Below you will find brief information for PC*MILER Spreadsheets 29. This versatile tool can be integrated with Microsoft Excel to calculate distances, drive times, and tolls, which can be applied to various tasks including price quotes, cost analysis, driver pay, operations analysis, lane analysis, and bill auditing.
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1. Grant of License: Subject to the terms, conditions, use limitations and payment of fees as set forth herein, ALK Technologies, Inc. ("ALK") grants the end-user ("you") a non-assignable, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to install and use the PC*MILER solution(s)
(including traffic data and fuel subscriptions) you have purchased ("PC*MILER") on a single personal computer. The PC*MILER software, data and documentation are provided for your personal, internal use only and not for resale. They are protected by copyright held by ALK and its licensors and are subject to the following terms and conditions which are agreed to by you, on the one hand, and ALK and its licensors (including their licensors and suppliers) on the other hand.
2. Title: You acknowledge that the PC*MILER computer programs, data, concepts, graphics, documentation, manuals and other material owned by, developed by or licensed to ALK, including but not limited to program output (together, “program materials”), are the exclusive property of ALK or its licensors. You do not secure title to any PC*MILER program materials by virtue of this license.
3. Copies: You may make one (1) copy of the PC*MILER program materials, provided you retain such copy in your possession and use it solely for backup purposes. You agree to reproduce the copyright and other proprietary rights notices of ALK and its licensors on such a copy. Otherwise, you agree not to copy, reverse engineer, interrogate, or decode any
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5. Limitations on Network Access: You may not allow end-users or software applications on other computers or devices to directly or indirectly access this copy of PC*MILER via any type of computer or communications network (including but not limited to local area networks, wide area networks, intranets, extranets, the internet, virtual private networks, Wi-
Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular and satellite communications systems), using middleware
(including but not limited to Citrix MetaFrame and Microsoft Terminal Server) or otherwise
(including but not limited to access through PC*MILER interface products), or install or use
PC*MILER on a network file server, without first notifying ALK, executing a written supplemental license agreement, and paying the license fee that corresponds to the number and types of uses to which access is to be allowed.
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6. Limitations on Data Extraction: You may manually extract data (including but not limited to program output such as distances, maps, and driving directions) from PC*MILER and use it in other applications on the same computer on which PC*MILER is legally licensed and installed, as permitted below. You may not transfer data extracted from PC*MILER onto any other computer or device unless you have licensed PC*MILER for that computer or device. You agree that you will not, nor will you permit your trade partners or anyone else to, use content derived from PC*MILER, including route line data, nor display such data or integrate such data into another provider’s service, including, but not limited to, Google or
Bing. You agree not to pre-fetch, retrieve, cache, index, or store any data, content, or other portion of the product output at any time, provided, however, that you may temporarily store
(for less than thirty (30) days) limited amounts of such content for the sole and exclusive purpose of enhancing the performance of your implementation due to network latency, and only if you do so securely and in a manner that: (a) does not permit use of the content outside of the scope of this Agreement; (b) does not manipulate or aggregate any content or portion thereof; (c) does not prevent ALK from accurately tracking usage; and (d) does not modify attribution of the product in any way.
7. Limitations on Mobile Communications: Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you may not transmit PC*MILER street-level driving directions through mobile communications systems such as satellite, or cellular services or to mobile devices such as computers, telematics systems, on board or mobile computers or Smartphones, handhelds, pagers, electronic recording devices or telephones without first executing a written supplemental license agreement with ALK and paying the license fee that corresponds to the number and types of devices and systems to and through which transmission is to be permitted.
8. Limitations on Disclosure: You may disclose PC*MILER distances to trading partners, in the course of their providing services to you, for specific origin-destination moves for which you provide transportation services and use PC*MILER distances as a basis for payment.
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ALK and its licensors, and their use or disclosure to third parties, except as permitted by this license or by a written supplemental license agreement with ALK, is strictly prohibited.
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PC*MILER program materials and to notify ALK immediately if you become aware of the theft or unauthorized possession, use, transfer or sale of the PC*MILER program materials licensed to you by ALK.
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a) For ninety (90) days from date of purchase, PC*MILER, when delivered and properly installed, will function substantially according to its specifications on a computer purchased independently by you. b) For ninety (90) days from date of purchase, the software media on which ALK provides
PC*MILER to you will function substantially free of errors and defects. ALK will replace defective media during the warranty period at no charge to you unless the defect is the result of accident, abuse, or misapplication of the product. c) THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES
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ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SUCH AS, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, LOSS IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THE
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14. Obligations on Termination: Termination or expiration of this Agreement shall not be construed to release you from any obligations that existed prior to the date of such termination or expiration.
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Majeure. b) Fuel data: fuel data is licensed as an optional a subscription service which must be renewed annually for continued use.
This data is provided to you “as is,” and you agree to use it at your own risk. ALK and its licensors (and their licensors and suppliers) make no guarantees, representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, arising by law or otherwise, including but not limited to, content, quality, accuracy, completeness, effectiveness, reliability, fitness for a particular purpose, usefulness, use or results to be obtained from this Data, or that the Data or server will be uninterrupted or error-free.
17. Limitations on Export: You hereby expressly agree not to export PC*MILER, in whole or in part, or any data derived therefrom, in violation of any export or other laws or regulations of the United States.
18. Aggregated Data: ALK may, from time to time, share information about You with parent and sister or affiliated companies for business purposes and when necessary for it to perform work under this Agreement. In addition, ALK may, and is hereby authorized to, use, share and provide certain aggregated, non-identifiable information derived from Your use of
PC*MILER to third parties.
19. ALK Cloud Feature: ALK Cloud feature will store in anonymized way Your data in a cloud account in order to allow You to securely synchronize Your data with other users in Your organization. End-user data is deemed the confidential information of end-user. For more information you may refer to ALK’s Privacy Policy.
20. Additional Use Terms, Conditions, Restrictions and Obligations: This agreement and your use of PC*MILER is expressly subject to the ALK Privacy Policy and the Navteq (HERE) and ALK End User License Agreement Terms and Conditions respectively (“Navteq
EULA”) and (“ALK EULA”) set forth below. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE
THAT YOU MAY NOT USE PC*MILER IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS AND
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CONDITIONS OF BOTH THE NAVTEQ AND ALK EULA AND THAT YOU
ACKNOWLEGE THAT YOU HAVE REVIEWED AND ACCEPT THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF BOTH THE NAVTEQ AND ALK EULA BY INSTALLING OR
ACTUALLY USING PC*MILER.
