Navigating the mapCopy link
The map fills the right half of every plan page, and it is the same map everywhere: pan and zoom on Orders, and the Optimize page opens at the same spot.
To follow along, load the ready-made Time windows plan (12 orders, 2 vans):
The control stackCopy link
The buttons in the top-right corner of the map, top to bottom:
- Zoom in and Zoom out. The buttons grey out at the zoom limits.
- Find my location flies the map to where your device says you are, with a short blue pulse at the spot. Use it when a plan opens far from home.
- Show all features zooms out (or in) so every pin on the current page fits in view. Use it to return after panning, and to check that no order was geocoded to the wrong city.
Search the mapCopy link
The search box in the top-left corner of the map looks up any address or place and pins the results. Search quality depends on your plan: free plans search OpenStreetMap data, paid plans search Google Places. See Basemaps and Street View for the differences.
Right-click lookupCopy link
Right-click anywhere on the map and Routing24 reverse-looks-up that exact point. A card appears with the nearest address and the coordinates. Every line on the card is click-to-copy.
This is also the starting point for adding a place that address search cannot find, like a rear gate or a yard entrance. See Edit orders, depots, and addresses on the map for turning the looked-up point into an address.
Reading the pinsCopy link
What the pins tell you changes once you optimize:
- Before optimization (Orders, Depots, Address Book pages): every located entry is a plain dark pin. No numbers, no colors. The map here is a location check: a pin in the wrong neighborhood now is a wasted drive later.
- After optimization (Optimize page): each stop pin is filled with its route's color and numbered in visiting order. Depots show as white pins with a colored rim and a D. The route line connecting the stops uses the same color.
- Unassigned orders show as white pins with a red rim and a soft red glow underneath. Red on the map means something did not fit; the Unassigned panel explains why.
Clicking any pin opens a card with the details of that stop; clicking empty map closes it. More on that card in Edit orders, depots, and addresses on the map for the data pages, and in Optimization results on the map for the optimized map.
Show all features fits every pin back in view; a click on empty map space closes any open card.
Next: click into the pins and edit the data behind them in Edit orders, depots, and addresses on the map.