microsoft autoroute, alternative??

[Deleted member 9849]

First of all a big thank you to Richard(Morphology)for the help and advice on this thread.Following his instructions I have managed to get some poi onto osmand.I am also using maps.me which is a good offline mapping app.Most of my poi data sets are on maps.me mainly because I find it easier to load them compared to osmand.I prefer osmand for zooming in to see the incredible detail of the map and also the wikipedia description which is useful when in far off places.I find that osmand is excellent for finding distances on the map too,for example checking the distance from a site to a nearby town,beach or other interesting place.Another feature I like to use is to mark my current location as a favourite,useful when in a far off strange town and finding where we locked up the bikes ,senility is creeping on
For navigation my preference is copilot on a smartphone,if I want to navigate to a nearby point of interest then I simply get the coordinates from osmand or maps.me and input them into copilot which is very user friendly.
There is a place for all 3 of the navigational apps I have mentioned,I have put most of my poi sets onto maps.me simply because I find it much easier and intuitive than osmand,we aren't all IT experts,I just want something that is user friendly and not too complicated.

 

[mossypossy]

Just installed Microsoft AutoRoute 2007 on my windows 10 machine

First attempt failed

Then I right clicked on the disk installer "run as administrator"

All works fine for me

 

[Deleted member 9849]

Just installed Microsoft AutoRoute 2007 on my windows 10 machine

First attempt failed

Then I right clicked on the disk installer "run as administrator"

All works fine for me

Forget to mention that I still have Autoroutes 2013 installed and working well on my 10''Samsung netbook running win7.It is still superior to any app for route planning and poi databases in my opinion.I think you'll find that the gps dongle is incompatible with win10 and therefore you can't find your current position on the map.It's still working fine however even though microsoft withdrew support for Autoroutes last year and long may it continue.If only a developer could come up with a similar programme designed specifically for motorhomers with easily installed points of interest,it would be the answer to my needs.