21. Miscellaneous: This agreement shall be construed and applied in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey. The Courts of the State of New Jersey shall be the exclusive forum for all actions or interpretation pertaining to this agreement. Any amendments or addenda to this agreement shall be in writing executed by all parties hereto. This is the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreements or understandings. Should any provision of this agreement be found to be illegal or unenforceable, then only so much of this agreement as shall be illegal or unenforceable shall be stricken and the balance of this agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
22. Date: This EULA was last updated on June 4, 2015. Visit www.pcmiler.com
for regular updates.
END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR NAVTEQ (HERE) DATA
This licence applies to NAVTEQ data included in your Software, if any, as well as to NAVTEQ data you obtain separately that is formatted for use with your Software.
The data (“Data”) is provided for your personal, internal use only and not for resale. It is protected by copyright, and is subject to the following terms and conditions which are agreed to by you, on the one hand, and ALK Technologies Inc. (“ALK”) and its licensors (including their licensors and suppliers) on the other hand.
© 2015 NAVTEQ. All rights reserved.
Personal Use Only. You agree to use this Data together with PC*MILER for the solely personal, non-commercial purposes for which you were licensed, and not for service bureau, time-sharing or other similar purposes. Accordingly, but subject to the restrictions set forth in the following paragraphs, you may copy this Data only as necessary for your personal use to (i) view it, and (ii) save it, provided that you do not remove any copyright notices that appear and do not modify the
Data in any way. You agree not to otherwise reproduce, copy, modify, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any portion of this Data, and may not transfer or distribute it in any form, for any purpose, except to the extent permitted by mandatory laws. Multi-disc sets may only be transferred or sold as a complete set as provided by ALK and not as a subset thereof.
Restrictions. Except where you have been specifically licensed to do so by ALK, and without limiting the preceding paragraph, you may not (a) use this Data with any products, systems, or applications installed or otherwise connected to or in communication with vehicles, capable of vehicle navigation, positioning, dispatch, real time route guidance, fleet management or similar applications; or (b) with or in communication with any positioning devices or any mobile or wireless-connected electronic or computer devices, including without limitation cellular phones, palmtop and handheld computers, pagers, and personal digital assistants or PDAs.
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Warning. The Data may contain inaccurate or incomplete information due to the passage of time, changing circumstances, sources used and the nature of collecting comprehensive geographic data, any of which may lead to incorrect results.
No Warranty. This Data is provided to you “as is,” and you agree to use it at your own risk.
ALK and its licensors (and their licensors and suppliers) make no guarantees, representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, arising by law or otherwise, including but not limited to, content, quality, accuracy, completeness, effectiveness, reliability, fitness for a particular purpose, usefulness, use or results to be obtained from this Data, or that the Data or server will be uninterrupted or error-free.
Disclaimer of Warranty. ALK AND ITS LICENSORS (INCLUDING THEIR LICENSORS
AND SUPPLIERS) DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF
QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Some States, Territories and Countries do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so to that extent the above exclusion may not apply to you.
Disclaimer of Liability. ALK AND ITS LICENSORS (INCLUDING THEIR LICENSORS
AND SUPPLIERS) SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU: IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM,
DEMAND OR ACTION, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE NATURE OF THE CAUSE OF THE
CLAIM, DEMAND OR ACTION ALLEGING ANY LOSS, INJURY OR DAMAGES,
DIRECT OR INDIRECT, WHICH MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OR POSSESSION OF
THE INFORMATION; OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFIT, REVENUE, CONTRACTS OR
SAVINGS, OR ANY OTHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO
USE THIS INFORMATION, ANY DEFECT IN THE INFORMATION, OR THE BREACH OF
THESE TERMS OR CONDITIONS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT OR TORT
OR BASED ON A WARRANTY, EVEN IF ALK OR ITS LICENSORS HAVE BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. Some States, Territories and
Countries do not allow certain liability exclusions or damages limitations, so to that extent the above may not apply to you.
Export Control. You agree not to export from anywhere any part of the Data provided to you or any direct product thereof except in compliance with, and with all licenses and approvals required under, applicable export laws, rules and regulations.
Entire Agreement. These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement between ALK
(and its licensors, including their licensors and suppliers) and you pertaining to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes in their entirety any and all written or oral agreements previously existing between us with respect to such subject matter.
Governing Law. The above terms and conditions shall be governed by the laws of Illinois, without giving effect to (i) its conflict of laws provisions, or (ii) the United Nations Convention for Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, which is explicitly excluded. You agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the Illinois for any and all disputes, claims and actions arising from or in connection with the Data provided to you hereunder.
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Government End Users: If the Data is being acquired by or on behalf of the United States
Government or any other entity seeking or applying rights similar to those customarily claimed by the United States government, the Data is a “commercial item” as that term is defined at 48
C.F.R (“FAR”) 2.101, is licensed in accordance with End-User Terms and each copy of Data delivered or otherwise furnished shall be marked and embedded as appropriate with the following “Notice of Use” and shall be treated in accordance with such Notice.
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This Data is a commercial item as defined in FAR 2.101 and is subject to these End User Terms under which this Data was provided
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This license applies to ALK Data included in PC*MILER if any, as well as to ALK data you obtain separately that is formatted for use with your Software.
The data (“Data”) is provided for your personal, internal use only and not for resale. It is protected by copyright, and is subject to the following terms and conditions which are agreed to by you, on the one hand, and ALK Technologies, Inc. (“ALK”) and its licensors (including their licensors and suppliers) on the other hand.
© 2015 ALK. All rights reserved.
1. Personal Use Only: “You” means you as an End-user or as a “Company” on behalf of its
End-Users which are subject to either a Non-Disclosure Agreement as employees or a
License Agreement that contains the same restrictions as herein as a Value Added Reseller.
