, it is necessary to rebuild the blockface layer. There are not yet any blockface records for the new streets you have added. Any streets you have split do not have corresponding changes made to the blockface layer. IMPORTANT: Do not rebuild your blockface layer after every street edit. Wait until you have made all of your street edits. Building the blockface layer is time consuming. You should only do this when all your street editing is completed. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Route Initialization Procedures from the Category menu and double click Create Blockface Layer from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

66 Choose Create a new blockface layer using all street records and click. Currently, you do not need to display the Blockface Layer or the Node Layer. Choose the Map Layers button. Highlight the Blockface layer and click the Hide Layer button. Highlight the Node layer and click Hide Layer button. Click Close. In this exercise, you have added the street BIARRTZ CT so that the new deliveries that must be added will have a place to address match. In practice, you may already see the street that you are looking for and may not have to do street editing. In that case, you will just need to add new deliveries. Adding New Deliveries You have already determined that there are no deliveries for BIARRTZ CT in your AAT. You must now get information on what addresses actually represent the deliveries on Plus on the 600 block of BIARRTZ CT. For this exercise, the address information is presented below. Number Name Del Type 617 BIARRTZ CT BIARRTZ CT BIARRTZ CT BIARRTZ CT BIARRTZ CT BIARRTZ CT BIARRTZ CT BIARRTZ CT BIARRTZ CT BIARRTZ CT BIARRTZ CT BIARRTZ CT BIARRTZ CT BIARRTZ CT BIARRTZ CT 2 August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 12-17

67 It will also be important to understand what existing sequence these deliveries should be given and the order in which they are currently delivered. The preceding table is giving the deliveries in the order they are actually made. There are two ways of determining the sequence position for the deliveries to be inserted. You can look in the Delivery Layer and the Alternate Address Table. Make sure your working layer is Delivery Layer. Click Info and click on the delivery locations along the south side of FLAGLER DR. What is the largest Exist Seq value along FLAGLER DR? You should have found 240 to be the last Exist Seq value along FLAGLER DR. Therefore, you would want to start the deliveries on BIARRTZ CT at sequence 241. Close the Info window. IMPORTANT: The Delivery Layer sequence values can skip numbers. When a delivery record represents multiple deliveries, i.e., an NDCBU, the first sequence of the group of deliveries at that location is recorded in the Delivery Layer. In that case, you must look to the AAT to get the precise delivery sequence. The other way to determine the sequence is in the AAT. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Delivery Location Procedures from the Category menu and double click Open Alternate Address Table from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

68 The AAT is sorted in Exist Route and Exist Sequence order (at least for the original input delivery records). Move over to the Exist Route field and scroll down to the start of Route C025. Scroll to the left so the address information is visible. Scroll down until you find the deliveries on FLAGLER DR. When you get to 618 FLAGLER DR you will see the transition to MILLAY DR. Scroll to the right to see that you are still on route C025. What is the Exist Seq value for the delivery on 618 FLAGLER DR? This should confirm that you want to insert the BIARRTZ CT deliveries starting as sequence 241. Close the AAT window and choose No to save changes. You are now ready to add the new deliveries into. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Delivery Location Procedures from the Category menu and double click Add/Edit New Deliveries from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 12-19

69 You will see a blank dataview for New Deliveries. Choose Edit/Add Records. You will be prompted to provide the number of records to add. Enter 15 for the 15 new deliveries you need to add as shown below and choose. Type into the New Deliveries dataview the information for the 15 new deliveries shown in the table above. For each of these, you must enter the ZIP Code, Exist Route, Plus4 value and the Delivery Type. You must also put in the Exist Seq, which will be 241 for all of these deliveries. An example screen is shown below United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

70 IMPORTANT: The interpretation of the Exist Seq field in the New Deliveries dataview is the placement in sequence where this group of deliveries is to be inserted. So all deliveries that will occur in order at the point of insertion will be given the same Exist Seq number in this table. The order in which you place them in the table will determine the sequence within the group. In this example, 617 BIARRTZ CT will become the 241 st delivery in sequence. 621 BIARRTZ CT will become the 242 nd delivery in sequence and 635 BIARRTZ CT will become the 243 rd delivery in sequence. will take care of the sequencing within the group. You must indicate the starting sequence, 241, for this group of deliveries. Processing New Deliveries When you have entered all the new deliveries and with this dataview open, you are ready to process the new deliveries. This will add them to the AAT and create a new Delivery Location Table. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Delivery Location Procedures from the Category menu and double click Process New Deliveries from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 12-21

71 When the process runs, you will see a report that indicates the 15 deliveries have been added to the AAT and a new Delivery Location Table will be created. You can close this report. Close the Tag Street Level Plus4 summary report. You will be in the dataview for the Delivery Location Table. You may scroll down and note that Exist Route C025 now has the 15 new deliveries beginning with Exist Seq 241. Address Matching the Delivery Location Table You must address match the Delivery Location Table to the map. This will revise the delivery locations along MILLAY DR that was split and will add the new deliveries on BIARRTZ CT to the map. IMPORTANT: You absolutely must follow the steps below exactly. With the Delivery Location Table open choose Tools-Locate by Address The [Locate by Address] window will appear. For Create Geocoded Layer, the Name should already show Delivery Layer. Under Input Data, the Selection Set will probably say Sorted Records, you should click the drop down arrow and choose All Records. The field Use Street Layer should be set to Streets United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

72 Under Input Fields, click Record ID and choose Del Loc Id. IMPORTANT: It is critical that you change the Record ID field to be Del Loc Id. Click Number & Street and choose Number. Click (continued) and choose Name. The ZIP Code should already be ZIP. The [Locate by Address] window should appear as below. Click. IMPORTANT: It is mandatory that you click the Street Options button. The [Locating Street Names and Numbers in your data} window will appear. Click Matching Method and change to Very Strict. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 12-23

73 IMPORTANT: It is required that you choose Very Strict as the Matching Method. Click the Save standardization check box. The [Save Standardization As] window will appear. Verify the Look in: folder is C:\Program Files\\Map\32809\DB. Type a File name: of DEL32809 and leave the Files of type: as dbase file. Click United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

74 You will return to the [Locating Street Names and Numbers in your data} window and the name of the standardization file will be displayed with a dbf extension. Click. You will return to the [Locate by Address] window and click. You will see the [Save Output Geocoded Database As] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 12-25

75 Verify the Look in: folder is C:\Program Files\\Map\32809\DB. Type a File name: of DEL32809 and leave the Files of type: as Geographic File (*.dbd). Click. You will be asked if you want to replace the existing DEL32809.DBD file. Click Yes. The address matching will run and you will see a results window. Click to close the address matching results window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

76 You will now see displayed the Delivery Layer although it will not be currently color coded by existing route number. Zoom back into the area where you added BIARRTZ CT and you will see the new deliveries appearing on the map. Switch to the Match Results dataview by clicking on Window and choosing the dataview named Match Results. To keep these results for future reference, you will save the dataview of these results. Choose File-Save As and save the Match Results dataview in the folder: C:\Program Files\\Map\32809\DB. Close the [Match Results] window. Click to save the changes. The Delivery dataview can also be closed. Switch to the Delivery dataview by clicking on Window and choosing the dataview named Delivery. Close the [Delivery] window. If prompted, Click to save the changes. IMPORTANT: You must run Update Delivery Location Layer when you complete address matching. The database preparation user will probably have manually matched or manually moved some delivery location geography. This procedure will restore the manually placed deliveries to the correct and desired location. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 12-27

77 Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Delivery Location Procedures from the Category menu and double click Update Delivery Location Layer from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. You will be asked if you want to create the Blockface layer and load the DCD. If you had not already created the Blockface layer and you now wanted to and to automatically call the DCD Load procedure you could choose yes. In this exercise, choose No. IMPORTANT: If you had not successfully address matched, you must go back and resolve the incorrect address matching. Furthermore, there are additional advanced tools to assist in the address matching process or to handle the inclusion of new deliveries that are NDCBUs or buildings. In general, if you require these features, you should seek assistance from a user trained in database preparation. The remaining procedures found in the Delivery Location Procedures Category menu are to support these advanced address matching capabilities United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

78 Re-Loading DCD Data Now that the new deliveries for Plus are present in the system, you can again try loading the DCD data. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Delivery Data Procedures from the Category menu and double click Load DCD Data from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. You will see from the Delivery Data Statistics Report that now all the data has loaded to all the layers and is tracked through each of the layers. You may close all the reports. You have now successfully loaded the DCD data and can move forward with the route adjustment. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 12-29

79 Exiting Choose File-Close All from the menu bar. Click for changes to the MAP file. Choose File-Exit from the menu bar to exit Maptitude United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

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83 Type in your Route Adjustment Password, and Click to continue. The current zone displayed is the zone that you want to use. In this exercise you will prepare the street data so that it can be used to determine the line of travel for a route. Additionally, you will add the Post Office to the map. Displaying Streets by Classification The Street Class code is used to assign default attributes such as average speed to each street segment. Prior to using this code, it is useful to see how the streets you are viewing are classified. On occasion, you may wish to introduce a new CLASS. You accomplish this by giving the street in question a new value for the CLASS field. This can be done in the dataview or by using the Info tool and clicking on a street. From the Info window, you can enter a new CLASS value. A typical example would be the introduction of a walkway. The CLASS value for a walkway is A71. However, there may not be any A71 records yet in your street database. By entering a value of A71 in the CLASS field for a street record, you will create a new CLASS category. Click the Color Theme Map Wizard window will appear. button. The [Color Theme (Layer: Streets)] Click in the Field box and choose Class. Click in the Method box and choose List of Values. The [Color Theme (Layer: Streets)] window should appear as below: 13-2 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

84 Click to change the map display. Notice that the legend lists the different Street Class values found along with the frequency. For this map most of the streets have a Street Class value of A41. This is the code most commonly used for local type streets. (Note that with NAVTEQ data, the most common type is 5. This data set was created from TIGER data.) Editing Street Attribute Defaults The Street Class values are used to set default street attribute information for the average driving speed, street crossing difficulty, and parking restrictions. NOTE: This procedure might already have been completed by the Database Preparation Group. Check with your Database Preparation Group before proceeding. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 13-3

85 Choose Street and Office Layer Preparation from the Category menu and double click Edit Street Attribute Defaults from the Command menu in the [: : Route Adjustment] window. The [Dataview1 Street Attribute Defaults] window will appear containing one row for each Street Class value found in the Streets layer. Refer to Appendix A for a complete list of Street Class codes. For this exercise note that A11 is a highway, A31 is a major street, A41 is a local street, and A63 is a ramp. The Drive Rate in MPH represents an average speed for driving on this class of streets. The DRIVE_RATE should be set to 5 to 10 miles per hour below the posted spped limit to allow for traffic and required stops. The speed is not the speed limit but instead is the average achievable speed that the vehicle is able to travel on these CLASS of streets within the zone. The Cross Diff value is a relative difficulty of walking across a street of this type with 1 being easiest and 5 being restricted. Parking restrictions are by side of street (based on their topology) with a value of 1 meaning that parking is not allowed United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

86 While the example above contains CLASS codes beginning with A, the standard CLASS codes when using NAVTEQ data are the numbers 1 through 5. These CLASS codes are defined in Appendix A where CLASS 1 is the highway designation and the values range to CLASS 5 which represents residential streets. The values shown in this table will be used, so close the [Dataview1 Street Attribute Defaults] window and choose No to save changes since none were made. Applying the Street Attribute Defaults The default street attribute information must be applied to the Streets layer in order to set each street segment s average driving time, street crossing difficulty, and parking restrictions. This should be done prior to making specific changes for particular street segments. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Street and Office Layer Preparation from the Category menu and double click Assign Street Attribute Defaults from the Command menu in the [: : Route Adjustment] window. NOTE: If you have any street records selected, you will be prompted to apply the street attribute defaults to the selected streets or all streets. If you are setting these for the first time, you may want to do this for all streets. However, if you have just added new streets or if you have individually modified the attributes of some August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 13-5

87 streets, you do NOT want to set these attributes for all streets. In this case, you do want to apply this to only the selected streets. IMPORTANT: If you do not have any streets selected, then this procedure will automatically proceed to apply the defaults to all streets. If you only want to apply the defaults to a subset of streets, you must select these street records before running this procedure. Click the Color Theme Map Wizard window will appear. button. The [Color Theme (Layer: Streets)] Click to redraw the map with all the streets the same color. Click Map Layers to display the [Layers] window. Click on Delivery Layer to highlight the Delivery Layer and then click that it will not be displayed. so Click and watch the map redraw. Considering One-way Streets The driving portions of the line of travel need to respect one-way street restrictions. The Travel Flag attribute of the Streets layer stores the one-way restriction information. A value of 1 indicates that a street is one-way in the direction of its topology (the order in which it was digitized) while a value of -1 indicates that it is one-way against its topology. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Street and Office Layer Preparation from the Category menu and double click Display One-way Streets from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

88 An additional layer will be added to the map that shows the one-way streets using a heavy line with an arrow pointing in the direction of travel allowed. Click Zoom In as shown below. and zoom in around the one-way street in the middle of the screen August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 13-7

89 Notice the problem with the arrows on the right most section of the street pointing in a different direction than the rest of the street. Based on knowledge about the area, you are able to determine that this street should be one-way from east to west. Click Info, and then click on the street segment with the one-way direction pointing west to east. Scroll down in the [Dataview1 Streets Info] window to expose the [Travel Flag] field. Click on the -1 value to the right of the [Travel Flag] field and reverse the one-way direction by switching the sign so that the new value is 1. Close the [Dataview1 Streets Info] window. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Street and Office Layer Preparation from the Category menu and double click Display One-way Streets from the Command menu in the [: : Route Adjustment] window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

90 The street map will redraw with the one-way arrows all pointing from east to west on the street you just corrected. Click Initial Scale in the [Tools] window to return to the initial view. Click Map Layers to display the [Layers] window. Click on One-way to highlight the One-way layer and then click One-way layer will not be displayed. so that the Click and watch the map redraw without the One-way layer. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 13-9

91 NOTE: The best source for information regarding One-way streets, turn penalties and turn exceptions will be local delivery unit. Supplying Default Turn Penalties The driving portion of the line of travel follows the path with the least amount of traveling time. However, in order to discourage less desirable turns (left and U-turns), a time penalty can be added for each turn made in the path. The end result can be to reduce the number of left and U-turns used in forming the line of travel. The turn defaults are not amounts of time literally added into the total route time. They cause the lines of travel to consider driving differently to avoid certain types of movement through an intersection. For example, a U-turn penalty of 60 seconds should be interpreted as being willing to travel 60 seconds out of the way to avoid making the U- turn. Turn defaults are relative to each other. A 60 second penalty for making a U-turn at an intersection is four times less preferred than a 15 second penalty for moving straight through and intersection. Click Menu in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Adjustments] window. Choose Street and Office Layer Preparation from the Category menu and double click Edit Turn Defaults from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustments] window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

92 The [Edit Turn Defaults] screen will appear. Confirm that the values are the same as is listed below. The turn defaults shown above are suggested values. You will see that other settings produce alternative driving portions of the line of travel. You may choose different settings to influence the driving parts of the route. Click to exit the window. Supplying Turn Exception Penalties The driving portion of the line of travel follows the path with the least amount of traveling time. However, in order to discourage specific turns, a time penalty can be added for any turn that is prohibited or difficult. Click Menu in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Adjustments] window. Choose Street and Office Layer Preparation from the Category menu and double click Edit Turn Exceptions from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustments] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 13-11

