CAMC Route Planner - errors with Directions to CLs

Posted on 16/05/2019 09:58 by DavidKlyne

Surely a route planner is just that a device to plan a route from A to B so that you get a general idea of suggested roads and mileage. I would have thought that if you were heading for a CL that is hidden in the middle of the countryside that you would automatically use other means to highlight the exact final position and not rely totally in a route planner? I still use MSAutoroute for general planning of trips but wouldn't rely on it to get me to the door. 

David 

Posted on 15/05/2019 20:24 by nelliethehooker

The only directions supplied by the club that I trust are those published in the site directory, and only then after checking them against a map. You only need to see the distance given between certain sites as they use line of sight distance and not that by road!! eg the nearest sight to Tredegar House is given as Hurn Lane at 19.68 mls while by road it's actually 54 mls!!

Posted on 17/05/2019 13:40 by

Always have the book to hand in the car specifically for final approach. 

Posted on 17/05/2019 17:52 by CJDM

I often see this type of post in 'Discussions'.  Whether the CAMC is right or wrong, they seem reticent to chip in and make their thoughts known.  For this stream, David has implied that we cannot take the 'bespoke' route planner as anything other than a guide. If so, what's the point of buying it?  Come on David, as BH Farm says, CAMC is a multi-million pound operation.  As such, they should have proof-tested it before selling it to us and I would have thought that Sutton Bank would have been one of the first one's tested.  As TinW suggests, it's just one off the shelf!

Posted on 18/05/2019 00:25 by DavidKlyne

I very much doubt it is a bespoke route planner and TW is probably right that it was purchased "off the shelf" Before we had the internet we all used to find sites, didn't we? Now we have the luxury of sat navs, GPS on our phones and access to the internet there is plenty of opportunity to work out where a CL is without the Club spending a massive amount of money on a custom built route planner even if one were available. Perhaps what would be more useful would be for members making these demands to point the Club in the direction of a suitable route planner which could replace the existing one? Has anyone come across a route planner that is completely accurate?

David