pgrouting if you have the street data in postgis would be one way. tho as long as they're drawing over google maps, why not insert a little javascript to use the gmaps api routing?
-josh On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Jennifer Strahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hello Geowankers, > > I'm forwarding this email from a colleague in hopes that someone will > have some suggestions to pass on. > > Thanks for the help. > > Regards, > Jennifer > > ps. I've stripped out political references.... that's why you'll see > xxxxx campaign. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: GIS routing question > Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:32:43 -0700 (PDT) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > , > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > References: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Hi All > > My partner is working for the xxxxx campaign and was asked by the regional > campaign office to look for computer-based routing solutions for canvassing. > > Nationally, all the campaign offices use a networked, > web-browser-accessible database called VoteBuilder. It manages contacts and > lets field coordinators define canvassing territories by drawing over a > Google map. > > VoteBuilder doesn't construct a route for the canvassers-- that's up to > them. In suburban neighborhoods with winding roads and cul-de-sacs it's > almost impossible for them to come up with an efficient route that doesn't > miss some of the households. > > Some of the local and regional offices have adopted software solutions for > routing, but the techniques aren't being disseminated. > > I know there's an extension for ArcGIS to do routing. Is this the only > solution? > > Thanks for any suggestions.. > > Louis > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking >
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