The map below created using Microsoft Streets and Trips has 2 pushpin sets: Pending Delivery and Delivered. All pushpins in the map are associated with ‘Pending Delivery’ pushpin set.
What if you wanted to move multiple pushpins from one pushpin set to the other. You will not be able to select multiple pushpins from the map but you can do this from the Pushpin set properties window. Right click on the ‘Pending Delivery’ Pushpin set and select Properties. The pushpin set properties window will open.
Now select the ‘Matching’ tab. You will be shown a list of pushpin that belong to ‘Pending Delivery’ pushpin set. Select the pushpin that has been delivered and then right click on the selected pushpins and select ‘Cut’
Tip: Use combinations of Ctrl/Shift keys to multi select the pushpins from the list
And then click the <OK> button on the pushpin set properties window. Now right click on the ‘Delivered’ pushpin set and select ‘Properties’. The pushpin set properties window will open. Now select the ‘Matching’ tab. You will be shown a list of pushpin that belong to ‘Delivered’ pushpin set. Right click on the list and select ‘Paste’
By this way you can transfer multiple pushpin sets from one pushpin set to the other.
More info at our blog: How to transfer pushpins from one pushpin set to the other
What if you wanted to move multiple pushpins from one pushpin set to the other. You will not be able to select multiple pushpins from the map but you can do this from the Pushpin set properties window. Right click on the ‘Pending Delivery’ Pushpin set and select Properties. The pushpin set properties window will open.
Now select the ‘Matching’ tab. You will be shown a list of pushpin that belong to ‘Pending Delivery’ pushpin set. Select the pushpin that has been delivered and then right click on the selected pushpins and select ‘Cut’
Tip: Use combinations of Ctrl/Shift keys to multi select the pushpins from the list
And then click the <OK> button on the pushpin set properties window. Now right click on the ‘Delivered’ pushpin set and select ‘Properties’. The pushpin set properties window will open. Now select the ‘Matching’ tab. You will be shown a list of pushpin that belong to ‘Delivered’ pushpin set. Right click on the list and select ‘Paste’
By this way you can transfer multiple pushpin sets from one pushpin set to the other.
More info at our blog: How to transfer pushpins from one pushpin set to the other
Thanks for this, Gladwin.
Prior to Streets and Trips 2010, I did not have much use for Pushpins in the context of my deployment of the application. But the increased functionality of Pushpins in 2010 really adds some new dimensions.
Prior to Streets and Trips 2010, I did not have much use for Pushpins in the context of my deployment of the application. But the increased functionality of Pushpins in 2010 really adds some new dimensions.
Gladwin of S&T Team did it again . Useful stuff! Thanks for taking the time to share this with all of us!
I've added it to http://www.laptopgpsworld.com/749-tips-tricks-microsoft-streets-trips
I have created a set of 25 push pins and imported them to a map for an upcoming trip. It went great and most locations were matched and placed in the appropriate location. Later I created a second file of an additional 56 push pins, imported them to the same map and all locations were appropriately placed. These two sets were created so the locations were "in order" of our proposed direction of travel. However, when all push pins from both sets were assigned as stops, the order was not consistently in the correct order, and it took some time using the "optimize stops" function to complete the task (the order the software created was almost identical to my original order). Did I make some error in the import function, or is this just something that happens when importing multiple push pin sets to the same map?
Ron
Ron
Ron, I don't think you can make a mistake importing pushpins; they either work or they don't, operator error does not seem to be a factor.
The suggestion I might offer would be to break down your pushins into smaller sets that correspond to the "order" you want the route to generally follow. You can do that after you have imported them. For instance, you have said that you imported 81 pushpins, but they were sorted into two sets. You can create many more sets as you please and associate your pushpins however you like, regardless of how they were imported. You could create a new pushpin set called, say, Tuesday morning. You can create a new pushpin set by simply selecting the "Create pushin" tool and dropping a new pushpin anywhere on the map. That will add that pushpin to a new set called "My pushpins." You can rename the set for things you want to see on Tuesday morning "Tuesday morning" set. You can delete the pushpin you created that allowed you to create the new pushpin set and then copy those Tuesday morning pushpins into this new set. To copy pushpins from imported sets by name, go to Properties of the set in question and click on the "Matching" tab, select the pushpin(s), right-click, and copy. Then, open the "Matching" tab of the destination set and right-click and paste. Hiding all the pushpin sets except this new one, you can then create your route, starting with "Add pushpins as stops" from the drop down menu for that set.
Alternatively, after you have created the new set, you can select individually the pushpins on the map from your imported set and change the association of those pushpins from the import set to the destination set by right-clicking on the pushpin, selecting Properties, and then change the "Data set name" from the import set name to the destination set name, "Tuesday morning" in my example of above. This is possibly slower because you have to do it one-by-one but it might have some advantages if you are looking at the map and want to define the mini-set according to visually logical clusters.