Also as used in this EULA “personal use” can also be understood in more general terms as for a Company’s use. You agree to use this Data together with PC*MILER for the solely personal, non-commercial purposes for which you were licensed, and not for service bureau, time-sharing or other similar purposes. Accordingly, but subject to the restrictions set forth in the following paragraphs, you may copy this Data only as necessary for your personal use to (i) view it, and (ii) save it, provided that you do not remove any copyright notices that appear and do not modify the Data in any way. You agree not to otherwise reproduce copy, modify, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any portion of this Data, and may not transfer or distribute it in any form, for any purpose, except to the extent permitted by mandatory laws.
2. Restrictions: Except where you have been specifically licensed to do so by ALK in the case of an integrated solution bundled or intended for use with specific smartphones, similar mobile communication device(s) or personal navigation device(s), and without limiting the
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preceding paragraph, you may not use this Data (a) with any products, systems, or applications installed or otherwise connected to or in communication with vehicles, capable of vehicle navigation, positioning, dispatch, real time route guidance, fleet management or similar applications; or (b) with or in communication with any positioning devices or any mobile or wireless-connected electronic or computer devices, including without limitation cellular phones, smartphones, palmtop and handheld computers, pagers, and personal digital assistants or PDAs.
3. Warning: The Data may contain inaccurate, untimely or incomplete information due to the passage of time, changing circumstances, sources used and the nature of collecting comprehensive geographic data, any of which may lead to incorrect results. The Data is based on official highway maps, the Code of Federal Regulations, and information provided by state governments and other licensors. It is provided without a warranty of any kind.
The user assumes full responsibility for any delay, expense, loss or damage that may occur as a result of use of the Data.
4. No Warranty: This Data is provided to you “as is,” and you agree to use it at your own risk.
ALK and its licensors (and their licensors and suppliers) make no guarantees, representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, arising by law or otherwise, including but not limited to, content, quality, accuracy, completeness, effectiveness, reliability, fitness for a particular purpose, usefulness, use or results to be obtained from this
Data, or that the Data or server will be uninterrupted or error-free.
5. Disclaimer of Warranty: ALK AND ITS LICENSORS (INCLUDING THEIR
LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS) DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, OF QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Some States,
Territories and Countries do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so to that extent the above exclusion may not apply to you.
6. Disclaimer of Liability: ALK AND ITS LICENSORS (INCLUDING THEIR
LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS) SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU: IN RESPECT
OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND OR ACTION, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE NATURE OF
THE CAUSE OF THE CLAIM, DEMAND OR ACTION ALLEGING ANY LOSS,
INJURY OR DAMAGES, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, WHICH MAY RESULT FROM
THE USE OR POSSESSION OF THE INFORMATION; OR FOR ANY LOSS OF
PROFIT, REVENUE, CONTRACTS OR SAVINGS, OR ANY OTHER DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS
INFORMATION, ANY DEFECT IN THE INFORMATION, OR THE BREACH OF
THESE TERMS OR CONDITIONS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT
OR TORT OR BASED ON A WARRANTY, EVEN IF ALK OR ITS LICENSORS
HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. Some
States, Territories and Countries do not allow certain liability exclusions or damages limitations, so to that extent the above may not apply to you.
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7. Export Control: You agree not to export from anywhere any part of the Data provided to you or any direct product thereof except in compliance with and with all licenses and approvals required under, applicable export laws, rules and regulations.
8. Entire Agreement: These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement between
ALK (and its licensors, including their licensors and suppliers) and you pertaining to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes in their entirety any and all written or oral agreements previously existing between us with respect to such subject matter.
9. Governing Law: The above terms and conditions shall be governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey. The courts of the State of New Jersey shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any and all disputes, claims and actions arising from or in connection with the Data provided to you hereunder. You agree to submit to such jurisdiction.
10. Canada: DISCLOSURE FOR PRODUCTS CONTAINING CANADIAN POSTAL CODE
AND/OR CANADIAN STREET-LEVEL DATA: Based on Computer File(s) licensed from Statistics Canada. © Copyright, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF
CANADA, as represented by the Minister of Industry, Statistics Canada 2003-2015. ALK
Technologies, Inc. is an Authorized User of selected Statistics Canada Computer File(s) and
Distributor of derived Information Products under Licensing Agreement 6147. No confidential information about an individual, family, household, organisation or business has been obtained from Statistics Canada. You agree to indemnify Canada and its officers, employees, agents and contractors from all claims alleging loss, costs, expenses, damages or injuries (including injuries resulting in death) arising out of possession or use by Company of Natural Resources Canada data.
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1.5 Accessing User Guides for PC*MILER Products ...............................................3
1.8 New and Recent Enhancements in Version 29 ....................................................4
Chapter 2: Enabling and Disabling the Excel Add-In ............................ 5
2.2 To Enable Autoloading of PC*MILER|Spreadsheets ..........................................7
2.4 To Disable Autoloading of PC*MILER|Spreadsheets ........................................7
Chapter 3: Using PC*MILER|Spreadsheets............................................ 8
3.8 Worldwide Countries and European Postal Codes ............................................20
3.11 Entering Location Names That Contain Accents .............................................22
3.14 Getting State/Country Distances with Toll Costs ............................................25
3.15 Getting the Drive Time Between Two Points ..................................................26
3.18 Ex Functions for Combination Route Types ...................................................31
3.19 Getting the City Name from a ZIP/Postal Code ..............................................33
3.20 Getting the ZIP/Postal Code from a City Name ..............................................34
3.21 Getting the Full ZIP/Postal Code and City Name ............................................35
3.22 Getting the City Name/State/County from a Location ....................................36
3.23 Getting Latitude/Longitude Points from a Location ........................................37
3.24 Getting a Place Name from Lat/Long Points ...................................................38
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3.25 Getting Latitude/Longitude Points from an Address .......................................39
3.26 Getting an Address from Latitude/Longitude Points .......................................39
3.30 Using the Avoid/Favor/Override Roads Option ..............................................42
3.31 Using Hazardous Materials Compliant Routing ..............................................43
Chapter 4: Trouble-shooting ................................................................... 44
Appendix A: State/Province/Country Abbreviations ......................... 46
Appendix B: The PCMSERVE.INI File ............................................... 56
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C*MILER|Spreadsheets is a high performance engine for generating point-topoint distances and drive times which can be easily integrated with Microsoft
Excel
. It allows spreadsheet users to easily access PC*MILER
distance information from within their spreadsheet program.
With PC*MILER|Spreadsheets you can:
• Benefit from the flexibility of the application. This powerful product gives you the ability to customize PC*MILER for your own needs.
