DeLorme Street Atlas USA 2009, User Manual

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Routing
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Setting Your End of Day and Fuel Break Preferences
You can schedule end of day and fuel breaks along a route by using the Plan Trip
option in the Route tab. You can schedule end of day breaks according to the miles
(or other distance unit selected in Map Display) or hours driven and you can
schedule fuel breaks according to your current fuel level, your vehicle's fuel
consumption rate, and so on.
Note This feature works with the route preferences you have designated with the
Route Preferences option under Route. For more information, see Setting Your
Routing Preferences in this section.
To Set Your End of Day and Fuel Stop Preferences
Use the following steps to set your time preferences.
1. Create a route.
2. Click the Route tab and then click Plan Trip.
3. Optional. Select the Estimate End of Day Breaks check box to schedule end
of day breaks for your trip.
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Select Hours per day to schedule your end of day breaks after a
designated number of hours traveled per day. Then, type the number
of hours you want to travel per day in the Hours Per Day text box.
Use the Flexibility drop-down list to determine the amount of time
you want to be flexible between breaks and defined stops. For
example, if you selected 1.5 Hrs from the Flexibility drop-down list and
have an end of day break within 1.5 hours of a planned stop, the end
of day break is moved to the planned stop.
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Select mi per day to schedule your end of day breaks after a
designated number of miles traveled per day. Then, type the number
of miles you want to travel per day in the Mi Per Day text box. Use
the Flexibility drop-down list to determine the number of miles you
want to be flexible between breaks and defined stops. For example, if
you selected 50 mi from the Flexibility drop-down list and have an end
of day break within 50 miles of a planned stop, the end of day break is
moved to the planned stop.
3. Optional. Select the Estimate Fuel Breaks check box to schedule fuel breaks
for your trip.
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Type the fuel tank capacity (in gallons) in the Tank Cap text box.
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Type the fuel consumption rate (in miles per gallon or the distance unit
you have selected in the Display tab of the Options dialog) for your
vehicle in the Fuel Rate text box.
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Select the amount closest to your current fuel tank level from the
Starting level drop-down list.
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Select the amount of fuel you would like to have in your tank when
warned to stop for fuel from the Warning Level drop-down list.
4. Click Apply.