93 The [Turn Exception Toolbox] control button will appear. WARNING: When you use the Turn Exception tool, you will see two message windows in the lower left corner of your screen instructing you to click the first street and then click the second street that define your turn exception. Then you will have a window to enter the value of the turn exception. You must NOT move these message windows. Once they are on the screen, your next action must be to click the requested street. If you move these windows, you will likely encounter an error message and will not be able to complete setting the turn exception. Click Zoom In and zoom in around the area where the two major streets intersect in the lower middle of the screen as shown below United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

94 Click Automatic Labels and the [Labels (Layer: Streets)] window will appear. Click in the box labeled Field and choose the field NAME. Click off the Allow Duplicates box. The [Automatic Labels (Layer: Streets)] window should appear as below: August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 13-13

95 Click and watch the screen redraw with labels. For the purpose of this exercise, you want to discourage a left turn from Sand Lake Rd onto Winegard Rd when traveling from west to east on Sand Lake Rd. A penalty of 100 seconds will be used. Click Turn Exception in the [Turn Exception Toolbox] control window and the [Edit Turn Exception] instruction box will appear and tell you to click on the first street. Click on the section of Sand Lake just west of the intersection. The [Edit Turn Exception] instruction box will tell you to click on the second street. Click on the section of Winegard Rd just north of the intersection. The [Edit Turn Exception] parameter screen will appear. Type the value 100 in for the penalty United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

96 Click and the turn exception will appear. You can remove a turn exception by repeating the process and by entering -1 for the penalty. Close the [Turn Exception Toolbox] control button. NOTE: Turn exceptions are most often used to model a movement that is prohibited. For example, if an intersection has a no left turn sign, you can create a turn exception of 999 and will avoid the left turn. The value of 999 is equivalent to a turn penalty of 16 minutes and 39 seconds. Thus, would be willing to travel an extra 16:39 to avoid making the left turn. While turn exceptions are most often used to discourage a specific turn, it is possible to influence the line of travel to encourage a turn. Suppose the default turn penalty is set to 30 seconds for a left turn. If you have a specific left turn that is desired, suppose into a street where the office is located, then you can create a turn exception of 1 second for that left turn. The 1 second will override the default of 30 seconds and make the left turn more attractive for the line of travel. Click Automatic Labels and the [Labels (Layer: Streets)] window will appear. Click to clear the current labels. Click Initial Scale in the [Tools] window to return to the initial view. Turn exceptions graphics can be removed by choosing Edit-Select All and then pressing the <Delete> key. Showing the Street Topology Sometimes it is important to know the direction that a street was digitized. Knowing this will allow you to distinguish the left side from the right side of the street. Additionally, it will allow you to distinguish the From node (or start) from the To node (or end). Click Layer Style and the [Style (Layer: Streets)] window will appear. Change the Width to 4 and change the Style of the street lines to that shown below (the arrow pointing from left to right): August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 13-15

97 Click and watch the screen redraw. You may not see much difference in the appearance of the streets at this scale. However, if you zoom in closer, you will be able to see the streets draw with arrows. This arrow can be used to distinguish between the left and right hand side of the street. Prohibiting Turns on Overpasses Some turns are prohibited because the roads do not really connect. If you have a case where on the computer map two roads cross at a node but it is really just an overpass, you can mark certain street end points as elevated. This will prevent the line of travel from turning at the overpass. Click Zoom In and zoom in around the area in the lower right side of the map where a highway crossing over the major street (as shown below) United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

98 Click Map Layers to display the [Layers] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 13-17

99 Click on Node to highlight the Node layer and then click layer will be displayed. Click on Streets to highlight the Streets layer and then click Streets layer. so that the Node to label the Click in the box labeled Field and choose the field NAME. Click Click to set the Streets layer labels. and watch the map redraw showing the Node layer. The intersection where the Bee Line Expy crosses S Orange Ave should be an overpass, but is currently digitized as an intersection. Note: Make sure that you can see both end nodes of the left side of the Bee Line Expy, otherwise zoom out until you can see the full street segment United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

100 Click Menu Preparation] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Database Choose Street and Office Layer Preparation from the Category menu and double click Edit Overpasses from the Command menu in the [: Database Preparation] window. The [Edit Street Elevation] instruction box will appear and tell you to click street. Click on the section of the Bee Line Expy to the left of the intersection. The [Edit Street Elevation] data entry window will appear. Since the arrow for this street pointed from left to right, in the From Elev:, enter: 0 and in the To Elev:, enter: 1. Click to set the elevation for the end of the street (that the arrow is pointing to) to an elevation of 1. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 13-19

101 Next you want to repeat the entire process for the section of the Bee Line Expy directly to the right of the intersection. However, this time set the From Elev: to 1 and the To Elev: to 0. Click Automatic Labels and the [Labels (Layer: Streets)] window will appear. Click to clear the current labels. Click Initial Scale in the [Tools] window to return to the initial view. NOTE: When splitting geography, you have been shown to set the From Elev and To Elev fields to copy. While this is the best choice, it is not sufficient in the case where you have set elevations on a street that is being split. If the street, prior to splitting, has a 1 for the From Elev and a 0 for the To Elev, then when it is split, both resulting segments will have the same settings for From Elev and To Elev. However, this will cause a logical disconnection as the To Elev of 0 on the one segment will be adjacent to the From Elev of 1 on the next segment. This will not permit travel between these two street segments. You will have to edit one of these segments so that the elevations are only restricting travel at the intersection which you previously were limiting the travel. The examples have used elevation values of 0 and 1. You may use larger numbers. The key concept is that when the elevation values are the same, movement may proceed between the street segments. When the elevations are not the same, then movement will not be allowed between the two segments. Building a Travel Network The travel network represents a snap shot of how the streets are connected, the driving and walking travel speeds, parking restrictions, and street crossing penalties. The travel network is needed for Route Adjustment route generation, route rebalance, and line of travel. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Street and Office Layer Preparation from the Category menu and double click Build Travel Network from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

102 The [Build Travel Network] window will appear. Enter tn32809 for the Name, and enter Streets for ZIP for the Label. Click to start the network building process. The previous operation may have left one or more of the streets selected. If this occurs then the [Build Travel Network] street selection window will appear. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 13-21

103 If there were selected streets, click all of the streets. to build a travel network containing Highlight the Geographic option by clicking on the word, and click the process. to finish When the procedure completes, the following Network Summary Report will be displayed: Close this report viewer window. NOTE: If you see other network disconnectivity issues, you must investigate and resolve them before proceeding. Sometimes when building a travel network, you will see an additional entry in the Network Disconnectivity window referring to Self-loops, as below. Self-loops are streets that start and end at the same node. In database preparation, under Analyze Street Geography, you are taught how to resolve Self-loops that may be reported United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

104 Checking Travel Network Connectivity Notice that the legend lists multiple clusters. Each of these clusters is a connected section of streets that are not connected to any other streets. You will typically see these clusters on the edge of the street map. These clusters are created when some of the connecting streets get cut off by the boundary of the map. However, in this case, you have a cluster in the middle of the map that needs to be corrected. Click Zoom In and zoom in around the area showing cluster number 4. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 13-23

105 Notice that there are two nodes drawn at the east end of the long street in this cluster. This may be an indication that there is a disconnected street. Click Zoom In and zoom in around the area where the two nodes are shown. You now clearly see that there is a gap between the two nodes that should not exist. Normally, you would need to split an existing street in order to attach a new street to the network. However, in this case, the existing street is already split, but the new street was not properly attached. All you need to do to correct the connectivity issue is combine the two nodes into one. IMPORTANT: Before making any edits to the street database, it is strongly recommended that you make a backup copy of your zone database. In order to make a backup, perform the following: Click Menu in the [] window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

106 Choose Startup & Import/Export Procedures from the Category menu, and double click Package Zone for Backup from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. The [Select Layers] window will appear, listing all the layers contained in the map that are available to be packaged. You should select all layers that are listed. To include all layers in the backup, highlight the first layer in the list, then hold down the <Ctrl> key while clicking each subsequent layer until all the layers contained in the current map are highlighted. Click after selecting all the layers. By default, the packaged zone file will be saved in the C:\Program Files\ directory. Change the default file name to indicate when the backup was created, and what zone it represents. For example, save the packaged zone with the file name: ZON, to represent a backup of zone on August 15, Click working layer and choose Streets to change the working layer to Streets. Choose Tools-Map Editing to open the [Map Editing] control box. Click Modify Line and click on the disconnected street. Click on the end node of the street and drag and drop it on the adjacent node where the other street is split. Click Save edits in the [Map Editing] control box. Close the [Map Editing] control box. To confirm that the connectivity problem has been solved, you will need to rebuild the travel network. Click Initial Scale in the [Tools] window to return to the initial view. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 13-25

107 Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Street and Office Layer Preparation from the Category menu and double click Build Travel Network from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. The [Build Travel Network] window will appear. Enter tn32809 for the Name, and enter Streets for ZIP for the Label. Click to start the network building process. Since this network already exists, you will see the following screen United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

108 Click to overwrite the old travel network. If one or more of the streets are still selected, then the [Build Travel Network] street selection window will appear. If there were selected streets, click all of the streets. to build a travel network containing Highlight the Geographic option by clicking on the word, and click the process. to finish NOTE: If you see other network disconnectivity issues, you must investigate and resolve them before proceeding. When the procedure completes, the Network Summary Report will be displayed. Close this report viewer window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 13-27

109 Creating a Post Office Layer NOTE: This procedure might already have been completed by the Database Preparation Group. Check with your Database Preparation Group before proceeding. The Post Office layer contains location information about a Post Office. The Post Office identifies where on the map the lines of travel start and end. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Street and Office Layer Preparation from the Category menu and double click Create Post Office Layer from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. The message box will indicate that the process is done United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

110 Click to acknowledge the message. Click Map Layers to display the [Layers] window. Notice that a new Post Office layer appears in the display. Click to return to the map display. While you have added a Post Office layer, you have not added any Post Offices to the layer. Adding a Post Office NOTE: This procedure might already have been completed by the Database Preparation Group. Check with your Database Preparation Group before proceeding. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 13-29

111 NOTE: Your street database must include the streets to travel from and to the Post Office. If your street database does not have these streets, contact your Database Preparation person. The Post Office identifies where on the map the line of travel for each route starts and ends. The Post Office you want to add is PINECASTLE STATION at 7707 S Orange Ave in this ZIP Code. Before adding the Post Office, you first should locate where on the map it belongs. Click working layer and choose Streets to change the working layer to Streets. Click Tools-Selection to open the street selection toolbox. In the Streets Selection toolbox, click on the drop down window and change the selection set to Selection. Click Clear Selection on the tool bar. This removes any previously selected streets to prepare for selecting the street along which the Post Office is located. Click New Dataview. Click the NAME field title bar to highlight the NAME field. Click Sort Dataview to sort the street names. Scroll down to find the street names S ORANGE AVE. Then locate the record that encompasses house number 7707 by looking at the address range fields. Currently the window that displays the working layer will display All Records. When you are in a dataview this window indicates which records are being displayed for the layer. Click on the drop down window to see which color is currently associated with the selection set known as Selection. Click in the left hand column, under the Selection set color for the record that contains 7707 S ORANGE AVE. A horizontal bar will appear in the selection set color on the row of your selected street. Click back on the map display United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

112 The selection set toolbox will be visible. Click the Zoom to Selection button display will zoom in around the street where the post office should be located. and the Close the Street Selection Toolbox. You may also close the Streets Dataview. All of the lines of travel will start and end at this location. You should consider adding a driveway for the Post Office. Otherwise the start and end position will be on the street in front of the Post Office location. If you add a driveway, be sure to follow the rules for adding a street that properly connects to the street network. Remember to rebuild the travel network whenever you add streets to the map. For this exercise, you will just use the street in front of the Post Office. NOTE: When choosing the location of the Post Office, you should consider where the vehicles depart. The lines of travel will always start and end on the street segment where you locate the office. If the vehicles leave on a street behind the office, that is where you should locate the Post Office. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Street and Office Layer Preparation from the Category menu and double click Add Post Office from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. The [Add Post Office] parameter screen will appear. Type: PINECASTLE STATION for the Post Office name. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 13-31

113 Click to proceed to the next step. The [Note] window will instruct you to first click on the place where the Post Office is located and then click on the street it is associated with. Click after reviewing the message. First click on the Post Office position somewhere along the side of the street where the Post Office is located. Then click on the street segment you selected as the Post Office location. A [Note] window will appear indicating that the procedure completed properly. Click to finish the process. Click Save File to save the changes to the MAP file United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

114 Exiting Choose File-Close All from the menu bar. Click for changes to the MAP file. Choose File-Exit from the menu bar to exit Maptitude. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 13-33

115 Exercise #2 - Initializing Delivery Data for a Route Adjustment Starting the System Double click the icon to start. Starting the Tutorial Exercise Choose Tools-Add-Ins... to open the [Add-ins] window. Choose : Route Adjustment Tutorial and click setup menu. to display the exercise Choose Exercise 2, and click. When the setup process is complete, you will be prompted to enter your Password. Type in your Password, and Click to continue. You will then be prompted to enter your Route Adjustment password: August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 2-1

116 Type in your Route Adjustment Password, and Click to continue. Changing the Current Zone The current zone is not the one that you want to use. Click Menu menu window to display the [: Route Adjustment] window. in the [] Choose Startup & Import/Export Procedures from the Category menu and double click Select Zone from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. Since you are switching to another zone, you will be asked if you would like to save the map file for the current zone. Click in the [Save Map File] window. 2-2 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

117 The first time you start a zone in Route Adjustment, you will most likely be importing the zone that was given to you from the Database Preparation user. They will supply you with a XXXXX.ZON file on either diskette, CD, or . You will copy this file from the diskette or CD onto your hard drive. For the purpose of this exercise, this file has already been placed in C:\ Program Files\\train\ZON. You will not see the zone you wish to select. You must choose. A browser will appear. You must change to the location where your ZON file is located. For this exercise, this file is located in C:\Program Files\\train\ZON. Select the ZON and click. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 2-3

118 The zone will be unpackaged and set up so that you can work with it. Choose the tutorial Zone (32809) and click. The screen should display the streets and delivery layer in ZIP Code United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

119 Installing the Postal Data Files You will install the most current NDSS file for your zone. In addition, the most current set of delivery addresses from DOIS will be imported as well as the route inspection data. The delivery addresses and route inspection data will, in practice, be downloaded directly from DOIS. This exercise was created based on delivery addresses being transferred in a CDSxxxxxALL.DAT file and route inspection data being transferred in a DCDxxxxx.DAT file. Therefore, you will continue to bring these two files into the system via the Install Postal Data Files command. You will not install a CDS or DCD file when you are working on your on zone. The modified steps will be included later in this exercise for reference. Click the [] menu to display the [: Route Adjustment] window. Choose Startup & Import/Export Procedures from the Category menu and double click Install Postal Data Files from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. This should activate a file browser that can be used to locate data files anywhere on your computer, computer network, or external computer disk drive. For the purpose of this exercise, click the Look in menu, specify the C:\Program Files\\train\Postal Data Files\rte_adj directory, and select the ZIP32809.NDS file in the window below. Afterwards, Click. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 2-5

120 The [Install System Data Files] window will appear as follows. Select the DCD32809.DAT postal file only. Click to install the selected file. NOTE: You are only choosing the DCD32809.DAT for this exercise. In practice, you would only see and only select the ZIPxxxxx.NDS file. If prompted that a prior version of the file exists, click to overwrite it. Click to the Installation Complete note. 2-6 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