• Build a database and let spreadsheet functions summarize and analyze your data, including price quotes, cost analysis, driver pay, operations analysis, lane analysis, and bill auditing.
• Create new spreadsheet applications.
• Calculate distances instantly within your spreadsheet (no need to copy and paste).
• Optimize lane analyses and perform modal comparisons.
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets requires a base installation of PC*MILER. For a complete list of PC*MILER platforms and requirements, refer to the PC*MILER
User’s Guide (see Accessing PC*MILER Product User’s Guides, section 1.5).
Additionally, the Spreadsheets application requires:
• 3 MB extra free space on your hard disk
• Microsoft Excel 97 or higher already installed and working
Optional:
• PC*MILER|Streets for street-level detail in the U.S. and Canada
• PC*MILER|Hazmat for hazardous material detail in the U.S. and
Canada
• PC*MILER|Tolls for toll cost calculations in the U.S. and Canada
• PC*MILER|Worldwide for routing in regions outside of North America
(Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, and South America)
• Canadian Postal Codes for access to related data
• Standard Point Location Codes (SPLC) for access to related data
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets User’s Guide 1
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets is a PC*MILER add-on product that can be installed when you install PC*MILER or at a later time. To install Spreadsheets along with PC*MILER, you simply make sure that “PC*MILER|Spreadsheets” is checked on the list of PC*MILER components when you are prompted during the installation process.
If you are adding Spreadsheets at a later time, refer to the printed Getting Started
Guide that came with your purchase of PC*MILER, or the PC*MILER User’s
Guide that was included with the PC*MILER installation (see Accessing
PC*MILER Product User’s Guides, section 1.5).
The PC*MILER|Spreadsheets installation contains sample workbooks of all
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets functions. They are a useful reference when you are learning how to use the application. These files are located in the Excel folder in the PCMILER29 folder of your PC*MILER installation. Use these workbooks as a starting point, and then further customize each workbook for your own needs.
Sample workbooks are available in the …\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\
EXCEL ... folder:
• DEMO_NA.xls – includes functions specific to general PC*MILER use
• DEMO_NA_Tolls.xls – includes functions specific to PC*MILER|Tolls
(PC*MILER|Tolls must be installed)
• DEMO_WW.xls – includes functions specific to PC*MILER|Worldwide
(PC*MILER|Worldwide must be installed)
When you open one of these files, the first thing you’ll see is an introduction to
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets with instructions for setup and using the demo file. To go to the sample function applications, click on any other tab in the workbook.
Function-specific instructions are under the spreadsheet in each tab. Any cell that displays “#NAME?” can be activated to reveal the formula in the cell, just double-click it and press <Enter>.
IMPORTANT:
Make a backup copy of each sample workbook before making any changes to preserve the file’s original contents, layout and formatting.
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ALK Technologies offers one year of free unlimited technical support to all registered users of PC*MILER. If you have any questions about
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets or problems with the software that cannot be resolved using this User’s Guide, contact our staff:
Phone: 1.800.377.6453, ext. 2 or 1.609.683.0220, ext 2
Fax: 609.252.8108
Email: [email protected]
Web Site:
www.pcmiler.com
Hours: 9:00am – 5:00pm EST, Mon-Fri
When calling, ask for “PC*MILER Technical Support”. Please be sure to have your PC*MILER|Spreadsheets Product Key Code, version number, Windows version number, and hardware configuration information (manufacturer, speed, and monitor type) available before your call. Please include this information in your message if you are contacting us by email.
NOTE:
You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer to properly view a PC*MILER product’s user guide. If you do not have this program installed already, a free copy can be downloaded from www.adobe.com
.
To make Adobe Reader your default reader, from within the Adobe Reader application select the Edit menu > Preferences > General and click Select Default
PDF Handler. Select Adobe Reader from the drop-down, and click Apply then
OK to close the Preferences dialog.
To view the user guide for any PC*MILER product without first opening an application, click the Windows Start button > All Programs (or the equivalent on your system) > PCMILER 29 > User Guides and select one of the .pdf files from the sub-menu.
To search for a keyword or phrase in a user guide, use Adobe Reader’s Find option in the Edit menu or on the tool bar.
All user guides can also be accessed at www.pcmiler.com/support .
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Purchasing PC*MILER|Spreadsheets does not entitle you to redistribute any portions of this product. You may NOT redistribute ALK’s highway database, source code, interface definitions, or the PC*MILER|Spreadsheets Add-In or
DLL.
Your clients must purchase additional versions of the PC*MILER engine and database directly from ALK. ALK Technologies’ sales representatives can be reached at 1-800-377-MILE.
Unless you buy additional licenses, only one copy of Excel at a time can attach to the highway database. You can connect more client applications by purchasing additional database licenses from ALK (multi-user licenses). If you plan to connect many users to a network version of the PC*MILER database, ALK has attractive pricing for LAN versions.
New features and enhancements in Version 29 include:
• ENHANCED!...Three toll discount programs have been discontinued in
Version 29 to reflect recent Toll Road Authority updates. No new discount programs were added. (PC*MILER|Tolls must be purchased
and installed to calculate toll costs.)
New features and enhancements in Version 28 include:
• NEW!...The ability to use latitude/longitude points combined with street addresses. See section 3.7. (PC*MILER|Streets must be purchased and
installed to use street addresses.)
• ENHANCED!...The PC*MILER|Spreadsheets application’s memory consumption has been reduced.
• ENHANCED!...The NEXUS toll discount program has been discontinued. (PC*MILER|Tolls must be purchased and installed to
calculate toll costs).
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C*MILER|Spreadsheets is an Add-In for Excel Version 5.0 or greater. To complete the installation you must enable the Add-In manually from within Excel, or configure Excel to automatically load the Add-In each time you open the program.
For Microsoft Office 2003 (or older):
1. Open Excel.
2. In the top tool bar menu, select Tools > Add-Ins… > Browse.
3. Navigate to the folder where PC*MILER is installed and go to the Excel
folder. The default location of the Excel folder is …\ALK Technologies\
PCMILER29\Excel.
4. In the …\Excel folder, click on the Pcmsrv32.xla file then click OK.
5. In the Add-Ins dialog box, "PC*MILER|Spreadsheets" will appear in the list of products with a check next to it. This confirms that the Add-In is activated.