The suggestion I might offer would be to break down your pushins into smaller sets that correspond to the "order" you want the route to generally follow. You can do that after you have imported them. For instance, you have said that you imported 81 pushpins, but they were sorted into two sets. You can create many more sets as you please and associate your pushpins however you like, regardless of how they were imported. You could create a new pushpin set called, say, Tuesday morning. You can create a new pushpin set by simply selecting the "Create pushin" tool and dropping a new pushpin anywhere on the map. That will add that pushpin to a new set called "My pushpins." You can rename the set for things you want to see on Tuesday morning "Tuesday morning" set. You can delete the pushpin you created that allowed you to create the new pushpin set and then copy those Tuesday morning pushpins into this new set. To copy pushpins from imported sets by name, go to Properties of the set in question and click on the "Matching" tab, select the pushpin(s), right-click, and copy. Then, open the "Matching" tab of the destination set and right-click and paste. Hiding all the pushpin sets except this new one, you can then create your route, starting with "Add pushpins as stops" from the drop down menu for that set.
Alternatively, after you have created the new set, you can select individually the pushpins on the map from your imported set and change the association of those pushpins from the import set to the destination set by right-clicking on the pushpin, selecting Properties, and then change the "Data set name" from the import set name to the destination set name, "Tuesday morning" in my example of above. This is possibly slower because you have to do it one-by-one but it might have some advantages if you are looking at the map and want to define the mini-set according to visually logical clusters.
Great suggestions. It sounds like the system is forgiving enough for me to experiment with how I want to name the "sets". I will play around with it. Thanks, and have a nice New Year holiday.
Ron
Ron
I thought I followed until I got to the right-click and paste part. I assume the mouse pointer is inside the window identifying the records but when I right-click and paste, the record is not added to the list. Where am I going wrong?
Ron
Quote:
To copy pushpins from imported sets by name, go to Properties of the set in question and click on the "Matching" tab, select the pushpin(s), right-click, and copy. Then, open the "Matching" tab of the destination set and right-click and paste.
Ron
When you say "the mouse pointer is inside the window identifying the records" do you have the "Matching" tab open? The mouse pointer must be in the inner box which lists the pushpins already in the set.
Alternatively again, you can paste those to the map but they will then be in a new set -- which you can easily rename. That might even be a better way to go.
And Happy New Year to you, too!
Alternatively again, you can paste those to the map but they will then be in a new set -- which you can easily rename. That might even be a better way to go.
And Happy New Year to you, too!
Yes, I scroll down so that the last pin is above the bottom of the inner box. I "point" at the empty space, right-click and the paste option is active. I click on that, but the entry does not get added to the list. I will try your alternative suggestion.
That's odd, Ron.
May I ask how you created the pushpins in the first place? Make them yourself? Download from someone else's site??
May I ask how you created the pushpins in the first place? Make them yourself? Download from someone else's site??
My wife found interesting places to see, listing the names and addresses. I created a spreadsheet with columns of name, street address, city, and state. I saved this as a cvs file, and imported it. It seemed to go well. If a specific location did not "match", I would locate it on the map and place a push pin by hand on the location. Then after determining each push pin was located properly, I would have all pushpins designated as stops. This procedure began with two sets being imported and one set created by placing pins by hand for those locations which were not matched upon import. After working to get these pins listed in different named sets I now have four sets with a varying number of pins in each, and none of the sets containing only those I wish to have in the same set. As an example of a pushpin which I can not get pasted to a "new" set is "Fort Amarillo RV Resort". It presently is in a set called "my pushpins". No matter what I do with "copy" and "paste", I cannot get it into the set called "Week 1". I think I will just live with what I have. Thanks for trying to help, but I think my aspirations exceed my abilities.
Ron
Ron
Hmmm, I cannot replicate your experience, although your explanation is clear enough.
I think I just discovered what I have been doing wrong. When I right-click and paste, the mouse pointer must be on one of the existing pins, not on the blank space in the inner box. I already had success with two pins, and will continue to see if I have the correct procedure. Thanks for the help.
Ron
Ron
Yes, but...
Any information in the "Matching" column gets lost in transit. Try this with pushpins that have been created by finding an address.
Any information in the "Matching" column gets lost in transit. Try this with pushpins that have been created by finding an address.
Quote:
Any information in the "Matching" column gets lost in transit. Try this with pushpins that have been created by finding an address.
This is another frustrating shortcoming of the way Streets and Trips handles pushpins, particularly with respect to altering pushpin sets associations.
It also seems to treat those push pins created by hand differently than those imported. Regardless, from now on I will just take greater care creating the files to be imported before I begin to create my map. I also am realizing that if the best Streets and Trips can do on imported locations is matching by state or province, or even city, I may as well not import those, and find those locations on my map and assign push pins by hand. For my trip this seems to be a more efficient technique, since I have to zoom to the cities to get the push pin located accurately anyway.
Ron
Ron
Quote:
It also seems to treat those push pins created by hand differently than those imported.
The difference between imported and hand-inserted pushpins is more apparent in MapPoint - and the reasons for it are clearer. The imported pushpins are treated like a dataset (which you can use for shaded area maps/etc in MapPoint), and these can have a host of different data fields (eg. contact information, sales data, etc).
In contrast, you cannot create data fields like that for hand-inserted data: only a name and a 'note'. The same applies for the MapPoint API - sometimes it would actually be useful to be able to add new data points or change data fields in an existing dataset, but you can't.
Richard
In contrast, you cannot create data fields like that for hand-inserted data: only a name and a 'note'. The same applies for the MapPoint API - sometimes it would actually be useful to be able to add new data points or change data fields in an existing dataset, but you can't.
Richard
Richard, you can if you Export to GPX file and then re-import the slightly modified XLSX file.
True but I mean you can't change them from within MapPoint - ie, through the programming interface.
Similar Topics