121 Importing Deliveries and Route Inspection Data from DOIS This step is not to be performed as part of this exercise. The steps in this section are the way in which you will import the most current delivery addresses and route inspection data. These steps are documented here for your reference. Import the current delivery addresses and route inspection data from DOIS. Click Menu in the [] window. Choose Startup & Import/Export Procedures from the Category menu and double click DOIS Import from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. You will be prompted to Login to DOIS. Once your login is accepted, and DOIS will communicate and automatically download the delivery address data for your zone and the route inspection data. You will August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 2-7

122 be notified with a report that either indicates the transfer was successful or if there was any reason that the data could not be transferred. NOTE: You may only logon and transfer data from DOIS to between 2:00 PM (CT) and 9:00 PM (CT). If you attempt to download this data before the zone is locked for adjustment, then no route inspection data will be available. If you attempt to download before the adjustment has been defined, you will obtain new delivery address data but no route inspection data. If you attempt to download after the adjustment is defined but prior to the zone being locked for adjustment, you will not receive any data and a report will indicate this situation. Rebuilding the Alternate Address Table This step is not to be performed as part of this exercise. The steps in this section explain how you will reconcile the most current delivery addresses that you would have just downloaded directly from DOIS with the list of addresses previously used by the Database Preparation person in preparing your Alternate Address Table (AAT). These steps are documented here for your reference. To rebuild the AAT, you will have to run two menu items. Click Menu in the [] window. Choose Delivery Location Procedures from the Category menu and double click Create Alternate Addresses Table from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. 2-8 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

123 This procedure will supplement and update the existing AAT based on the most recent set of delivery addresses that you obtained when you downloaded data from DOIS. Once you have rebuilt the AAT, you must recreate a Delivery Location Table. But first you must drop your Delivery Layer. NOTE: Choose Window and check to see if any Delivery Dataviews are open and close them before dropping the Delivery Layer. Click Map Layers to display the [Layers] window. Highlight the Delivery Layer and click. Click Yes to confirm you want to drop the Delivery Layer. Click Close to exit the Map Layers window. IMPORTANT: It is important that you drop your previously existing Delivery Layer and recreate your Delivery Location Table. This will ensure that you address match the full table and completely replace the prior Delivery Layer that did not achieve a 100% address matching success. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 2-9

124 Click Menu in the [] window. Choose Delivery Location Procedures from the Category menu and double click Create Delivery Location Table from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. IMPORTANT: You must rebuild the AAT after you have downloaded the new delivery data after the zone has been locked. There is information contained in this delivery address data that is used to allow or prevent you from Loading DCD Data. Once you rebuild the AAT, you will be permitted to continue with the Load DCD Data. Address Matching the Delivery Location Table This step is not to be performed as part of this exercise. The steps in this section explain how you will address match the Delivery Location Table had you rebuilt the AAT and the Delivery Location Table as indicated in the prior section. These steps are documented here for your reference. Now that you have recreated the Delivery Location Table, you can address match. IMPORTANT: You absolutely must follow the steps below exactly United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

125 With the Delivery Location Table open choose Tools-Locate by Address The [Locate by Address] window will appear. For Create Geocoded Layer, the Name should already show Delivery Layer. Under Input Data, the Selection Set will probably say Sorted Records, you should click the drop down arrow and choose All Records. The field Use Street Layer should be set to Streets. Under Input Fields, click Record ID and choose Del Loc Id. IMPORTANT: It is critical that you change the Record ID field to be Del Loc Id. Click Number & Street and choose Number. Click (continued) and choose Name. The ZIP Code should already be ZIP. The [Locate by Address] window should appear as below. Click. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 2-11

126 IMPORTANT: It is mandatory that you click the Street Options button. The [Locating Street Names and Numbers in your data} window will appear. Click Matching Method and change to Very Strict. IMPORTANT: It is required that you choose Very Strict as the Matching Method. Click the Save standardization check box. The [Save Standardization As] window will appear. Verify the Look in: folder is C:\Program Files\\Map\xxxxx\DB. Type a File name: of DELxxxxx and leave the Files of type: as dbase file. Click United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

127 You will return to the [Locating Street Names and Numbers in your data} window and the name of the standardization file will be displayed with a dbf extension. Click. You will return to the [Locate by Address] window and click. You will see the [Save Output Geocoded Database As] window. Verify the Look in: folder is C:\Program Files\\Map\xxxxx\DB. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 2-13

128 Type a File name: of DELxxxxx and leave the Files of type: as Geographic File (*.dbd). Click. You will be asked if you want to replace the existing DELxxxxx.DBD file. Click Yes. The address matching will run and you will see a results window. Click to close the address matching results window. You will now see displayed the Delivery Layer although it will not be currently color coded by existing route number. Switch to the Match Results dataview by clicking on Window and choosing the dataview named Match Results United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

129 To keep these results for future reference, you will save the dataview of these results. Choose File-Save As and saved the Match Results in: C:\Program Files\\Map\xxxxx\DB. Close the [Match Results] window. Click to save the changes. The Delivery dataview can also be closed. Switch to the Delivery dataview by clicking on Window and choosing the dataview named Delivery. Close the [Delivery] window. If prompted, Click to save the changes. IMPORTANT: You must run Update Delivery Location Layer when you complete address matching. The database preparation user will probably have manually matched or manually moved some delivery location geography. This procedure will restore the manually placed deliveries to the correct and desired location. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Delivery Location Procedures from the Category menu and double click Update Delivery Location Layer from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 2-15

130 You will be asked if you want to create the Blockface layer and load the DCD. If you had not already created the Blockface layer and you now wanted to and to automatically call the DCD Load procedure you could choose yes. IMPORTANT: If you had not successfully address matched, you must go back and resolve the incorrect address matching. Furthermore, there are additional advanced tools to assist in the address matching process or to handle the inclusion of new deliveries that are NDCBUs or buildings. In particular, there are tools to manually match and manually move delivery locations. In general, if you require these features, you should seek assistance from a user trained in database preparation. The remaining procedures found in the Delivery Location Procedures Category menu are to support these advanced address matching capabilities. Creating a Blockface Layer This exercise resumes at this point. You should begin to follow these steps again. Click the [] menu to display the [: Route Adjustment] window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

131 Choose Route Initialization Procedures from the Category menu and double click Create Blockface Layer from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. Confirm that the toggle option is Create a new blockface layer using all street records. Note that the blockface layer will only be created for the current zone. Click to start the process. This process may take several minutes depending on the size of the zone and the speed of your computer. Click Working Layer Blockface. and choose Blockface to change the working layer to August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 2-17

132 Click Color Theme Map Wizard and fill out the [Color Theme (Layer : Blockface)] window to appear as below: NOTE: Always choose the Maximum value of 257 from the #Classes drop down menu. Click to create the theme. The Blockface layer is now colored by the Existing Route number. The Delivery layer is cluttering the view of the map. You can change the size, shape, and color of the icons used in the Delivery layer in order to improve the map s visibility. Click Map Layers to display the [Layers] window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

133 With the Delivery Layer layer highlighted, click in order to modify the size, color, and icon used. For the Size, change the value to 4. For the Color, change the display to black. For the Icon, pick one of the square icons. After making suggested changes, click. In the [Layers] window, click, and the map should appear as follows: August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 2-19

134 Click Save to save the MAP file with the new Blockface layer color themed by Existing Route number. Using the 3999 Editor to Enter Volume version 1.3 supports an automated approach for entering the Cased Letters and Cased Flats. This exercise was created prior to the availability of the automated transfer of volumes. In this exercise, you will be taught how to manually input these volumes. In practice, you will still have to perform this procedure for the DPS Letters. At the end of this section, for reference only, will be included the steps to automatically insert the Cased Letters and Cased Flats. NOTE: In practice you will Load DCD data prior to entering volumes for the purpose of resolving any DCD Load conflicts. Then, you will enter the volume data. Manual entry of Cased Letters, Cased Flats and DPS Letters is done using the 3999 Editor. An additional hand written column on the Volume sheet that you have created is the source for this data. This information is important in determining the weight for each loop of a park and loop route United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

135 In this exercise, these piece counts have already been entered for you. You will view this information to understand where you would enter it in practice. Click the [] menu to display the [: Route Adjustment] window. Choose Delivery Data Procedures from the Category menu and double click 3999 Editor from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. With this editor, you can add, delete, and edit existing route data contained in the DCD file. Choose Edit an Existing Route from the [3999 Form Editor] window by double clicking. Select the first route C005 for editing and click. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 2-21

136 The [3999 Form Editor] window will display the DCD records for route C005 as follows: NOTE: The data you are viewing in this editor is the DCD data that comes from DOIS that you just installed. The objective of providing this editor is to allow you to enter the Cased Letters, Cased Flats and DPS Letters and Flats. NOTE: You must click when you complete entering the Cased Letters, Cased Flats and DPS Letters or you will lose all the work that you have entered. After viewing the values for route C005, click to exit. Double click Exit Menu in the [3999 Form Editor] window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

137 Importing Sector Segment Counts from DOIS You will not perform these steps as part of this exercise. This is provided here for reference. In practice, you will be able to import a file of Cased Letters and Cased Flats for your zone and import them into from DOIS. This data will be merged in with the other route inspection data without having to manually enter these values through the 3999 Editor. This is a two-step process. You first install the new file and then load the volume data. The instructions on how to obtain the file of cased letters and cased flats can be found in a separate DOIS document titled, Sector/Segment Cased Letter and Flats, DOIS To Interim Solution, User Instruction Document. A file of cased letters and cased flats counts is provide by DOIS. This file will be called VOL*****.dat, where ***** will be the 5-digit zone number. This file can be imported into using the Install Postal Data Files command. You may load this file into at the same time you load the ZIP*****.NDS file using the Install Postal Data Files command. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 2-23

138 You will browse to the location of this file and select it as the file name and click open. The file will be presented in a list of files to install and you click OK to install the file. The second step is to load the volume data (cased letters and cased flats) into the rest of the route inspection data that has been transferred from DOIS. You will select the command Load Volume File from the Delivery Data Procedures category United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

139 When this procedure completes, the route inspection data will include the cased letters and cased flats. This will be visible through the 3999 editor. When this procedure is run, any previous values in the cased letters and cased flats fields will be removed and replaced by the values in the VOL*****.dat file. If a sector segment is represented multiple times in the VOL*****.dat file, all counts will be summed and associated with the first matching sector segment in the route inspection data. Querying Delivery Layer Data Confirm that the working layer is still Delivery Layer, otherwise click Working Layer and choose Delivery Layer to change the working layer to Delivery Layer. Click Info in the [Tools] window. Move the cursor to a delivery location and click the left mouse button (try to remember which location you selected). You may zoom in anywhere to get a closer view of the delivery points. The [Dataview1 Delivery Layer Info] window will appear showing all data associated with that location. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 2-25

140 Record the following data: Name Del Time Off Time Del Mode Close the [Dataview1 Delivery Layer Info] window. Loading the DCD Data into the System The information in the DCD data file will be loaded into the Street, Delivery Layer, and Blockface layers using the Plus4 as the key field. Click the [] menu to display the [: Route Adjustment] window. Choose Delivery Data Procedures from the Category menu and double click Load DCD Data from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

141 When the procedure completes, two reports will display. The first displayed is the Load DCD Data Route Conflicts report: ******************************************************************************** * Load DCD Data Route Conflicts * * * * Zone = * * * * Fri Jan 16 14:24: * ******************************************************************************** Records in the DCD Data file: 797 No tagging errors were found August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 2-27

142 Close this report viewer window, and the following Load DCD Data report will be displayed: ******************************************************************************** * Load DCD Data Report * * * * Zone = * * * * Fri Jan 16 14:24: * ******************************************************************************** Delivery data from the DCD file was loaded into the Alternate Address, Delivery, Streets and Blockface views. Records in the DCD Data file: 797 Close this report viewer window. Querying Delivery Layer Data Click Working Layer Delivery Layer. and choose Delivery Layer to change the working layer to Click Info in the [Tools] window. Click the left mouse button on the same delivery location you had previously selected. The [Dataview1 Delivery Layer Info] window will appear showing all data associated with that location United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

143 Record the following data: Name Del Time Off Time Del Mode Notice that the Del Time and Off Time fields are now populated with data that is represented in seconds. Close the [Dataview1 Delivery Layer Info] window. Validating the DCD Data Load This procedure examines the DCD data that was loaded into the system and creates a summary report showing delivery time and possible delivery counts for the DCD file, the Alternate Address table, the Delivery Layer, and the Street layer. Click the [] menu to display the [: Route Adjustment] window. Choose Delivery Data Procedures from the Category menu and double click Validate Delivery Data from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 2-29

144 Toggle on the Exist Routes option in the [Validate Delivery Data] window. Click to perform the analysis on the Existing Route data. When the procedure completes, the following report will be displayed: ******************************************************************************** * Delivery Data Statistics Report * * * * Zone = * * * * Fri Jan 16 14:37: * ******************************************************************************** DCD File Statistics Route Del Time (secs) Pos Dels C C C C C C C C C C C Totals: Number of routes in DCD File = Alternate Address Table Statistics Exist Route Del Time (secs) Office Time (secs) Pos Dels C C C C C C C C C C C Totals: United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

145 Number of Exist Routes in Alternate Addresses Table = Delivery Layer Statistics Exist Route Del Time (secs) Office Time (secs) Pos Dels C C C C C C C C C C C Totals: Number of Exist Routes in Delivery Layer = Streets Layer Statistics Exist Route Del Time (secs) Office Time (secs) C C C C C C C C C C C Totals: Number of Exist Routes in Streets Layer = 11 Close this report viewer window. IMPORTANT: You must make sure all DCD Load issues are resolved before continuing on with the route adjustment. Failure to reconcile any issues now will cause increased re-work later in the adjustment process. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 2-31

146 Exiting Choose File-Close All from the menu bar. Click for changes to the MAP file. Choose File-Exit from the menu bar to exit Maptitude United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

147 Exercise #3 Preparing Existing Route Data Starting the System Double click the icon to start. Starting the Tutorial Exercise Choose Tools-Add-Ins... to open the [Add-ins] window. Choose : Route Adjustment Tutorial and click setup menu. to display the exercise Choose Exercise 3, and click. When the setup process is complete, you will be prompted to enter your Password. Type in your Password, and Click to continue. You will then be prompted to enter your Route Adjustment password: August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 3-1

148 Type in your Route Adjustment Password, and Click to continue. The current zone displayed is the zone that you want to use. The DCD data has already been loaded into the system. Editing the Existing Route Summary Information You will use the existing route summary editor to enter route information from Forms PS1840 and PS3999. This information will allow to automatically transfer office time and street time between routes. For the purpose of this exercise, Appendix B contains an extract of the information from forms PS1840 and PS3999. This information will normally be provided in DOIS. You will find a single sheet labeled PS3999 Function Analysis which summaries the information taken from the corresponding form PS3999. Using the PS1840 form for each route in the ZIP Code, the street and office time information for each route has been determined and is included on this same sheet. Click the [] menu to display the [: Route Adjustment] window. Choose Route Initialization Procedures from the Category menu and double click Edit Existing Route Summary from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. 3-2 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

149 The [Existing Route Summary Editor Zone 32809] window will appear. Provided that you have loaded the DCD data, the existing routes along with their possible deliveries and relay times will already be in the table. Normally, the net and standard office times would already be loaded. You would still need to enter the street time. However, in this exercise, the net and standard office times are not loaded and you will be asked to enter these values. For the purpose of this exercise, most of the routes have been already entered into this form. You only need to enter the data for routes C022, C024, and C025. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 3-3

150 NOTE: The times shown on the Existing Route Summary Editor screen are displayed in hours and minutes. The times that will appear on the Allied Time screens are displayed in minutes and seconds. Press the down arrow key five times so that the current row is route C022. Click on the Street Time Allied box, and the [Allied Time] window will appear as shown below. 3-4 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