6. Click OK to continue. The setup is now complete.
The PC*MILER|Spreadsheets functions are now ready to be used and will be available every time you start Excel.
For Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010:
1. Open Excel.
2. Click on the Microsoft symbol
in the upper left-hand corner of the screen (Excel 2007), or click on the File menu (Excel 2010).
3. In the list that opens, click on the Excel Options button at the bottom
(Excel 2007) or the Options menu option (Excel 2010).
4. In the dialog box that opens, in the left-hand column menu click on Add-
Ins.
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5. In the right-hand side of the dialog box, there's a drop down menu next to
Manage. Select Excel Add-Ins if it is not already selected, then click the
Go button to continue.
6. In the Add-Ins dialog box that opens, click Browse and navigate to the folder where PC*MILER is installed and go to the Excel folder (the default location is C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\Excel).
7. In the …\Excel folder, click on the Pcmsrv32.xla file, then click OK.
8. In the Add-Ins dialog box, "PC*MILER|Spreadsheets" will appear in the list of products with a check next to it. This confirms that the Add-In is activated.
9. Click OK to continue.
The remaining steps below are necessary only if you wish to turn off security warning messages for this spreadsheet.
10. Click on the Microsoft symbol in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.
11. In the list that opens, at the bottom click on the Excel Options button.
12. In the dialog box that opens, in the left-hand column menu listing click on Trust Center. Then click on the Trust Center Settings button on the right.
13. Click on Trusted Locations in the left-hand column menu.
14. Check if the location of the Excel folder from Step 6 is in the list of trusted locations; if not, click Add New Location… .
15. Click Browse… and navigate to the location of the Excel folder.
16. Select “Subfolders of this location are also trusted”, then click OK.
17. In the Trust Center, check “Allow Trusted Locations on my network”, then click OK. The setup is now complete.
The PC*MILER|Spreadsheets functions are now ready to be used and will be available every time you start Excel.
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To have PC*MILER|Spreadsheets functions available without the manual Add-In process, copy the file pcmsrv32.xla from the Excel folder in your PC*MILER installation to the Excel startup folder on your computer. The startup folder is called XLSTART and is located in the folder where Microsoft
®
Excel is installed.
For more information, see Excel Help under the search item “Startup folder”.
1. Start Excel.
2. For Microsoft Office 2003:
Under the Tools menu, choose Add-Ins, then remove the check next to
“PC*MILER|Spreadsheets” and click OK.
For Microsoft Office 2007:
Click the Microsoft Office button , click Excel Options, and then click
Add-Ins. In the Manage pick list at the bottom of the window that opens, select Excel Add-Ins if it is not already selected. Then click “Go…” and remove the check next to “PC*MILER| Spreadsheets”, and click OK.
For Microsoft Office 2010:
Click File then Options to open the Excel Options dialog. On the left, click
Add-Ins. In the Manage pick list at the bottom of the window that opens, select Excel Add-Ins if it is not already selected. Then click “Go…” and remove the check next to “PC*MILER| Spreadsheets”, and click OK.
The PC*MILER|Spreadsheets functions are now removed. They will not be available the next time you start Excel.
Remove the file pcmsrv32.xla from the Excel XLSTART folder.
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here are two ways to use PC*MILER|Spreadsheets formulas in Excel: either type them directly into a cell or use the Insert Function option. All formulas will accept strings for city name, and either strings or integers for ZIP codes.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Leading zeros are significant in numeric postal codes in many countries, for example in the USA, "504" is a 3-digit ZIP code centroid in central Wisconsin, whereas "00504" is a 5-digit ZIP code in Holtsville, New
York. For that reason, we recommend that you always enter or import
numeric postal codes as text strings (format cells as “Text” – see section 3.1 below). If you do enter or import a postal code as an integer, be aware that
Microsoft Excel will strip off leading zeros before that number gets to
PC*MILER, for example if you enter the formula =miles(00504,504),
PC*MILER will see that as =miles(504,504). In contrast, =miles("00504",504) will return the distance from the 5-digit ZIP code "00504" in Holtsville, New
York to the 3-digit ZIP code area "504" in southeast Wisconsin.
• All city/state entries in Excel MUST contain a comma between the city name and state/country abbreviation, and – if you are using PC*MILER|Streets – all street addresses MUST be separated from the preceding place name by a semicolon. Example: new york, ny;118 broadway.
NOTE:
For help with formatting street-level addresses in Spreadsheets, we provide a workbook with examples in the Excel folder of your PC*MILER installation folder (usually C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\EXCEL). Look in the “Other Formulas” tab of the DEMO_NA.xls file.
• Columns must be formatted correctly so they can be read. This is especially important when importing postal codes – if your columns are not properly formatted, the default spreadsheet format (“General”) will cause the first zero to be dropped from postal codes that begin with zero. Also, columns containing calculated distances should be formatted so the desired number of decimal places appears. To format columns:
1. Highlight a column you wish to format.
2. Right-click the column and select “Format Cells…”.
3. In the Number tab under Category, highlight “Number”, “Text”,
“Currency”, or “Special > Zip Code”, depending on the type of data
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the cells will contain.
NOTE:
All Number and Zip Code formatting accepts text too.
4. Set the options you want for each category; for example, the number of decimal places in the Number format. Click OK when done.
5. Repeat for all columns that you will be using.
• To add a formula to a cell using the Excel Insert Function option (note that functions can also be entered manually in the formula bar):
1. Select a cell, then select the Insert > Function menu command (for
Microsoft Office 2007, Formulas tab > Insert Function) or click the
IMPORTANT:
Select a formula from the User Defined function category. All PC*MILER|Spreadsheets functions available through the Add-In are listed in this category.
2. Enter cell references or other data in the Function Arguments window, click OK when done.
IMPORTANT:
Options need quotes – for example, “prac” as in the screenshot below.
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If you need to copy and paste columns with a large number of calculated values into another worksheet or Excel file, use the Paste Special functionality to avoid waiting for values to recalculate:
1. Select the columns you want to copy.
2. Right click on the selection and choose “Copy”.
3. Right click again and choose “Paste Special”.
4. In the Paste Special dialog, select Values and click OK.
5. Paste the selection into another worksheet or Excel file. The calculated values will be pasted without the underlying formulas.
