Get Driving Directions

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This task provides driving directions from one location to another. The result of this task is a point-to-point route that can be displayed on the map or printed. The resulting route consists of a list of point locations. Each point location contains localized driving instructions at the point (an instruction consists of a turn to take [when appropriate], a distance to travel, and a road on which to travel). Note that the United States and Canada are listed together in the Region dropdown combo box at the top of the Task Center. The relevant ArcGIS Online Service used for this task updates its list of nations covered by the Europe designation on a regular basis; see the current list of countries here.

There are four ways to supply starting (From Here) and ending (To Here) locations:

Type a starting location address or place-name.
Right-click a result, and in the context menu that appears, choose Send To and the appropriate target name:
Drag a result to the box you want. As you move the result into the Task Center, the cursor blinks in the text box that is the target location; drop the result onto the target you want.
Use the tool associated with the From Here text box and/or the tool associated with the To Here textbox to point at the display to find a location to start from and/or end at. Note that each location has its own locating tool. Select the tool to indicate the location. If you want to change the location, you must select the tool again; however, if you know you'll be making several attempts at specifying a location, you can hold down the Ctrl key as you click.

You can specify what units you want the distances to travel reported in, whether you want to find the fastest or shortest route, and what language to display the directions in.

Once you've filled out the information, click the Get Directions button to start the directions building process.

During this process, the Results Pane displays an entry that reads “Finding directions from…” followed by the start and end locations.

On successful completion of the task, you'll see an entry that says Route Details (<start location> to <end location>). Click the + sign to the left of the title to open the entry and reveal information about the driving distance and driving time, and to open another entry that contains the specific turns to take to reach your destination.

You can right-click any of the top-level items related to the directions to perform the following additional operations:

Add Folder Adds a folder to the top of the Results window

Fly to Navigates to the spatial extent of the route. Note that animation is involved and this may affect performance. You may wish to increase Point-to-Point Speed in the Options dialog's Flight Characteristics panel to satisfy your requirements.

Move to Moves the display so that the route is at its center. No animation is involved; consequently this is the fastest way to move to a result.

Flash Blinks the symbol associated with the route

Fly Along Displays a dialog box that you can use to control an animation depicting a flight along the route's path

Add View Creates another view of the current result. The view appears as a child node of the result.

Show/Hide Popup Window... Toggles a popup window associated with the route. The window contains driving directions.

Add a link... Displays a file dialog to associate a file with the route. Once you've selected the file, it appears as a child node of the route result. Double-clicking the file name will open it.

Export Result... Saves the route to a result file (.nmf)

Remove Removes the route result

Rename Selects the route result's name so you can rename it

Properties... Displays a dialog box to set properties of the result.

Printable Directions... Displays turn-by-turn direction in a browser window whose contents you can send to a printer or copy to another application

If you want to move or zoom to any turn location along the route, right-click the turn in the Route Details list and choose one of the context menu commands.


	Add Folder	Adds a folder to the top of the Results window
	Fly to	Navigates to the spatial extent of the route. Note that animation is involved and this may affect performance. You may wish to increase Point-to-Point Speed in the Options dialog's Flight Characteristics panel to satisfy your requirements.
	Move to	Moves the display so that the route is at its center. No animation is involved; consequently this is the fastest way to move to a result.
	Flash	Blinks the symbol associated with the route
	Fly Along	Displays a dialog box that you can use to control an animation depicting a flight along the route's path
	Add View	Creates another view of the current result. The view appears as a child node of the result.
	Show/Hide Popup Window...	Toggles a popup window associated with the route. The window contains driving directions.
	Add a link...	Displays a file dialog to associate a file with the route. Once you've selected the file, it appears as a child node of the route result. Double-clicking the file name will open it.
	Export Result...	Saves the route to a result file (.nmf)
	Remove	Removes the route result
	Rename	Selects the route result's name so you can rename it
	Properties...	Displays a dialog box to set properties of the result.
	Printable Directions...	Displays turn-by-turn direction in a browser window whose contents you can send to a printer or copy to another application