151 The Relay Time and Replenish Time are not editable and are loaded based on the DCD data. Click on the Travel To box, and enter 8:50 by typing Tab to the Travel From box, and enter 6:34 by typing Tab to the Vehicle Load box, and enter 14:13 by typing NOTE: Vehicle Load time is both loading and unloading time. Click on the Other Time box, and the [Other Time] window will appear as shown below. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 3-5

152 Click on the Travel Within box, and enter 26:59 by typing Tab to the Parcel Del box, and enter 3:10 by typing Tab to the Street Break Time box, and enter 17:57 by typing Tab to the Customer Contact box, and enter 0:35 by typing Click to complete the entries in the [Other Time] window. Click on the Add nl Time box, and the [Additional Time] window will appear as shown below. 3-6 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

153 Click on the Backtracking box, and enter 1:26 by typing Click Click to complete the entries in the [Additional Time] window. to complete the entries in the [Allied Time] window. Tab to the Street Time Delivery box, and enter 6:10 by typing NOTE: When entering Street Time Delivery, you may use the one week average street time from Form PS1840, the 8 week average from Form PS1840-B or any other time supported by comments. In any case, follow the local current practice. For the purpose of this exercise, you will use one week averages as recorded in Appendix B. Tab to the Net Office Time box, and enter 1:34 by typing Tab to the Std Office Time box, and enter 1:52 by typing You have finished entering the data for route C022. Press the down arrow key to make the current route C024. Enter the data for route C024 and C025 using similar steps. When you have completed these routes, click [Existing Route Summary Editor Zone 32809] window. to complete the entries in the August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 3-7

154 When you are finished making the changes, the screen should appear as follows. Normally, you will print this summary page for future reference. IMPORTANT: When you have entered all of your allied times, you must cross reference the Other Time, Additional Time and the Total Allied Time with the DOIS generated 3999 Function Analysis Report Totals. If the numbers do not match for each route, you should examine your Existing Route Summary Editor entries for any possible typos. If the totals still do not match you must reconcile the differences with DOIS. Examining Delivery Mode and Priority Once the data is successfully loaded, you should examine the settings for delivery mode and priority. These settings will have a large impact on the lines of travel. The delivery mode establishes whether the line of travel will service the side of the street by walking or with the vehicle moving along the street. A dismount service will still have the vehicle move along the street with the letter carrier and should be characterized 3-8 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

155 as driving (D) within. The setting of delivery mode is derived from the delivery types of each delivery point that is address matched to the blockface. If there are deliveries along a blockface that have inconsistent modes of service, will make a best attempt to set the delivery mode. It is important that these decisions be reviewed prior to performing the route adjustment. The priority setting establishes which areas of the route must be serviced first. The generated lines of travel will necessarily serve first every driving delivery mode blockface that is set for priority and every relay that has any walking mode blockface with a priority setting. The setting of priority is derived from the delivery types of each delivery point that is address matched to the blockface. If there are some deliveries along a blockface that are priority and some that are not priority, will set the blockface to be priority. Improper settings of priority will cause the line of travel to have unnecessary deadhead travel in an effort to visit every priority blockface early on the route. Therefore it is important that these decisions be reviewed prior to performing the route adjustment. IMPORTANT: You will edit delivery mode and priority settings on the street database. It is MANDATORY that you have completed the DCD load and resolved all DCD load errors. The Load DCD procedure sets the delivery mode and priority in the street database. If you run the LOAD DCD procedure after you have edited any of the delivery modes or priority settings, your edits will be overwritten. You will need to differentiate left and right when evaluating delivery modes and priority. Click working layer and choose Streets. Click Layer Style. The [Style (Layer: Streets)] window will appear. Change the Width to 4 and change the Style of the street lines to that shown below: August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 3-9

156 Click. The streets will have visible arrowheads when you zoom in close enough to edit specific streets. Click working layer and choose Blockfaces. Click Color Theme Map Wizard. Click in the Field box and choose [Del Mode]. Click in the Method box and choose List of Values. The [Color Theme (Layer: Blockface)] window should appear as below: Click Delivery Mode. and watch the screen redraw with the blockfaces color coded by You should typically see three colors represented. Some blockfaces will be colored for driving service (D) and some will be colored for walking service (W). All other 3-10 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

157 blockfaces will be a third color. These are the blockfaces that do not have a delivery mode setting because no delivery points are address matched to them. In practice, you would zoom in and pan around the map to identify blockfaces that do not appear to be given the correct delivery mode. For example, you might observe situations where one side of a street is coded for driving service while the other side is coded for walking service. You would probably edit one of these two sides. To edit the delivery mode, you will want to make the streets your working layer. Click working layer and choose Streets. Using the Info tool you can click on a street where you want to edit the L Del Mode and/or R Del Mode. Remember that the orientation of left and right is relative to the direction of the arrowhead that you turned on for the street layer. You can scroll down the Streets Info window and change either of the L Del Mode and/or R Del Mode by typing the desired D or W directly into the field. NOTE: When you make edits to the delivery mode, the colors on the screen will not immediately change. This is because the color-coding of delivery mode is being displayed on the blockface layer. However, the edits that you are making are on the street layer. Later, when you rebuild the blockface layer, the delivery modes will be updated to reflect the changes you have made. When you complete the examination of delivery mode, you will change the blockface display to show priority. Click working layer and choose Blockfaces. Click Color Theme Map Wizard. Click in the Field box and choose [Priority]. Click in the Method box and choose List of Values. The [Color Theme (Layer: Blockface)] window should appear as below: August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 3-11

158 Click Priority. and watch the screen redraw with the blockfaces color coded by You should typically see three colors represented. Some blockfaces will be colored for priority service (1) and some will be colored for non priority service (0). All other blockfaces will be a third color. These are the blockfaces that do not have a priority setting because no delivery points are address matched to them. In practice, you would zoom in and pan around the map to identify blockfaces that do not appear to be given the correct priority setting. To edit the priority, you will want to make the streets your working layer. Click working layer and choose Streets. Using the Info tool and/or R Priority. you can click on a street where you want to edit the L Priority Remember that the orientation of left and right is relative to the direction of the arrowhead that you turned on for the street layer. You can scroll down the Streets Info 3-12 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

159 window and change either of the L Priority and/or R Priority by typing the desired 0 or 1 directly into the field. NOTE: When you make edits to priority, the colors on the screen will not immediately change. This is because the color-coding of priority is being displayed on the blockface layer. However, the edits that you are making are on the street layer. Later, when you rebuild the blockface layer, the priority settings will be updated to reflect the changes you have made. Selecting the Office Time Mode Used for Territory Transfers supports three different methods for transferring office time. These methods are Average Office Time Per Delivery, Standard, and Demonstrated Performance by Relieved Carrier. The office time mode is set for the entire zone and is applied to all routes and transfers in the zone. The office time mode should be selected before transferring territory. Office time is transferred in whole minutes. Office time is rounded to the nearest minute with a minimum value of one minute. If you choose the mode of Average Office Time Per Delivery, then the office time to be transferred will be computed as follows. The number of possible deliveries for each blockface being transferred is multiplied by the office time factor for the existing route associated with that blockface. That is, the office time transferred is based upon the office time factor for the relieved carrier. If you choose the mode of Standard, then the office time to be transferred is the standard office time in the Streets layer based on the rule. This standard office time was loaded into the Streets layer from the delivery data file. The basis for applying the rules is from the sector-segment counts that were entered as part of the loading of volumes. If you choose the mode of Demonstrated Performance by Relieved Carrier, then the office time to be transferred will be computed as follows. The office time to be transferred is the standard office time associated with each blockface being transferred (from the Streets layer) multiplied by the demonstrated performance of the relieved carrier. The demonstrated performance of the relieved carrier is the ratio of the Net Office Time and the Standard Office Time as entered in the existing route summary form (with a maximum value of 1.0). Click the [] menu to display the [: Route Adjustment] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 3-13

160 Choose Route Initialization Procedures from the Category menu and double click Select Office Transfer Mode from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. Make sure the toggle is on Demonstrated Performance by Relieved Carrier in the [Office Transfer Mode] window. Click to set the mode. Selecting the Volume Coverage Method The volume associated with a street segment is important in forming new park and loop routes. The length of a loop in a park and loop route is constrained by the volume in the loop. The volume can be determined by using the full coverage method which considers every possible delivery, or by using non-full coverage method United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

161 Click the [] menu to display the [: Route Adjustment] window. Choose Route Initialization Procedures from the Category menu and double click Select Volume Coverage from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. Make sure the toggle is on Non-Full Coverage in the [Select Volume Coverage] window. Click to set the volume coverage. Querying Street Layer Data August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 3-15

162 Click working layer and choose Streets to change the working layer to Streets. The Streets layer contains Delivery data previously loaded in Exercise 2. This Delivery data includes the existing route number (L Exist Rte, R Exist Rte), the total possible deliveries (L Pos Del, R Pos Del) and the observed street delivery time ( L Obs Del Time, R Obs Del Time) for each street segment in the Streets layer. Click Zoom In and zoom in to the area indicated by the dashed box below. Click Info, move the cursor to any street which appears to be on a route and click the left mouse button. The [Streets Info] window will appear showing all data associated with that street United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

163 Record the following data: L EXIST RTE L MDL RTE R EXIST RTE R MDL RTE L POS DEL L ADJ POS DEL R POS DEL R ADJ POS DEL L OBS DEL TIME R OBS DEL TIME L ADJ DEL TIME R ADJ DEL TIME Notice how the fields in the right column above are all blank. These are fields that the uses during the route adjustment. All original delivery data is stored in the fields on the left while adjustments will be made to the fields on the right. Close the [Streets Info] window. Initializing the Routing Data This procedure will copy the existing route number into the model route field. Also, the procedure will copy the total possible deliveries and the observed street delivery time into the adjusted possible deliveries and adjusted delivery time fields. Initialize Route Data is the equivalent of starting the route adjustment over without having to reload the DCD data or entering the existing route information. It will restore the zone to the starting conditions prior to any adjustment. If any route adjustments or lines of travel have been created, this process will allow you to begin the process again. Click the [] menu to display the [: Route Adjustment] window. Choose Route Initialization Procedures from the Category menu and double click Initialize Route Data from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 3-17

164 Click Click to initialize the route data. when finished. Querying Street Layer Data Click working layer and choose Streets to change the working layer to Streets. Click Info, move the cursor to any street which appears to be on a route and click the left mouse button. The [Streets Info] window will appear showing all data associated with that street. Record the following data: L EXIST RTE L MDL RTE R EXIST RTE R MDL RTE L POS DEL L ADJ POS DEL R POS DEL R ADJ POS DEL L OBS DEL TIME R OBS DEL TIME L ADJ DEL TIME R ADJ DEL TIME 3-18 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

165 Notice how the fields in the right column above have the same values as in the associated left column. Territory transfers will result in changes to the street segment s L MDL RTE or R MDL RTE fields. Exiting Choose File-Close All from the menu bar. Click for changes to the MAP file. Choose File-Exit from the menu bar to exit Maptitude. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 3-19

166 Exercise #4 Generating New Routes Starting the System Double click the icon to start. Starting the Tutorial Exercise Choose Tools-Add-Ins... to open the [Add-ins] window. Choose : Route Adjustment Tutorial and click setup menu. to display the exercise Choose Exercise 4, and click. When the setup process is complete, you will be prompted to enter your Password. Type in your Password, and Click to continue. You will then be prompted to enter your Route Adjustment password: August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 4-1

167 Type in your Route Adjustment Password, and Click to continue. The current zone displayed is the zone that you want to use. Existing route data has been entered, the office mode has been selected, and the routes have been initialized. Selecting the Location for an Auxiliary Route The auxiliary route is a route whose total route time is not a full route. The system allows you to indicate where the auxiliary should be located by pointing to a street segment. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Select Auxiliary Location from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. 4-2 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

168 A small message window will appear in the left corner asking you to click on a street segment in the area in which the auxiliary route should be located. Pick the street segment in the cul-de-sac by the Post Office as shown in the picture below. NOTE: There will be times when messages are displayed in the lower left corner of the screen prompting you to click on the map. There may be popup windows on the screen related to the function that you are using. It is critical that you do not attempt to move the popup window when you are being prompted to click somewhere on the map. Your next click, even if you are trying to move a popup window, will actually be the response to the prompt to click on the map. Whatever portion of the map is under the popup window that you click on, will be the location on the map that is used in response to the prompt in the lower left corner. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 4-3

169 Specifying Vacant and Auxiliary Route Numbers In the case when not all the existing routes are needed, you can control which route numbers are vacated. You will form a list of route numbers and the numbers at the top of the list will be vacated first. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Select Vacant/Auxiliary Routes from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. 4-4 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

170 The [Vacant/Auxiliary Routes] control window will appear. Click route number to the list. to add a The [Vacant/Auxiliary Routes] route list window will appear. Choose route C005 and click to add this route to the list. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 4-5

171 The [Vacant/Auxiliary Routes] control window will reappear. Click another route number to the list. to add The [Vacant/Auxiliary Routes] route list window will reappear. Choose route C024 and click to add this route to the list. The [Vacant/Auxiliary Routes] control window will reappear. Click another route number to the list. to add 4-6 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

172 Continue adding the following routes to the list C028, C041, C038, and C019. Try changing the order in which routes would be vacated by using the move up and move down buttons. When you are finished, leave the order as C005, C024, C028, C038, C041, and C019. Click to complete the process. Building a Travel Network In order to use the route generation, route rebalance, or line of travel, you need to create a travel network for the streets in and around the zone. The travel network represents a snap shot of how the streets are connected and the driving and walking travel speeds. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 4-7

173 Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Street and Office Layer Preparation from the Category menu and double click Build Travel Network from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. The [Build Travel Network] window will appear. Enter tn32809 for the Name, and enter Streets for ZIP for the Label. Click to start the network building process. Highlight the Geographic option by clicking on the word, and click the process. to finish 4-8 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

174 When the procedure completes, the following Network Summary Report will be displayed. Close this report viewer window. NOTE: If you see other network disconnectivity issues, you must investigate and resolve them before proceeding. Generating New Routes The route generation process will form a new set of routes balanced on time and assign the existing route numbers to the new routes based on overlapping streets. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Generate Routes from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 4-9

175 The [Generate Routes] control window will appear. Click All to reroute the entire zone. The [Route Generation Settings] window will appear. Confirm or set the following options. Create Route Based On Time. Desired Route Time 08:00. Use an Auxiliary Route Yes. Add an Extra Route No. Maximum Volume of Mail Per Relay Max Route Trip Walking Time Between Service (MM:SS) 04:00. Network File tn Office Location PINECASTLE STATION United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

176 Click to start the process. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 4-11

177 There are several settings that you control that will impact the shape and balance of the resulting routes. The following table summarizes the Route Generation Settings that you control. Setting Create Routes Based On Desired Route Time Use an Auxiliary Route Add an Extra Route Number of Routes Description You may generate routes based on either a desired time or an input number of routes. The drop down window allows you to choose Time or Number of Routes. If you choose to generate routes based on time, then this setting is used. This is the total route time including all street (and allied) and office time. If you choose to generate routes based on a number of routes, you may enter a desired route time but will internally compute a route time based on the number of routes that you specify. This setting is only relevant if you choose to create routes based on time. It will be greyed out if you create routes on number of routes. This is a Yes or No answer. If you choose Yes, then will create the auxiliary in the location that you specify using the Select Auxiliary Location procedure. If you choose No, will attempt to make a balanced set of routes without an auxiliary. This setting is only relevant if you a) choose to create routes based on time and b) choose No to use an auxiliary route. If you choose to create routes on number of routes, this setting will be greyed out. If you are not using an auxiliary route, must determine how to handle the additional work that would have been an auxiliary route. You may either take this extra work and distribute it over the full routes (making each one slightly higher than the desired route time) or have an extra route added to the solution (causing each of the routes to have slightly less time than the desired route time). Choosing Yes to add an extra partition will add one additional route in place of the auxiliary and choosing No will keep the number of routes and spread the extra time across those routes. This setting is only relevant if you choose to create routes based on number of routes. It will be greyed out if you create routes based on time. You input the number of routes that you want to create United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