DID YOU KNOW?
If you are new to Excel, you may not know that the contents of one or more cells can be copied into multiple cells with one click of the mouse.
Click here and drag
Formulas or values can be copied by selecting a cell or group of cells, then clicking on the square in the bottom right corner of your selection and dragging down or across the target column(s) or row(s).
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The prototype for the Miles function is:
=Miles (origin, destination [, routing type])
NOTE:
Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your
PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\EXCEL.
See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.
Miles returns the driving distance from the origin to the destination. The origin and destination may be designated as a city with a state abbreviation (e.g. Paris,
TX), a postal code, or a custom place created in PC*MILER. Any place name or postal code in the PC*MILER database may be used. Three-digit U.S. ZIP codes representing centralized areas are now acceptable. Canadian Postal Code and
SPLC add-on modules are also available – see section 3.6 on entering SPLC locations.
Locations can also be entered as latitude/longitude points (see section 3.7,
Entering Latitude/Longitude Points as Stops).
If you are using PC*MILER|Streets, a street address may be added, separated from the place name by a semicolon (e.g. “kingston, nj; 16 laurel avenue”) – see
NOTES below for PC*MILER|Streets users. Beginning in Version 28, latitude/longitude points can be combined with street addresses - see section 3.7.
Miles returns -1 if the origin, destination, or routing type is not valid.
Setting a routing type is optional. Available route types correspond to those in
PC*MILER (see the PC*MILER User’s Guide or Help for descriptions). The default value is Practical. Options are: Prac (Practical), Short (Shortest), Natl
(National Network), Toll (Toll Discouraged), 53Foot (53 Foot Trailer or Twins – see Note below), and Air (Air Distance). Route type entry is not case sensitive
(e.g. “TOLL” or “Toll” is valid).
NOTE:
The default routing type is determined by the setting in PC*MILER
(Route menu > Default Options > General tab) or in the PCMSERVE.INI file.
Combination routing types (for example, Shortest and 53 Foot, or shortest and
Toll Discouraged) can be accessed in Spreadsheets by 1) using “Ex” functions – see section 3.18, or 2) changing the default routing type in PC*MILER or in the
PCMSERVE.INI. See section 3.13, Route Options and Default Settings, for more on routing options and section 3.12, Vehicle Dimension Options.
The PC*MILER database contains several thousand cities and towns that share the same name. For instance, in Pennsylvania there are two towns named
“Hamlin”. If there are multiple instances of the city name you enter, the Miles function will match to the first instance of the city name it finds as it searches the
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database. For this reason, you may want to enter postal codes for the origin and destination rather than city names whenever possible.
To see the full PC*MILER spelling and the postal code for a place name, you can use the CityName or FullName function described in this manual.
Duplicate cities or towns that do not have a postal code assigned by the Postal
Service are differentiated by the names of the counties in which they are located.
The county name appears as part of the city name (e.g. Fairview, PA, Jefferson).
For more information about how PC*MILER handles duplicate or multiple city names, see the Duplicate City Names section in your PC*MILER User’s Guide.
NOTE:
PC*MILER does NOT offer state centroid distances, you cannot get the distance from a central point in one state to a central point in another state. If states are referenced for the origin and destination in the Miles function and mileage is returned, it means that PC*MILER found locations in the database that had state names; for example, “Michigan, ND”. In general it is recommended to use the =CityName function if stop validation is needed.
NOTES for PC*MILER|Streets Users:
When stops are city names or postal codes, by default “Highway Only” routing is used. This routing uses an air distance from the midpoint of the highway segment that is nearest to the destination postal code or city/state. Routes to stops that include a street-level address are calculated to the highway-level road that is closest to the address.
If “-1” is returned, or the miles that are returned do not match those generated in
PC*MILER, try changing this option so that your route stays on local roads for as long as possible as it approaches a destination (PC*MILER will use local streets between the nearest highway segment and the stop).
To change the default for this option, in the PCMSERVE.INI file (see Appendix
B) set [Options] UseStreets=TRUE. Also see section 3.13 for more about defaults, including order of precedence.
To see an example of formatting street-level addresses into the format acceptable by PC*MILER|Spreadsheets, please see the Other Formulas tab of the
DEMO_NA.xls workbook.
Origin
MILES Function Examples:
Destination
08540
H3B 1A2
Ankeny, IA;200 East 1 st
St.
SPLC401167000
Beverly Hills, CA
Formula
12345 =miles(A2,B2, “prac”)
Toronto, ON;797 Yonge St. =miles(A3,B3, “prac”)
Omaha, NE;1600 Douglas St.
SPLC600143000
Medford, OR;48 Myers Court
=miles(A4,B4, “short”)
=miles(A5,B5, “short”)
=miles(A6,B6,”53Foot”)
Savannah, GA;25 Johnson Ct. 08528 =miles(A7,B7, “natl”)
38.962955N,79.058204W,WV 39.618763N,98.094130W,KS =miles(A8,B8, “natl”)
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El Paso, TX
H3B 1A2
Cancun, QR
Moncton, NB
Example of Practical miles using cell references:
=miles(A9,B9, “toll”)
=miles(A10,B10“air”)
Example of Shortest miles using cell references:
Example of Air miles using cell references and street addresses:
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Example of Practical miles with place names entered directly into the formula:
NOTE:
Notice in the above example that quotes are needed around the Canadian postal code “K7L 1B5” due to the space after “L”. Spaces must be entered where they exist in postal codes and quotes must be used when entering a formula manually.
NOTE:
See section 3.13 on the order of precedence between settings in
PC*MILER, the PCMSERVE.INI file and options set directly in Spreadsheets.
Mexican Postal Codes are now accessible in the database. Since U.S. ZIP Codes and Mexican Postal Codes share a similar naming convention, to ensure that the entered ZIP/Postal Code matches the desired location, there are settings available for the PCMSERVE.INI (see Appendix B), and function prototypes in
PC*MILER|Connect. The PCMSERVE.INI settings are:
UseUSPostCodes=True/False
UseMexPostCodes=True/False
To add these setting options, do the following:
1. Open PCMSERVE.INI (this file can be found in your Windows or WINNT folder) using Notepad, Wordpad, or another text editor.
