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From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Transportation routing program needed
Summary: Possibly simple starting point...
Keywords: transportation routing
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Date: 20 Jul 88 16:14:21 GMT
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Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY
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In article <12053@duke.cs.duke.edu>, lhb@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Pete Boyd) writes:
> I am interested in any programs, public domain or commercial, which 
> given a list of parameters, will calculate the best possible delivery
> route. I am posting this message for a friend and am not familiar 
> with his application. He is willing to consider anything remotely
> associated with routing applications, but will require sources as
> extensive modifications are expected.

	I don't know if such software is commercially available, but if
not, an interesting starting point to develop such software internally
is to consider pathalias and related mail-routing programs.  These programs
have a routing "cost" parameter, in addition to being able to maintain
a database of "delivery companies" (i.e., the map files).  Obviously, the
sources are readily available at no cost.  In addition, I believe that
at least one person has developed compatible graphics software to plot maps
of routes on a laser printer (although I can't recall the person or site
offhand).

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