178 Setting Maximum Volume of Mail Per Relay Max Round Trip Walking Time Between Service Network File Office Location Description This setting is the number of pounds of mail to be included in each relay. will use this value as a maximum. Relays can be formed with fewer pounds of mail but no more than the value entered. While does not explicitly form the relays during the route generation step, it does use this value to estimate how many relays will be created during the line of travel step. This setting measures the tradeoff between deadhead walking one or more blocks between deliveries versus returning to the vehicle, moving to a new park location and beginning a new relay. The value in minutes and seconds is the amount of time (there and back) that you would allow the letter carrier to deadhead walk along blockfaces without making deliveries. This is a drop down list of all travel networks you have created. You must choose one that represents the streets as you want the routing procedures to use them (speeds, parking restrictions etc.) This is a drop down list of all office locations that you have created. If you have more than one, you must identify the office location where the routes and lines of travel are to begin and end. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 4-13

179 When the procedure completes, the Route Relations Summary Report will appear with values similar to the ones shown below. ******************************************************************************** * Route Relations Summary Report * * * * Zone = * * * * Mon Jan 18 11:24: * ******************************************************************************** RS Exist Possible % Possible Route Route Deliveries Deliveries C % C009* % C % C % C % C % 102 C % C % C % C % C % C % C % C014* % 103 C % C % C016* % 104 C % C019* % C % 105 C % C022* % C % C % C % 106 C025* % C % C % Notice that RS Routes 101, 105, and 106, have considerable overlap with the existing route to which they were assigned. RS Route 104 has some overlap with the route to which it is assigned while RS Routes 102 and 103 have little or no overlap. When examining these assignments, you should keep in mind that many of the routes not used were included in your vacant/auxiliary route list and therefore were eliminated from the solution. Typically, you will not do anything with this report. You will learn how to use this report and try reassigning these routes later in this exercise. NOTE: It is important to note that even though you will not resassign routes at this point in the exercise, if you ever wish to use the route reassignment procedure, you must do this prior to any manual territory transfer or line of travel generation United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

180 Close this report viewer window. You can now pan and zoom around the map to see the geographic representation of the route generation process. You will see that there are fewer routes than prior to this step. Viewing the Adjusted Route Summary Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Edit Adjusted Route Summary from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. NOTE: You will use the Edit Adjusted Route Summary editor many times in these exercises and in your actual use of. This interface provides you a list of each route and their current route times. The [Adjusted Route Summary Editor Zone 32809] window will provide the revised route times for each route. Notice that the vacated routes have zero possible deliveries, but still have some left over route time. These times will be adjusted to zero in a later exercise. For the routes that are not vacated, there is an auxiliary route with total time 6:28 and the rest of the routes have total times that vary from 7:50 to 8:29. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 4-15

181 NOTE: It is possible that your total times may differ slightly from the ones shown below. Further, some screen captures of values for the remainder of this exercise may differ from what you see on the screen. That is okay and you should proceed. The intent of the screen captures in this exercise is to establish a general understanding of the route generation procedures. Click to close the Adjusted Route Summary Editor. Changing the Existing Route Assignments In this section, you will learn how to change the assignments of new routes to the existing routes. automatically makes an assignment for you what is shown in the Route Relations Summary Report. You can change this assignment. This is a procedure that you will not do very often. Usually, the assignment from will be the best starting point. Further adjustments will be made with the Territory Transfer Toolbox. If you use the route reassignment tool, you must use this procedure before proceeding on to Territory Transfers or Lines of Travel United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

182 The assignment of the new routes to the existing routes can be changed using this procedure. In this exercise you will assign RS Route 102 to C016 and RS Route 103 to C014. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Edit Route Assignments from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. The [Edit Route Assignment] window will appear. You want to swap the assignments for RS Route 102 and RS Route 103. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 4-17

183 Click and hold Exist Route C016, then drag it to Exist Route C014 and release it. The [Confirm Swap] window will appear. Click to confirm the change United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

184 Click Save to make the change and the [Edit Route Assignment] window will reappear. Notice that RS Route 102 and RS Route 103 have switched their assignments. Also note the improvement in the number of possible deliveries. In rare cases, you may generate routes over a subset of the zone instead of the full zone. If you do this and subsequently generate routes over another separate subset of the zone, you will see these separate sets of routes listed under unique Group IDs in the Edit Route Assignments screen. You will only be able to re-assign routes within a Group ID. When you switch the territory between routes, you may impact the balance of the routes. If the routes have a different allied time, then the change should impact the balance. You should review the allied times associated with the routes that switched. In this case you switched the auxiliary route with a full route. You will examine the impact on balance later in this exercise. Click Close to exit the reassignment tool. Reporting the Revised Route Assignments You can review the assignment of the new routes to the existing routes using this procedure. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Show Route Mapping Report from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 4-19

185 The revised Route Relations Summary Report will appear: ******************************************************************************** * Route Relations Summary Report * * * * Zone = * * * * Mon Jan 18 11:43: * ******************************************************************************** RS Exist Possible % Possible Route Route Deliveries Deliveries C % C009* % C % C % C % C % 102 C % C % C % C % C % C % C % C % C016* % 103 C014* % C % 104 C % C019* % C % 105 C % C022* % C % C % C % 106 C025* % C % C % 4-20 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

186 Close this report viewer window. Viewing the Adjusted Route Summary Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Edit Adjusted Route Summary from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. The [Adjusted Route Summary Editor Zone 32809] window will provide the revised route times for each route. The auxiliary route is now route C014, but its total time has increased from 6:28 to 7:00 because of the additional allied time associated with route C014. While route C016 is no longer an auxiliary route, its total time is low because of the lower allied time. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 4-21

187 Click on the Allied Time box for route C016, and the [Allied Time] window will appear. Notice that the Relay Time, Travel To, and Travel From values have been provided by the routing process. Adjustments to these times will be entered in a later exercise United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

188 Click on the Other Time box (either left or right box), and the [Other Time] window will appear. The Travel Within and Deadhead Time values have been provided by the routing process. Adjustments to these times will be entered in a later exercise. After the Generate Routes procedure, estimates the total of Travel Within and Deadhead and places all of this estimated time in the Travel Within field. Once the Line of Travel is determined, the times will be associated with the two separate fields. Click Click Click to exit [Other Time] window. to exit [Allied Time] window. to exit the editor. Exiting Choose File-Close All from the menu bar. Click for changes to the MAP file. Choose File-Exit from the menu bar to exit Maptitude. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 4-23

189 Exercise #5 Transferring Territory between Routes IMPORTANT: Do NOT open your Adjusted Route Summary Editor while you are using the Territory Transfer tool. This creates significant errors because the update does not write to both files. Starting the System Double click the icon to start. Starting the Tutorial Exercise Choose Tools-Add-Ins... to open the [Add-ins] window. Choose : Route Adjustment Tutorial and click setup menu. to display the exercise Choose Exercise 5, and click. When the setup process is complete, you will be prompted to enter your Password. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-1

190 Type in your Password, and Click to continue. You will then be prompted to enter your Route Adjustment password: Type in your Route Adjustment Password, and Click to continue. The current zone displayed is the zone that you want to use. New routes have been generated, but there are additional changes that need to be made. Transferring Territory between Routes The territory transfer tool operates on the blockface layer, and allows you to swap blockfaces between routes. Recall from the previous exercise, that routes C009 was the longest route, while C016 was the shortest route. In this exercise, you will use the territory transfer tool to move some deliveries from the longest route to the shortest route. Additionally, you will use the tool to make the solution more desirable visually. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Transfer Toolbox from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. 5-2 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

191 The [Route Adjustment Toolbox] window and the [Route Adjustment Status Bar] window will appear as shown below. Choose File then Properties... from the Maptitude menu in order to change the background color. The territory transfer tool highlights blockfaces in white. In order to see the highlighted blockfaces, use the button for Color and scroll until you can select the gray (near bottom of list). See the [Map Properties] window below. NOTE: Setting the background color is a user preference. If you prefer to have the blockfaces blend in with the background as you are transferring territory, you should maintain a white background. If you prefer to see them in white as you transfer territory, you should change to the gray background. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-3

192 Click to change the background color. You should locate an area where it seems reasonable to swap some territory from route C019 onto route C016. Zoom to the area in the upper left corner containing routes C009, C016 and C019. Click Zoom In and zoom in around the area indicated by the dashed box below. 5-4 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

193 You may want to label the streets with street names to assist in transferring territory. Click working layer and choose Streets to change the working layer to Streets. Click Automatic Labels as below:. Change the [Labels (Layer: Streets)] window to appear August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-5

194 Click Click in the Field box, and select Name. to label the Streets layer with street names. Click C016. in the [Route Adjustment Toolbox] window, and change the Gaining Route to Click Transfer a Blockface to enter the transfer mode. 5-6 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

195 Click on the four blockfaces on either side of PLATO AVE that are currently on C019 and watch as the total time for the segments to be transferred reaches 24:43. The values not in parentheses are from the blockface most recently clicked. The values in parentheses are the totals for all the blockfaces currently clicked and part of the potential transfer. Click Show Route Statistics List to display the [Route Statistics] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-7

196 The [Route Statistics] window displays the Street Time, Office Time, Route Time, Priority Time and Possible Deliveries that each route will have if you accept the swaps in the blockface transfer list. Even though Street Time is transferred and stored in seconds, the display of Street Time is always rounded up to the next minute. Office Time is always transferred and stored in whole minutes. Route Time is the sum of Street Time and Office Time as displayed. The check box for Display route totals during transfer allows you to keep a small, movable window on screen that dynamically updates the Total Route Time that would result from all routes involved in a pending territory transfer. If you display the Route Time Totals window, you can close it by clicking the X in the upper right corner or by unchecking the Display route totals during transfer box in the Route Statistics window. Click to close the [Route Statistics] window. Before you accept the swaps in the blockface transfer list, you should view the list of all blockfaces in the blockface transfer list. 5-8 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

197 Click Show Selected Blockface Transfer List to view all blockfaces in the blockface transfer list. The [Selected Blockface Transfer List] window will appear. Note that if the blockface has delivery points associated with more than one street then you would see an entry under the Multiple Streets column. For example, if a corner house received delivery from the side street (even though its mail address was on the front street), then it would be noted here. For such cases, you may want to make sure the front street is on the same route as the side street (for manually sorted mail). Click when finished viewing the blockface transfer list. NOTE: If you want to remove a blockface from the blockface transfer list, you can simply highlight the blockface in the list and click, and it will be removed from the blockface transfer list. Click Apply Changes to apply the blockface swaps in the blockface transfer list. Click to confirm the swap of 4 blockfaces onto Route C016. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-9

198 The 4 swapped blockfaces are now a part of Route C016. Next, you would like to move some work from C009 onto C019. Click C019. in the [Route Adjustment Toolbox] window, and change the Gaining Route to Click Transfer a Blockface to enter the transfer mode. Click on the eight blockfaces on either side of KEATS AVE that are currently on C009 and watch as the total time for the segments to be transferred reaches 23:40. Click Apply Changes to apply the blockface swaps in the blockface transfer list. Click to confirm the swap of 8 blockfaces onto Route C United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

199 Reviewing the Adjusted Routes Click Show Route Statistics List to display the [Route Statistics] window. Click to display all routes. The [Route Statistics] window will appear as shown below. This screen shows the current route time for each route along with other relevant data. Route C009 is now 8 hours and 6 minutes, while route C016 is now 8 hours and 2 minutes in length. This reflects the territory transfer you just performed. Click to exit the screen. Close the [Route Adjustment Toolbox] window. Verifying that Routes do Not Split Plus4s Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Verify Plus4 on Single Route from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-11

200 When the procedure completes, the Verify Plus4 on Single Route report will appear: ******************************************************************************** * Verify Plus4 on Single Route * * * * Zone = * * * * Mon Jan 18 14:15: * ******************************************************************************** The following Plus4s have been tagged to street records assigned to different routes: Plus4 Route Adj PD Street ID Side NDS Name NDS Range C L W LANCASTER RD C L C L C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R 5-12 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

201 C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R C R Plus4 Route Adj PD Street ID Side NDS Name NDS Range C R BOICE ST C R C R C R C R C R Plus4 Route Adj PD Street ID Side NDS Name NDS Range C R FORESTER AVE C R C R C R C R C R C R Plus4 Route Adj PD Street ID Side NDS Name NDS Range C L JORDAN AVE C L C L C L C L C L C L C L C L C L Note: The street records containing the Plus4 values identified in this report have been selected and added to the set "Plus4/Route Conflicts". August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-13

202 Total number of Plus4s found on different routes = 4. The reason that the same Street ID is repeated many times is that there are multiple Alternate Address records (multiple possible deliveries) associated with the street segment. Normally, it would be helpful to print a copy of this, but for this exercise you can refer to the one listed above. Close this report viewer window. Note that these streets with Plus4 conflicts have been put into a selected set. Choose Map-Scale... to display the [Map Scale] window. Choose Show an Entire Layer, and click Selection Set. Choose Plus4/Route Conflict. The [Map Scale] window should appear as below: Click to zoom to the selected set of streets. There are eight (four areas) highlighted (in yellow) street segments showing on your screen. You need to associate each of these street segments with the entries listed on the Verify Plus4 on Single Route report. Confirm that the working layer is still Streets. Click Info, and move the cursor to one of the highlighted streets and click the left mouse button. The [Dataview1 - Streets Info] window will appear showing the data 5-14 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

203 associated with that street. Using the ID field, find the entries in the Verify Plus4 on Single Route report associated with the street. Repeat the process by left clicking each of the highlighted streets. Notice that street segment with the ID of (Lancaster Villas Service Rd) is reported to contain the same Plus4 as both W. Lancaster Rd streets one block north. You can resolve this Plus4 conflict by transferring this street from route C016 to route C025. Close the [Dataview1 - Streets Info] window. Transferring Territory Between Routes Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Transfer Toolbox from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-15

204 The [Route Adjustment Toolbox] window and the [Route Adjustment Status Bar] window will appear as shown below. Click C025. in the [Route Adjustment Toolbox] window, and change the Gaining Route to Click Transfer a Blockface to enter the transfer mode United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

205 Left click on the C016 blockface record below the highlighted street segment with the ID of (W. Lancaster Rd). Click Apply Changes to apply the blockface swap. Click to confirm the swap onto Route C025. This swap resolves one of the Plus4 conflicts. Resolve the Boice St conflict (on the left) by swapping the upper blockface onto route C009. Click C009. in the [Route Adjustment Toolbox] window, and change the Gaining Route to Click Transfer a Blockface to confirm you are in the transfer mode. Left click on the C019 blockface section of Boice Ave. Click Apply Changes to apply the blockface swap. Click to confirm the swap onto Route C009. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-17

206 HINT: When looking for conflicts, you should zoom in close enough to identify small pieces such as NDCBUs. Click Zoom In and zoom in to the lower right section containing four highlighted street segments. Resolve the conflict on JORDAN AVE by swapping both sides of the small left section onto route C016. Click C016. in the [Route Adjustment Toolbox] window, and change the Gaining Route to Click Transfer a Blockface to change to transfer mode. Left click only the right bottom section C022 blockface of Jordan Ave. Click Apply Changes to apply the blockface swap. Click to confirm the swaps onto Route C016. The last Plus4 conflict on FORESTER AVE results from an unlikely data anomaly. The number of possible deliveries in the DCD load (from the day of inspection) was fewer than the number of delivery locations. The single Delivery Layer location on the diagonal street segment did not receive any delivery time or even the existing route during the DCD load. You can resolve this situation by simply adding the North side blank 5-18 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