2. Find the [OPTIONS] section.
3. Under [OPTIONS] add the above lines (see below for valid combinations).
4. Save and exit PCMSERVE.INI.
The possible setting combinations are:
• UseUSPostCodes=False and UseMexPostCodes=False – Defaults to the U.S.
ZIP with no routing to Mexican postal codes
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• UseUSPostCodes=True and UseMexPostCodes=False – Same as above
• UseUSPostCodes=True and UseMexPostCodes=True – Defaults to the U.S.
ZIP, must pass an Estados code to get Mexican location (e.g. “50510,EM”)
• UseUSPostCodes=False and UseMexPostCodes=True – Only Mexican postal codes are available, in the U.S. only city-state pairs will get U.S. location (e.g.
“Chico, CA”)
To accommodate the use of the “NL” abbreviation to conform to ISO 2-Character abbreviation standards, PC*MILER|Spreadsheets users can now choose whether to set NL to geocode to Newfoundland and Labrador locations in Canada or to
Nuevo Leon locations in Mexico. In PC*MILER, this setting is defaulted to Use
NL for Newfoundland and Labrador. If NL for Newfoundland and Labrador is the active option and you try to enter a Nuevo Leon location as an origin or destination, you will receive a -1 error message as the formula result.
For Spreadsheets, this setting can be adjusted in the PCMSERVE.INI file as follows (this adjustment takes precedence over settings in PC*MILER, see section 3.13 on order of precedence):
1. Open PCMSERVE.INI (this file can be found in your Windows or WINNT folder) using Notepad, Wordpad, or another text editor.
2. Find the [OPTIONS] section.
3. Under [OPTIONS] add this line: UseNLAbbrevInMX=True
4. Save and exit PCMSERVE.INI.
To reset back to the default choice, change =True to =False or delete the whole line and save your changes.
NOTE:
If you are using PC*MILER|Connect, an API is available to make this setting change. The API takes precedence over the setting in the INI file, which takes precedence over the PC*MILER user interface.
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(North America only – SPLC data must be installed) To use SPLCs when entering origins/destinations, each number needs to be preceded by “SPLC”, e.g.
“SPLC191690000”. To add this text to a list of SPLC numbers, use the
CONCATENATE formula as described in the steps below:
1. To begin, all origin SPLC numbers should be listed in one column
(column A in this example).
2. Insert a new column to the left of column A.
3. In the new column, add “SPLC” to each row that has a SPLC in it. To do this quickly, type “SPLC” in cell A1, then click and drag the bottom right corner of the cell down the column (the cursor will become a plus sign).
Let go when all target cells are populated with “SPLC”.
4. Select a third column to the right (column C in this example) and make sure the cells are formatted as “General” or “Number”.
5. In cell C1, manually enter the following formula:
=CONCATENATE(A1,B1)
6. Copy the formula down the remainder of the column as in Step 3.
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7. With the third column selected, right click and select “Copy”.
8. With the column still highlighted, right click and select “Paste Special”.
9. In the dialog that opens, select Values and hit OK.
10. Delete the first two columns. Your SPLC list is now correctly formatted.
11. For the destination SPLC, follow steps 1-10 starting with column B instead of A.
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12. When you have origin and destination columns set up, enter one of the
PC*MILER calculation functions in the third column. Adjust the cell alignment and insert a header row if desired.
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets enables you to enter latitude/longitude points as stops on a route. These points can be entered in degrees minutes seconds format or
Degrees-minutes-seconds format:
In degrees-minutes-seconds format the latitude and longitude are each 8 character strings in the following format:
Characters 1-3 specify the degrees (be sure to include leading zero if required)
Characters 4-5 specify the minutes
Characters 6-7 specify the seconds
Character 8 is either ‘N’, ‘n’, ‘W’, or ‘w’ with N’s for latitude and W’s for longitude
Latitude and longitude must be separated by a comma WITHOUT A SPACE. In general the format for a point is: dddmmssN,dddmmssW.
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Decimal degrees format:
In decimal degrees format, latitude and longitude are strings of up to 8 characters representing a decimal number with up to 3 decimal places. No leading zeros are required. The decimal point counts as one of the characters. Latitude and longitude must be separated by a comma WITHOUT A SPACE. In general the format for a point is: dddd.dddN,dddd.dddW.
Converting between formats:
To convert from degrees-minutes-seconds to decimal degrees use the following formula: dddmmssN
→ ddd + mm/60 + ss/3600 .
Examples:
Here is an example of an actual lat/long near Kendall Park, NJ in both formats:
0402515N,0743340W or 40.421N,74.561W
NOTE:
To see an example of converting latitude/longitude coordinates from degrees minutes seconds to decimal degrees, please see the Other Formulas tab of the DEMO_NA.xls workbook.
Beginning in Version 28, you can also use latitude/longitude points combined with street addresses for more precise geocoding and directions. The lat/long is added before the address, followed by a semicolon. An example is:
40.211670N,74.703480W;1200 Kuser Road
This new functionality will geocode the lat/long to the nearest point on the particular street in the address, rather than to the nearest street in the direction of travel, as would be the case for a lat/long by itself. If the lat/long is more than .5 miles from the street in the address, an error message will be returned.
Here is a comparison of the results using the lat/long in the example cited above, with and without an address:
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(For PC*MILER|Worldwide users) With PC*MILER|Worldwide data installed and the correct region specified (see section 3.13), you may specify a country outside North America using its FIPS two-letter abbreviation (for example, ‘Paris,
FR’) or a postal code (for example, ‘46001 sp’). For a list of state and country abbreviations by region, please see Appendix A.
To use another format for the country abbreviation (ISO2, ISO3, GENC2, or
GENC3) you will need to either change the format in PC*MILER or add a line to the PCMSERVE.INI file in the OPTIONS section (see Appendix B) as in the example below. An INI setting takes precedence over a setting in PC*MILER.
[OPTIONS]
CountryAbbrevType=ISO2
When you are using European postal codes as stops, you need to enter a
country abbreviation to avoid being routed to the wrong country in cases where the same postal code exists in more than one country. Enter the postal code, a comma or space, and the correct two-letter country abbreviation; e.g.
“46001 sp” or “46001,sp” for Valencia, Spain.
Canadian and Mexican locations are specified using a province or estado abbreviation after the city name. Canadian postal codes are available as an addon.