207 blockface to route C016. Note that no time is lost in this transfer. All delivery and office time has been accounted for on other delivery from the same Plus4. Click Transfer a Blockface to change to transfer mode. Left click only the north side on the black blockface of FORESTER AVE. Notice that the possible deliveries, street, time, office time and total time are zero. Click Apply Changes to apply the blockface swap. Click to confirm the swaps onto Route C016. Close the [Route Adjustment Toolbox] window. Now that adjustments of territory have been made, the initial display of the blockfaces when entering the zone can be updated. Choose File-Save from the menu bar. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-19

208 Verifying that Routes do Not Split Plus4s Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Verify Plus4 on Single Route from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. If you have successfully resolved the conflicts, then the following window will appear. Click to continue with the next task. NOTE: When you are investigating Plus4 conflicts, you should consider any manual moves or manual plots that might have left a deliver from a Plus4 on an adjacent street United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

209 Verifying that Routes do Not Split Hundred Blocks Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Verify Hundred Block on Single Route from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. When the procedure completes, the Verify Hundred Blocks on a Single Route report will appear. Note that a selected set of street records has also been created. You can resolve these conflicts with more territory transfers. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-21

210 ******************************************************************************** * USPS Delivery Routing System - Verify Hundred Blocks on a Single Route * * * * Zone = * * * * Tue Jan 18 11:41: * ******************************************************************************** The following Hundred Blocks were assigned to different routes: Name Block Side Route Street ID Low Addr High Addr BROCKBANK DR 7300 Odd C BROCKBANK DR 7300 Odd C JORDAN AVE 700 Odd C JORDAN AVE 700 Odd C JORDAN AVE 800 Even C JORDAN AVE 800 Even C JORDAN AVE 800 Odd C JORDAN AVE 800 Odd C VOLTAIRE DR 7000 Odd C VOLTAIRE DR 7000 Odd C VON BAMPUS DR 6700 Odd C VON BAMPUS DR 6700 Odd C W LANCASTER RD 800 Even C W LANCASTER RD 800 Even C W LANCASTER RD 800 Even C Note: The street records in this report were added to the new "Hundred Block Conflicts" selection set. Total Number of Hundred Blocks found on different routes = 7. Close this report viewer window. Resolving splits in hundred blocks is important for hand sorted mail. Take some time and investigate these splits, but do not make any changes. If you were to make any changes, you would use the Territory Transfer Toolbox to transfer territory between routes. Choose Map-Scale... to display the [Map Scale] window. Choose Show an Entire Layer, and click Selection Set. Choose Hundred Block Conflicts. The [Map Scale] window should appear as below: 5-22 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

211 Click to zoom to the area containing the conflicts. Reviewing the Route Transfer Report The Territory Transfer Summary report shows the percent of each route that remains unchanged. The report gives the percent unchanged for both the possible deliveries and street delivery time. Both values are determined using the DCD inspection data. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Create Route Transfer Report from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-23

212 The Territory Transfer Summary Report will be displayed in the report viewer window. ************************************************************************ * Territory Transfer Summary Report * * * * Zone = * * * * Tue Jan 18 11:41: * ************************************************************************ Retained Possible Deliveries Route Inspection Delivery Time Route Model Exist Percent Model Exist Percent C % 00:00 00:31 0.0% C % 01:23 02: % C % 01:29 01: % C % 00:00 00:19 0.0% C % 00:08 01:36 8.0% C % 02:57 04: % C % 00:00 01:04 0.0% C % 03:20 04: % C % 00:00 02:46 0.0% C % 00:00 02:34 0.0% C % 00:00 03:36 0.0% For each route, the exist column shows the total prior to any route changes. The model column gives the amount that remains on the route after all route changes. The percent column is simply the model amount divided by the exist amount. This percent represents how much of the route remains intact from either a possible deliveries or street time point of view. Close this report viewer window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

213 Editing the Adjusted Route Summary Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Edit Adjusted Route Summary from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. The [Adjusted Route Summary Editor Zone 32809] window will provide the revised route times for each route. Notice that the vacated routes have zero possible deliveries, but still have some left over route time. These times will be adjusted to zero. Route C014 is an auxiliary route with only 7 hours. The other routes range from 7 hours and 52 minutes to 8 hours and 16 minutes. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-25

214 Routes C005, C024, C028, C038 and C041 have been vacated. For these routes, you need to update the allied times and enter the required management time in order to have the total route time sum to zero. You will start this process for route C005. NOTE: All edits to Allied Times will be documented on the back of the PS Form Click on the Allied Time box for route C005, and the [Allied Time] window will appear. Notice that the Relay Time, Travel To, and Travel From values are already zero United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

215 Click on the plus sign + just left of the right column Vehicle Load box, and it should turn into a negative sign -. Click just inside of the right column Vehicle Load box, and type so that the final entry reads 15:00. The net result will be that the left column vehicle load reads 000:00. Click on the Other Time box (either left or right box), and the [Other Time] window will appear. The Travel Within and Deadhead Time values are already zero. All other non zero values should be changed to zero. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-27

216 Click on the plus sign + just left of the right column Accountable Del box, and it should turn into a negative sign -. Click just inside of the right column Accountable Del box, and type so that the final entry reads 4:20. The net result will be that the left column Accountable Del reads 000:00. Click on the plus sign + just left of the right column Parcel Del box, and it should turn into a negative sign -. Click just inside of the right column Parcel Del box, and type so that the final entry reads 00:26. The net result will be that the left column Parcel Del reads 000:00. Click on the plus sign + just left of the right column Street Break Time box, and it should turn into a negative sign -. Click just inside of the right column Street Break Time box, and type so that the final entry reads 05:08. The net result will be that the left column Street Break Time reads 000:00. Click outside the box to see the updated screen below. Click to exit [Other Time] window once all the times on the left column are zero. The [Allied time] window will reappear with the updated Other Time. Click on the Add nl Time box (either left or right box), and the [Additional Time] window will appear. With the exception of Management Time, all these values should be zero United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

217 Click on the plus sign + just left of the right column Backtracking box, and it should turn into a negative sign -. Click just inside of the right column Backtracking box, and type so that the final entry reads 1:03. The net result will be that the left column Backtracking reads 000:00. Click on the plus sign + just left of the right column Misc. Other box, and it should turn into a negative sign -. Click just inside of the right column Misc. Other box, and type so that the final entry reads 8:00. The net result will be that the left column Misc. Other reads 000:00. Click outside the box to see the updated screen below. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-29

218 Click to exit [Additional Time] window. Click to exit [Allied Time] window, and the [Adjusted Route Summary Editor Zone 32809] window will reappear. Notice that the Route Time now reads -00:16. You will now enter +00:16 in the Management Time field in the [Additional Time] window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

219 Click on the Allied Time box for route C005, and the [Allied Time] window will appear. Click on the Add nl Time box (either left or right box), and the [Additional Time] window will appear. Click just inside of the right column Management Time box, and type so that the final entry reads + 16:00. The net result will be that the left column Management Time reads +016:00. Click outside the box to see the updated screen below. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-31

220 Click to exit [Additional Time] window. Click to exit [Allied Time] window, and the [Adjusted Route Summary Editor Zone 32809] window will reappear. Notice that the Route Time now reads 00: United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

221 Repeat the previous steps for routes C024, C028, C038, and C041 so that the [Adjusted Route Summary Editor Zone 32809] window will reappear as shown below. NOTE: If you are editing Allied Time entries and realize that you wish to undo some of these changes, you can reverse them by zeroing out your prior entries. Click on the Allied Time box for the desired route and go to the specific allied time entry that you wish to undo. In the right column type 000:00 and the edit that was previously made will be undone. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-33

222 After dealing with the vacated routes, you need to edit the allied and office times for the remaining routes. For the purpose of this exercise, you will only update a couple values for route C009. Click on the Allied Time box for route C009, and the [Allied Time] window will appear. Notice that the Relay Time, Travel To, and Travel From values have been estimated by the routing procedure using the street data. You should alter these values based on your expertise as a route adjustor. For this exercise, add 2 minutes to the relay time and 1 minute each to the travel to and travel from the route United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

223 Click just inside of the right column Relay Time box, and type so that the final entry reads + 02:00. The net result will be that the left column Relay Time reads 09:09. Click just inside of the right column Travel To box, and type so that the final entry reads + 001:00. The net result will be that the left column Travel To reads 005:44. Click just inside of the right column Travel From box, and type so that the final entry reads + 001:00. The net result will be that the left column Travel From reads 005:44. Click outside the box to see the updated screen below. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 5-35

224 Click to exit [Allied Time] window, and the [Adjusted Route Summary Editor Zone 32809] window will reappear. Click to exit the editor. Exiting Choose File-Close All from the menu bar. Click for changes to the MAP file. Choose File-Exit from the menu bar to exit Maptitude United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

225 Exercise #6 Generating and Editing the Line of Travel Starting the System Double click the icon to start. Starting the Tutorial Exercise Choose Tools-Add-Ins... to open the [Add-ins] window. Choose : Route Adjustment Tutorial and click setup menu. to display the exercise Choose Exercise 6, and click. When the setup process is complete, you will be prompted to enter your Password. Type in your Password, and Click to continue. You will then be prompted to enter your Route Adjustment password: August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 6-1

226 Type in your Route Adjustment Password, and Click to continue. The current zone displayed is the zone that you want to use. The color of the streets layer was made lighter so that the line of travel will be easier to see. Generating the Line of Travel The Line of Travel procedure will produce a park and loop solution for the deliveries that have a walking mode, and will include the parking locations in a path that services the deliveries that have a driving mode. The line of travel generation can be used for all walking or all driving routes as well. For an all walking route, a vehicle will still be used to reach the parking locations. The park and loop line of travel does not account for the use of relay boxes. This procedure requires that you have already built a travel network (see building a travel network in exercise #4). Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Line of Travel from the Category menu and double click Generate Line of Travel from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. 6-2 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

227 The [Generate Line of Travel] route selection window will appear. Generating all of the lines of travel can take some time, so for the purpose of this exercise, you will only generate a couple. In general, you should process your lines of travel one at a time so that you can complete the analysis and any editing of that route s line of travel. Click on route C009 to highlight it in the list. Click to only generate the line of travel for route C009. The [Relay and Line of Travel Parameters] input screen will appear. Confirm that the parameters are correct by comparing them to the screen below. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 6-3

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229 There are several settings that you control that will impact the lines of travel. The following table summarizes the Relay and Line of Travel Settings that you control. Setting Travel Network Post Office Maximum Volume of Mail Per Relay Max Round Trip Walking Time Between Service Maximum Time Separation Between Opposite Sides of a Street Generate Line of Travel With Priority Description This is a drop down list of all travel networks you have created. You must choose a network that represents the streets you would like the routing procedures to use (speeds, parking restrictions etc.). This is a drop down list of all office locations that you have created. If you have more than one, you must identify the office location where the routes and lines of travel are to begin and end. This setting is the number of pounds of mail to be included in each relay. will use this value as a maximum. Relays can be formed with fewer pounds of mail but no more than the value entered. This setting measures the tradeoff between deadhead walking one or more blocks between deliveries versus returning to the vehicle, moving to a new park location and beginning a new relay. The value in minutes and seconds is the amount of time (there and back) that you would allow the letter carrier to deadhead walk along blockfaces without making deliveries. For driving service, this setting controls the maximum amount of time between servicing one side of the street and the other side of the street. Making this setting too low can cause the line of travel to be longer. This is a drop down Yes or No option. Yes means that line of travel must visit every walking relay with priority and every driving blockface with priority prior to servicing any walking relays or any driving blockfaces without priority. Choosing Yes can cause the line of travel to be longer. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 6-5

230 Click to start the line of travel generation. When the procedure completes, the [Show Line of Travel] selection window will appear. Since you only generated one line of travel only one route is listed. Click on route C009. Click to show the line of travel for route C009. Tracing the Line of Travel In order to get a general sense of how the route is serviced, you can trace the line of travel using the VCR-like trace tool. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Line of Travel from the Category menu and double click Trace Line of Travel from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. 6-6 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

231 The [Trace Line of Travel] control window along with the [Trace Status Bar] window will appear. Click the Forward One Step button in the [Trace Line of Travel] control window several times watching for the path to be highlighted (in the lower right corner). Click the Start Automatic Trace button in the [Trace Line of Travel] control window and watch as the path is highlighted. Notice that the [Trace Status Bar] window changes as the path is traced. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 6-7

232 Click the Stop Automatic Trace to pause the process. button in the [Trace Line of Travel] control window Click the Back One Step reverse the path. button in the [Trace Line of Travel] control window to The Index is a blockface counter as the line of travel is traversed. The speed controls how quickly the automatic trace will traverse the line of travel. Try restarting and stopping the process. You may zoom in and pan and switch back to the trace tool so that you can observe the path in closer detail. Close the [Trace Line of Travel] control window when you are finished. Editing the Line of Travel The computer generated line of travel may not always take into account some of your real world considerations. The Line of Travel editing tool allows you to modify or even create from scratch a Line of Travel. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Line of Travel from the Category menu and double click Edit Line of Travel from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. 6-8 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

233 The [Edit Line of Travel] selection window will appear. Click on route C009 to select it. Click to start the editing process. The [Line of Travel Editor] control window will appear. Additionally, the legend window will provide summary information about each relay. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 6-9

234 Notice that relays 1 and 3 split the streets in the middle. A preferred Line of Travel would have one of the relays service all of this street. Click the Current Relay box and select relay 3. Click the Zoom to Relay button to zoom in on relay 3. Click the Pick a Starting Sequence button, and click on the blockface numbered 49 in the middle of the screen. Notice that the Next Seq: box now reads 50. Click the Assign a Sequence button, and click on the blockface currently numbered 10 to the left of blockface 49. It should now be labeled 50. Notice that the direction on this blockface seems to be wrong. By default, whenever you change the sequence of a blockface, the direction of travel is based on how you would drive a vehicle. However, you can control the direction of travel along a blockface. Click the Reverse Travel Direction button in the [Line of Travel Editor] window, and click on the blockface currently numbered 50. Click the Assign a Sequence button, and click on the blockface currently numbered 11 above blockface 50. It should now be labeled United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

235 Click the Reverse Travel Direction button in the [Line of Travel Editor] window, and click on the blockface currently numbered 51. Notice that with these changes, the new volume total is and this value violates the maximum capacity of 25. You can resolve this violation by creating a new relay for this street. Start by moving the parking location for relay 3. Click the Move Park Location button in the [Line of Travel Editor] window, and point to the bottom end of blockface 38. Click the Create a New Relay button in the [Line of Travel Editor] window. The [Create a New Relay] window will appear. HINT: Moving park locations is feasible. However, the preferred method is to create a new relay which will prompt you to identify an intersection for the new park location. When making a new relay, it can be helpful to leave a gap between the original line of travel relay numbers and the new one you are creating. If, for example, the initial line of travel has 6 relays, you might begin number your new relays at 10. NOTE: If you choose to move a park location, you must ensure that all relays associated with that park location are moved. Otherwise, you will have some relays associated with the new park location and still have some relays at the Click to create relay 7. The [Add New Relay] informational box will appear. Click on the same intersection where you just moved the parking location for relay 3. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 6-11

236 Click the Pick a Starting Sequence button, and click on the blockface numbered 39 in the middle of the screen. Notice that the Next Seq: box now reads 40. Click the Current Relay box and select relay 7. Click the Assign a Sequence button, and click on the blockface currently numbered 53. The blockface should change color to indicate that it is on a new relay. Click on the blockface currently numbered 53. You will see that with each assignment, the sequence numbers are automatically updated. Thus, sequence 53 keeps moving along relay 3 as you assign blockfaces to new relay 7 with lower sequence numbers. Continue clicking on the blockface currently numbered 53 until you complete the loop. Make sure that you change the Current Relay box to 3. Before leaving this area, reverse the sequence and direction of travel for all of relay 3. What is currently sequence 53 (the last blockface in relay 3) should become sequence 37 (the first blockface in relay 3). The screen below shows how it should look when you are done with this area United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

237 Click the Current Relay box and select relay 5. Click the Zoom to Relay button in the Line of Travel Editor to zoom in on relay 5. Notice that you have a small section of walking service on what appears to be a driving (probably dismount) type service. You can change this section to also be driving. Click the Pick a Starting Sequence button, and click on the blockface numbered 83. Notice that when you picked the starting sequence, the current relay changed to Drive which is the current relay of the blockface numbered 83. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 6-13

238 Click the Assign a Sequence 84. button, and click on the blockface currently numbered Click Click to continue. to acknowledge that relay 5 will be removed. Click the Build New Line of Travel button to regenerate the Line of Travel for this revised line of travel. The [Build Line of Travel Layer] window will appear. Click to build the Line of Travel. When the procedure completes, the display will change from the Service display to the Line of Travel display. will renumber the relays starting with relay 1 based on the revised sequence that you have created in the edit session. Click Toggle Service/Line of Travel Display button in the [Line of Travel Editor] control window to switch between the two displays. What is the difference between the two displays? How do you know which display is currently on? 6-14 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

239 What are some other changes you would make to this line of travel? Discuss these changes with the rest of the class. There are 3 other controls in the Line of Travel Editor that you may use. You can control the sequence numbers and the gap between the sequence numbers with the Renumber Service Records button. You will be prompted for a starting sequence and a sequence increment. If you wish to remove the generated sequences for either the whole route or some of the relays and create your own sequences, use the Clear Sequence Values button. NOTE: It is strongly recommended that you do not Clear Sequence Values. Instead, you can edit the sequences but still see the suggested sequences that has created. The Reset Route to Original State button will allow you to return the sequence of the line of travel to the state it was when you began the edit session. Although, if you have run the Build New Line of Travel of the last line of travel you have built. procedure, you may only return to the state Close the [Line of Travel Editor] control window. NOTE: You should verify the Line of Travel by printing the Delivery Sequence Report. This report is also valuable to AMS. To print this report, choose Reports and Plots and click on the Create Re-sequenced Delivery Report. The report appears with all deliveries in the correct sequence. Editing the Adjusted Route Summary Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Edit Adjusted Route Summary from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 6-15

240 The [Adjusted Route Summary Editor Zone 32809] window will appear. Note that based on the Line of Travel generated for route C009, the allied times for the fields Relay Time, Travel To, Travel From, Travel Within, and Deadhead Time have been revised. However, the adjustments to these times have not been changed. Also, notice that an asterisk appears next to each of the route identifiers for which a Line of Travel has been generated. NOTE: All edits to Allied Times will be documented on the back of the PS Form Click on the Allied Time box for route C009, and the [Allied Time] window will appear United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

241 Lower the previous adjustment to Relay Time from 2:00 to 1:00. Click just inside of the right column Relay Time box, and type so that the entry reads + 01:00. Click on the Other Time box (either left or right box), and the [Other Time] window will appear. The Travel Within and Deadhead Time values have been recalculated. You can adjust any of the Other Time entries using the column on the right. For the purpose of this exercise, make the following changes. Add 2 minutes to the Travel Within field, subtract 10 minutes from the Gas Vehicle field, and make the final customer contact time read zero. Click when you are finished to exit the [Other Time] window. Click to exit [Allied Time] window, and the [Adjusted Route Summary Editor Zone 32809] window will reappear. Click to exit the editor. Generating the Line of Travel August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 6-17

242 Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Line of Travel from the Category menu and double click Generate Line of Travel from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. Click on route C014 to highlight it in the list. Click to only generate the line of travel for route C014. The [Relay and Line of Travel Parameters] input screen will appear. Confirm that the parameters are correct by comparing them to the screen below United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

243 Click to start the line of travel generation. When the procedure completes, the [Show Line of Travel] selection window will appear. Highlight route C014 and click to display route C014. Editing the Line of Travel The Line of Travel editing tool allows you to modify or even create from scratch a Line of Travel. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 6-19

244 Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Line of Travel from the Category menu and double click Edit Line of Travel from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. The [Edit Line of Travel] selection window will appear. Click on route C014 to select it. Click to edit the Line of Travel for route C014. Notice that the Line of Travel is doubling back on itself. Locate the service blockfaces sequenced 10, 11, and 12. Theses blockfaces are nowhere near each other. This situation results from the priority settings for some of the deliveries United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

245 You could try overriding the priority by changing the sequence numbers for some of the blockfaces. However, another approach could be to generate the line of travel without considering priority. Note that using this sequence, the total time for this route is 7:14. How can you find the total time for a route? Close the [Line of Travel Editor] control window. Generating the Line of Travel The Line of Travel can be generated without considering priority. You can repeat the process for route C014 without priority. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Line of Travel from the Category menu and double click Generate Line of Travel from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. Use the vertical slide bar so you can click on route C014 to highlight it in the list. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 6-21

246 Click to only generate the line of travel for route C014. The [Relay and Line of Travel Parameters] input screen will appear. You will be warned that a line of travel already exists for route C014, choose Yes to override this line of travel. Change the Generate line of travel with priority to No. Click to start the line of travel generation. When the procedure completes, the [Show Line of Travel] selection window will appear United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

247 Click to display route C014. The resulting route takes a total time of 6:58. How much shorter in deadhead and travel within is the revised line of travel? It would be helpful to see where the priority service is located. Click working layer and choose Delivery Layer to change the working layer. Click Select by Condition on the button bar. The [Select by Condition (Dataview: Delivery Layer)] window will appear. Under the section Condition Builder, click on the box labeled Field List... and choose the field Priority. Notice how the field Priority appears in the Enter a Condition section of the window. Click on the box labeled Operator List and choose the = sign. Click on the box labeled Values of Priority and choose the 1. The [Select by Condition (Dataview: Delivery Layer)] window should appear as below. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 6-23

248 Click to execute the query. Choose the Selection-Settings from the menu to bring up the [Delivery Layer Selection Sets] window. Highlight the selection line and click. Change the size of the selected set s icon from 4 to 6. Click [Style (Selection)] window. to close the Click to redraw the map showing where priority service is located. Which solution do you prefer and why? 6-24 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

249 Exiting Choose File-Close All from the menu bar. Click for changes to the MAP file. Choose File-Exit from the menu bar to exit Maptitude. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 6-25

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251 Exercise #7 Reviewing and Adjusting the Routes Starting the System Double click the icon to start. Starting the Tutorial Exercise Choose Tools-Add-Ins... to open the [Add-ins] window. Choose : Route Adjustment Tutorial and click setup menu. to display the exercise Choose Exercise 7, and click. When the setup process is complete, you will be prompted to enter your Password. Type in your Password, and Click to continue. You will then be prompted to enter your Route Adjustment password: August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 7-1

252 Type in your Route Adjustment Password, and Click to continue. The current zone displayed is the zone that you want to use. For this zone, all of the Lines of Travel have been generated. Generating the Park and Relay Count Report Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Line of Travel from the Category menu and double click Show Park and Relay Count Report from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. The Park Location and Relay Count Report will appear. 7-2 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

253 ******************************************************************************** * Park Location And Relay Count Report * * * * Zone = * * * * Wed Jan 18 11:26: * ******************************************************************************** Automatic Routing Manual Routing Route Park Cnt Relay Cnt Park Cnt Relay Cnt Type C M C A C A C A C A C A This report shows which routes where automatically generated and which were manually generated or altered. Recall that after adding a new relay to route C009 you also removed a relay. That is why the parking and relay count remained the same. Close this report viewer window. Editing the Adjusted Route Summary Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Edit Adjusted Route Summary from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. The [Adjusted Route Summary Editor Zone 32809] window will appear. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 7-3

254 Notice that an asterisk appears next to each of the route identifiers for which a Line of Travel has been generated. Additionally, the Route Time reflects the travel to, travel from, relay time, travel within, and deadhead determined during the Line of Travel along with any adjustments entered. Click to exit this window. Generating the Route Summary Report Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Reports and Plots from the Category menu and double click Create Route Summary Report from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. 7-4 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

255 The Route Summary Report will appear. The report provides totals by time and possible deliveries. Additionally, parking locations and relay starting locations are provided for each route. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 7-5

256 ************************************************************************ * Route Summary Report * * Date: Sun Jan 18 Zone Page: 1* ************************************************************************ Office Transfer Mode: Demonstrated Performance by Relieved Carrier Volumes: Non Full Coverage Possible Allied Street Office Priority Total Route Deliveries Time Time Time Time Time C :16-00:12 00:12 00:00 00:00 C :24 06:34 01:31 00:00 08:05 C :57 05:02 02:12 01:45 07:14 C :36 06:49 01:22 03:01 08:11 C :43 06:20 01:52 00:00 08:12 C :35 06:28 01:56 00:00 08:24 C :55-00:45 00:45 00:00 00:00 C :41 05:49 02:10 00:27 07:59 C :32-00:29 00:29 00:00 00:00 C :41-00:06 00:06 00:00 00:00 C :32 00:01-00:01 00:00 00:00 Allied Time Details (MM:SS): Route Loading Travel To Travel From Travel Within Deadhead Relay Time Time Time Time Time Time C005 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 C009 14:47 05:52 06:25 04:26 20:37 07:27 C014 18:51 00:06 02:38 26:45 06:38 02:10 C016 10:32 03:05 04:01 11:27 10:54 09:50 C019 22:06 05:09 05:16 02:20 12:47 11:26 C022 14:13 04:28 05:25 03:50 23:47 19:28 C024 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 C025 35:24 03:12 03:37 10:50 02:20 00:40 C028 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 C038 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 C041 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 Park Locations: Route Park Cnt Relay Cnt C C C C C C United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

257 ROUTE C ** Park vehicle at the end of DICKENS AVE after 1099 ** Start relay CHESTERTON AVE Start relay TENNYSON ST Start relay TENNYSON ST ** Park vehicle at the end of BROCKBANK DR after 7309 ** Start relay BROCKBANK DR ** Park vehicle at the end of FORESTER AVE after 1100 ** Start relay BROCKBANK DR ROUTE C ** Park vehicle at W LANCASTER RD & CALYPSO DR ** Start relay CALYPSO DR ROUTE C ** Park vehicle along BOICE ST between 6498 & 6598 ** Start relay BOICE ST Start relay PLATO AVE Start relay BOICE ST ** Park vehicle at FORESTER AVE & PRECOURT DR ** Start relay PRECOURT DR ROUTE C ** Park vehicle along LINTON AVE between 1199 & 1201 ** Start relay LINTON AVE Start relay LINTON AVE ** Park vehicle along BROCKBANK DR between 6711 & 6700 ** Start relay NANA AVE Start relay BROCKBANK DR Start relay BROCKBANK DR ** Park vehicle along JORDAN AVE between 1099 & 1101 ** Start relay JORDAN AVE Start relay JORDAN AVE ROUTE C ** Park vehicle at CHAUCER LN & GALSWORTHY AVE ** Start relay GALSWORTHY AVE Start relay CHAUCER LN ** Park vehicle at JORDAN AVE & CHAUCER LN ** Start relay CHAUCER LN ** Park vehicle at PRECOURT DR & LINTON AVE ** Start relay LINTON AVE Start relay PRECOURT DR ** Park vehicle along PLATO AVE between 810 & 801 ** Start relay PLATO AVE Start relay DANTE LN ROUTE C ** Park vehicle at MAROT ST & WINEGARD RD ** Start relay MAROT ST August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 7-7

258 Close this report viewer window. For the purpose of this exercise, you will transfer some work from route C019 because it splits a street with another route. In order to determine which blockfaces to transfer to another route, examine the current Line of Travel for route C019. Showing the Line of Travel for a Route Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Line of Travel from the Category menu and double click Show Line of Travel from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. The [Show Line of Travel] control window will appear. Click on route C United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

259 Click to display the Line of Travel for route C019. Click Zoom In and zoom in around the area indicated by the dashed box below. After examining the route, it appears that the upper section sequences 69 through 72 should be removed and transferred to route C016 so that all of ORWELL AVE is on one route. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 7-9

260 Transferring Territory Between Routes The territory transfer tool can be used even after generating the Line of Travel to address any imbalance or other discrepancies between the routes. However, after making any changes, a new Line of Travel for the routes impacted will need to be generated. NOTE: If you choose to transfer territory after lines of travel have been edited, it is strongly recommended that you print a map with your lines of travel prior to transferring any territory. Once you transfer territory, your edited line of travel will no longer be valid. If you developed specific loops and paths that you want, the printed map will be your best way of recording them so that you can edit the new line of travel that will be generated after you transfer territory. NOTE: One strategy to employ when making adjustments after the lines of travel exist is to start with the routes furthest from the auxiliary route. In this way, you can have a domino effect of territory adjustments as you move toward the auxiliary route. To make the screen easier to view for transferring, you will hide the Line of Travel and Park Locations layers. Click the Map Layers button. Highlight the Line of Travel layer and click. Highlight the Park Locations layer and click. Click to close the Map Layers window. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Transfer Toolbox from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

261 The [Route Adjustment Toolbox] window and the [Route Adjustment Status Bar] window will appear as shown below. Click C016. in the [Route Adjustment Toolbox] window, and change the Gaining Route to. Click Transfer a Blockface to enter the transfer mode. Click on the blockface associated with sequence 69 in the Line of Travel display. Click on the blockface associated with sequence 70 in the Line of Travel display. Click on the blockface associated with sequence 71 in the Line of Travel display. Click on the blockface associated with sequence 72 in the Line of Travel display. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 7-11

262 Click Show Route Statistics List to display the [Route Statistics] window. Notice that with these changes, route C019 has been reduced in total time to 7:53 and is now much lower than route C016. You will be able to transfer territory from route C016 to C025 or directly to route C014 to get back to a balanced solution. Click to close the [Route Statistics] window. Click Apply Changes to apply the blockface swaps. Click to confirm the territory transfer. Close the [Route Adjustment Toolbox] window. By making a territory transfer from route C019 to route C016, the Line of Travel for these two routes is no longer valid. Regenerate the Line of Travel for both routes. If you looked at the Adjusted Route Summary Editor, you would see the asterisks have been removed from these two routes United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

263 Generating the Line of Travel Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Line of Travel from the Category menu and double click Generate Line of Travel from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. Click on route C016 and then hold Ctrl key and click C019 to highlight both routes in the list. Click to regenerate both Lines of Travel. The [Relay and Line of Travel Parameters] screen will appear. No changes should be needed. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 7-13

264 Click to start the process. The [Show Line of Travel] window will appear when the processing is completed. Click on route C019 to highlight it, and click to display that Line of Travel. Notice that the new line of travel has the same parking locations and relays except for the section that you just removed. Editing the Adjusted Route Summary 7-14 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

265 Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Territory Realignment from the Category menu and double click Edit Adjusted Route Summary from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. The [Adjusted Route Summary Editor Zone 32809] window will appear. Notice that while route C019 has been reduced, route C016 is now too long. However, this new solution does not split ORWELL AVE into two different routes. Additionally, it would now be possible to move some of the territory from route C016 onto route C025 and then some of route C025 onto route C014. Similarly, you could move territory from route C022 to other routes to bring route C022 closer to 8:00. Click to exit this window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 7-15

266 Exiting Choose File-Close All from the menu bar. Click for changes to the MAP file. Choose File-Exit from the menu bar to exit Maptitude United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

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269 Exercise #8 Concluding the Route Adjustment Starting the System Double click the icon to start. Starting the Tutorial Exercise Choose Tools-Add-Ins... to open the [Add-ins] window. Choose : Route Adjustment Tutorial and click setup menu. to display the exercise Choose Exercise 8, and click. When the setup process is complete, you will be prompted to enter your Password. Type in your Password, and Click to continue. You will then be prompted to enter your Route Adjustment password: August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 8-1

270 Type in your Route Adjustment Password, and Click to continue. The current zone displayed is the zone that you want to use. All of the route adjustments have been completed. There is a Line of Travel for each remaining route, and the Adjusted Route Summary changes have been entered. Re-sequencing the Deliveries A report providing the updated sequences for all the deliveries on a specified route can be generated. This report may be useful in updating the CLASS records for the zone. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Reports and Plots from the Category menu and double click Create Resequenced Delivery Report from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. 8-2 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

271 This report operates on one route at a time. The [Generate Report] window will appear. Click on route C009 to select that route. Click appear. to generate the report. The Re-sequenced Delivery Points report will *************************************************************************** * Re-sequenced Delivery Points * * Date: Mon Jan 19 Zone 32809, Route C009 Page: 1 * *************************************************************************** Route Deliv. Relay Zip4 Addr. Unit Unit Seq. Mode Num. Code Num. Street Name Type Num Walk CHESTERTON AVE 2 Walk CHESTERTON AVE 3 Walk CHESTERTON AVE This report lists in sequential order each of the delivery points. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 8-3

272 Close this report viewer window. Showing the Route Scheme Changes A report documenting all the streets that have changed routes can be generated. This report is designed to help with the manual sorting of mail. The report is sorted by From Route and Street Name, and attempts to collapse address ranges to reduce the number of records. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Reports and Plots from the Category menu and double click Create Scheme Change Report from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. 8-4 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

273 The USPS Scheme Change Report will appear. This report provides the street name and address range for those blockfaces that have changed routes. *************************************************************************** * USPS Scheme Change Report * * Date: Mon Jan 19 Zone Page: 1 * *************************************************************************** Street Name Address Range Route Change SKYVIEW DR B C005 -> C009 S ORANGE BLOSSOM TRL B C009 -> C016 SAND LAKE RD E C014 -> C016 PLATO AVE B C016 -> C022 QUINTILIAN AVE E C016 -> C022 QUINTILIAN AVE B C016 -> C022 VERGIL LN E C016 -> C022 VOLTAIRE DR B C016 -> C022 BOICE ST B C019 -> C009 BOICE ST E C019 -> C009 BOICE ST B C019 -> C009 BOICE ST E C019 -> C009 BOICE ST B C019 -> C009 CHANCERY LN O C019 -> C016 CHANCERY LN E C019 -> C016 CHANCERY LN O C019 -> C016 CICERO LN E C019 -> C022 DANTE LN O C019 -> C022 DISRAELI LN O C019 -> C022 HAMLET LN E C019 -> C022 MARLOWE AVE B C019 -> C022 NANA AVE B C019 -> C022 ORWELL AVE B C019 -> C022 FORESTER AVE B C022 -> C016 GALSWORTHY AVE B C022 -> C016 IBSEN AVE B C022 -> C016 JORDAN AVE B C022 -> C016 JORDAN AVE E C022 -> C016 PRECOURT DR O C022 -> C016 VOLTAIRE DR O C022 -> C016 CHAUCER LN B C022 -> C019 JORDAN AVE O C022 -> C019 JORDAN AVE B C022 -> C019 KEATS AVE B C022 -> C019 VON BAMPUS DR B C022 -> C019 W LANCASTER RD O C024 -> C016 W LANCASTER RD B C024 -> C016 W LANCASTER RD O C024 -> C016 W LANCASTER RD B C024 -> C016 W LANCASTER RD O C024 -> C016 S ORANGE BLOSSOM TRL O C024 -> C016 S ORANGE BLOSSOM TRL E C024 -> C016 S ORANGE BLOSSOM TRL B C024 -> C016 S ORANGE BLOSSOM TRL E C024 -> C016 S ORANGE BLOSSOM TRL B C024 -> C016 W LANCASTER RD E C024 -> C025 IBSEN AVE B C025 -> C009 IBSEN AVE E C025 -> C009 August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 8-5

274 Close this report viewer window. Showing the Line of Travel A detailed line of travel report can be generated that will serve as a manifest to follow the route. This report provides street by street travel and delivery instructions. The mode of service, where to park and which relay is being delivered are all documented in the report. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Reports and Plots from the Category menu and double click Create Line of Travel Report from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. This report operates on one route at a time. The [Generate Report] window will appear. 8-6 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

275 Click on route C009 to select that route. Click to generate the report. The Line of Travel report will appear. You will notice that the report begins with the departure from the Post Office. It is important that the Post Office location be along the street that the vehicles will actually begin the route. This is the only way that the initial directions and the final directions back to the Post Office will reflect the exact exit and entry point from the Post Office. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 8-7

276 ************************************************************************ * Line of Travel Report * * Date: Mon Jan 19 Zone 32809, Route C009 Page: 1* ************************************************************************ Directions STREET NAME Route Deliv. (Address Range) Time Mode Depart from post office along S ORANGE AVE 0:00 Make a U-turn at the end of the block 0:00 Continue along S ORANGE AVE 0:00 Turn right onto SAND LAKE RD 0:01 Continue along SAND LAKE RD 0:01 Turn right onto VOLTAIRE DR 0:03 Continue along VOLTAIRE DR 0:04 Turn left onto EVANGELINE AVE 0:04 Turn left onto CHAUCER LN 0:05 Go straight onto DICKENS AVE 0:05 Park vehicle and begin walking START RELAY 1 Leave park point and head onto CHESTERTON AVE 0:05 ---> Service on the right ( ) 0:05 Walk Continue along CHESTERTON AVE 0:07 ---> Service on the right ( ) 0:07 Walk Continue along CHESTERTON AVE 0:08 ---> Service on the right ( ) 0:08 Walk Turn right onto SKYVIEW DR 0:10 Cross and return the opposite side 0:11 Close this report viewer window. Printing the Back of the 1840 This process creates the PS Form 1840 (Reverse) Facsimile report. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Reports and Plots from the Category menu and double click Print Back Side of 1840 from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. 8-8 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

277 The [Select Routes] window will appear. You can generate the report for all the routes at once. For the purpose of this exercise, only generate the report for route C009. Click on route C009. Click to generate the report. The [FORM1840.RPT 1840] window will appear containing the report. From this window you can print the PS Form 1840 (Reverse) Facsimile. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 8-9

278 Review or print the form. Close the [FORM1840.RPT 1840] window. Creating the DOIS Export This process transfers the results of your route adjustment directly back to DOIS. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Startup & Import/Export Procedures from the Category menu and double click DOIS Export from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

279 You will have to login to DOIS. Once your login is accepted, and DOIS will communicate and automatically upload the route adjustment results to DOIS. You will be notified with a report that either indicates the transfer was successful or if there was any reason that the data could not be transferred. NOTE: You may only logon and transfer data from to DOIS between 2:00 PM (CT) and 9:00 PM (CT). Exiting Choose File-Close All from the menu bar. Click for changes to the MAP file. Choose File-Exit from the menu bar to exit Maptitude. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 8-11

280 Exercise #9 Plotting Maps Starting the System Double click the icon to start. Starting the Tutorial Exercise Choose Tools-Add-Ins... to open the [Add-ins] window. Choose : Route Adjustment Tutorial and click setup menu. to display the exercise Choose Exercise 9, and click. When the setup process is complete, you will be prompted to enter your Password. Type in your Password, and Click to continue. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 9-1

281 You will then be prompted to enter your Route Adjustment password: Type in your Route Adjustment Password, and Click to continue. The current zone displayed is the zone that you want to use. Creating an Automated Route Map The automated route plotting utilities allow you to make a variety of different plots by selecting the layers, zoom level, and attributes you wish to use. Note that the native Maptitude plotting functions can still be used to create more custom plots. Prior to performing this exercise, you may want to make sure that your printer is properly configured. You can try File-Print and see if the proper printer is selected. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Reports and Plots from the Category menu and double click Create New Route Map from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. 9-2 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

282 The [Create New Route Map] route selection window will appear. Click on route C009 for this exercise. Click will appear. to select route C009, and the [Create New Route Map] options window Toggle the Zoom Level to Delivery Locations. Check the Show Street Names option. The [Create New Route Map] options window should look as follows. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 9-3

283 Click will appear. to generate the layout. The [C009.lay Landscape Template] window Before plotting, you want to make sure that your printer is in landscape mode. 9-4 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

284 Click the Layout Settings button to open the [Layout Properties] window. Rename the text in the Title text box to: Route C009 Verify or Change the Printer Name to the Printer that you are currently using. Check or change the Orientation to Landscape mode. Click to close the [Layout Properties] window. Click the Print Click button to send this layout to the printer. to start the printing. Close the [C009.lay Route C009] window. Close the [C009.map Route Adjustment - Ex. 9] window. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 9-5

285 Creating another Automated Route Map For some routes, showing the entire route on one page can make it hard to read the labels. This plot will address that issue. Click Zoom In half of route C009. in the [Tools] window and zoom into the area containing the bottom Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Reports and Plots from the Category menu and double click Create New Route Map from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. The [Create New Route Map] route selection window will appear. Click on route C009 for this exercise. 9-6 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

286 Click to select route C009, and the [Create New Route Map] overwrite window will appear. Click to overwrite the previous map. Toggle the Zoom Level to Current Scale. Check the Show Street Names option. The [Create New Route Map] options window should look as follows. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 9-7

287 Click will appear. to generate the layout. The [C009.lay Landscape Template] window Important Note: Before plotting, you always want to make sure that your printer is in landscape mode. Click the Layout Settings button to open the [Layout Properties] window. Rename the text in the Title text box to: Route C009 Verify or Change the Printer Name to the Printer that you are currently using. Check or change the Orientation to Landscape mode. Click to close the [Layout Properties] window. Click the Print Click button to send this layout to the printer. to start the printing. Close the [C009.lay Route C009] window. Close the [C009.map Route Adjustment - Ex. 9] window. Using an Existing Route Map You can return to a previously generated plot and reprint it. Click Menu Adjustment] window. in the [] menu window to display the [: Route Choose Reports and Plots from the Category menu and double click Open Existing Route Map from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. 9-8 United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

288 The [Select a Route Map] window will appear. Click on route C009. Click to select the previous map. The [C009.lay Route C009] window will appear. Since this plot only represented the Southern portion of the route, you can add a text based comment to the plot. Click the Freehand Text button in the [Tools] window. Click and drag open a small box in an open space on the map. Using the keyboard, Type in the comment: Southern Section into the box. Click the Pointer Tool button in the [Tools] window. Use the pointer tool to move and change the size of the text just added. Important Note: Before plotting, you always want to make sure that your printer is in landscape mode. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service 9-9

289 Click the Layout Settings button to open the [Layout Properties] window. Check or change the Orientation to Landscape mode. Click to close the [Layout Properties] window. Click the Print Click button to send this layout to the printer. to start the printing. Close the [C009.lay Route C009] window, and the [Save Your Work] window will appear. Click for saving the changes. Close the [C009.map Route C009] window. Repeat the plotting exercise on some additional routes. Exiting Choose File-Close All from the menu bar. Click for changes to the MAP file. Choose File-Exit from the menu bar to exit Maptitude United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

290 Introduction to the Carrier Optimal Routing System,, Route Adjustment What is? The application is a tool to enable the adjustment of letter carrier route territory and the planning of efficient lines of travel. is based on a Geographic Information System (GIS) and supports a user by enabling them to visually see the street territory for a ZIP Code that is being adjusted. What is this Workbook for? This workbook is designed to accompany the Route Adjustment Training Course by providing a series of meaningful exercises to familiarize new users with the many components of the System. How is the Workbook Used? The System instructor will introduce each section of the workbook. The instructor will lead you through the exercises, pausing at appropriate points to explain and clarify what and why you are performing each step. Workbook Conventions You will be instructed to choose menu items. These menu items will be written in bold. In some cases you will be instructed to choose several menu items, such as item1-item2-item3. In this case each menu item will be connected by a hyphen. You will be instructed to click buttons. These buttons will be written in bold. Field name choices will be written in bold. Note on Version Changes Since the creation of the route adjustment training exercises, several enhancements and version upgrades of have been introduced. The exercises have not been rewritten and are packaged with the actual software. This has been revised as of version 1.3. However, this is strictly the text that accompanies the exercises. Therefore, in some cases, the data that you see while running the exercise may differ slightly from the text. Furthermore, there are steps that you will normally follow that are not supported in the training exercise. Wherever possible, the steps you will follow are documented in the appropriate exercise, for reference only. The corresponding User s Manual will include the procedures exactly as you are expected to follow them. August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service ix

291 Minimum Computer Configuration Pentium 3 or higher 512 MB RAM 1 GB disk space for installation, 10 GB for workspaces CD-ROM drive Installing To install the software, contact the Area/District Coordinator for installation through IT and eaccess. Backing Up Your Work It is strongly recommended that you backup your work regularly. There will be places in the manuals that encourage you to backup your work prior to a specific function (Ex. street editing). However, it is a good practice to make a copy of your work on a nightly basis. It is possible to make a backup on your computer s hard drive. However, it is advisable to periodically make a remote backup that is not dependent on your computer s hard disk, for example to a CD. The following are instructions outlining the procedure on making a backup of a 5-Digit ZIP Code that you are working on. This procedure assumes that has already been installed. Click Menu in the [] window. Choose Startup & Import/Export Procedures from the Category menu, and double click Package Zone for Backup from the Command menu in the [: Route Adjustment] window. x United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

292 The [Select Layers] window will appear, and will list all the layers contained in the map that are available to be packaged. In order to create a complete backup containing all the layers in the current zone map, you should select all layers that are shown in the Select Layers list box. To include all layers in the backup, highlight the first layer in the list, then hold down the <Ctrl> key while clicking each subsequent layer until all the layers contained in the current map are highlighted. Click after selecting the desired layers to be packaged. By default, the packaged zone file will be saved in the C:\Program Files\ directory. Change the default file name to indicate when the backup was created, and what zone it represents. For example, save the packaged zone with the file name: ZON, to represent a backup of zone on August 15, August 29, 2005 United States Postal Service xi

293 NOTE: Always save a packaged zone file to the specified location on your C: drive first. If you save the file directly to a diskette, the final size of the file may be larger than the diskette can store. Click to package the zone. Click when the procedure is complete. NOTE: After completing a zone, it s a good idea to delete a majority of the backups that were created for it in order to conserve space on your computer s hard drive. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the C:\Program Files\ directory, and delete all but the last weeks worth of backups that were created. This way, if you encounter problems with your final version of the completed zone, you will still have the most recent backups of your work that you can go back to & restore. NOTE: If you need to restore a zone with a name that follows the pattern ZON, you will have to rename the ZON file to only be the 5-digit zone. The saved file ZON would be renamed ZON. xii United States Postal Service August 29, 2005

294 TRAINING WORKBOOK FOR Prepared for: UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 8850 Stanford Boulevard Suite 2600 Columbia, MD