NOTE:
Postal codes are accessible in other regions, though not all states/countries within that region have data available in PC*MILER.
(PC*MILER|Worldwide only) The prototype for the SetDefaultRegion function is:
=SetDefaultRegion(regionName)
NOTE:
Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your
PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\EXCEL.
See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.
To enter location data for regions outside North America, there are two ways to select a region. One way is to use the global SetDefaultRegion function in any cell of your worksheet. After a region is set using this function, all cells in the worksheet except those that already contain calculations will be affected. In other words, all cells that don’t contain PC*MILER function calculations already will only process locations that are within the indicated world region. This function
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takes precedence over the equivalent setting in the PCMSERVE.INI file (see below) and the PC*MILER user interface. regionName
is a string and valid values are as follows: NA (North America – this is the default), SA (South America), Europe, Africa, Asia, ME (Middle East), or Oceania.
Alternatively, you can edit the PCMSERVE.INI file and change the region default from there. This setting takes precedence over the Route Options setting in
PC*MILER – the PC*MILER UI region setting is active only in the absence of the SetDefaultRegion setting in Spreadsheets or the Region setting in the INI file.
Here are the steps to take to edit the PCMSERVE.INI file:
1. Find the PCMSERVE.INI file in your Windows or WINNT folder, and open it using Notepad or another text editor.
2. Find this line:
[Default]
Region=NA
(If it is only “Region=” with no value, the default value “NA” is active.)
3. Type another region after “=”. See choices for regionName above.
4. Save and close the file.
5. You must close and reopen Excel for the region change to take effect.
The data set that PC*MILER|Spreadsheets uses to calculate routes can be changed using the PC*MILER user interface. To do this, open PC*MILER then select the
Map tab > Utilities group > Change Data Set > and choose a map data version from the menu. For PC*MILER (North America only), possible options in the drop-down include the base version dataset as well as any mid-year versions* that have been released since the base version, including PC*MILER|Streets U.S. and
Canadian street-level data if installed. If PC*MILER|Energy has been purchased and installed, that dataset will also appear in the menu.
*
Only Annual Update Program (AUP) customers receive mid-year data releases.
For PC*MILER|Worldwide users, local street address data is available in the U.S. and Canada, and in many countries in worldwide regions outside North America.
Each module may be purchased separately or in combination with other data sets.
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets must be restarted to activate the new data set. The correct data set must be activated before you enter an address. Remember that the correct region must also be selected (see section 3.9 above).
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Some PC*MILER location names include one or more accented letters. An example of two locations that have the same name but are differentiated by an accented letter is Felipe Angeles, CI in Mexico. The mileage difference shown below illustrates how important an accented letter can be in a location name:
1. To enter an accented letter, first type the location name in the cell and then, in the formula bar, select the letter that will be replaced (“A” in this example):
2. Now select the Excel Insert menu (not shown above) > Symbol (in Microsoft
Office 2007 or 2010, after clicking “Insert”, look for the Omega sign to the far right in the tool bar) to open the Symbol window:
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3. Select the letter that you want (in this example, “Á”) and click Insert. When you are finished, click Cancel to close the Symbol window.
NOTE:
To search for an accented letter in a different font, make a selection from the Font pick list at the top of the Symbol window.
The same vehicle dimension route settings that the PC*MILER user interface and other PC*MILER interface modules have access to are now accessible in
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets. See the PC*MILER User’s Guide for more information on vehicle dimensions.
The functions =Miles, =MilesEX, =Tolls, =TollsEx, =DiscountedTolls, and
=DiscountedTollsEx have been updated to include the eight additional optional parameters that are listed below. If these fields are left blank, the default settings will be used.
English Inputs Metric Inputs
Parameters
Units
OverPerm
Height
Width
Length
Weight
Axle
Default
Settings
96 (inches)
48 (feet)
80000 lbs.
5
Acceptable
Values
Default
Settings
Acceptable
Values
0/1 0 (ENGLISH) 0/1
0 (False - i.e.
0/1 not oversized)
162 (inches) > 0 - 162
1
0 0/1
96, 102
> 0
4.11 (meters) > 0 - 4.11
2.44 (meters)
1000 - 132000 36290 kg.
2 - 14 5
2.44, 2.59
14.63 (meters) > 0
454 - 60000
2 - 14
LCV 0 (False) 0/1 0 0/1
The vehicle dimension options enable you to generate routes based on custom vehicle dimensions. Building on the foundation of PC*MILER’s previously existing routing database and routing options, users can now generate routing that conforms to the requirements of a vehicle’s height, length, width and weight.
If a vehicle weight and/or height is entered, PC*MILER route calculations will take into account restrictions on roads and bridges to ensure that the vehicle’s weight/height is below the restriction(s).
Vehicle weight, length and width information is checked against the threshold at which a truck becomes “oversized” and appropriate routing is generated.
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NOTE:
For PC*MILER|Worldwide users, you must first set the region. See section 3.9 for instructions.
Below is a sample function (=Miles) that includes vehicle dimension options:
Default routing options that can be edited in the PCMSERVE.INI file include the
route type, the unit of distance used in calculations (miles vs. kilometers),
borders open/closed, the order of states/countries in the state/country summary report (alphabetical vs. travel order), and several others. See Appendix B for details about the PCMSERVE.INI. Keep reading below for additional important information on setting options.
IMPORTANT:
Excel must be closed and reopened for changes set in the INI file or PC*MILER to take effect.
Options may also be set in the Default Options dialog in PC*MILER. The order of precedence for route option settings is as follows:
1. Options that are set directly in Spreadsheets prevail over the default options set in PC*MILER and the INI file.
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2. Options set in PCMSERVE.INI prevail over those set in PC*MILER.
3. Options set in PC*MILER as defaults take effect only in the absence of settings 1 and 2.
The State/Country report lists toll, toll-free, ferry, and total distances by state/country. If the PC*MILER|Tolls add-on module is installed with
PC*MILER, the last column on the right in this report will also provide toll fees for each leg of a trip and the total toll amount for the whole trip.
The steps to access this report vary depending on the version of Excel you are using. With Excel open, follow the instructions below for your version:
Excel 2003:
Select an empty cell, then select PC*MILER State/Country Rpt… from the
Excel Insert menu.
Excel 2007 or 2010:
Go to the Excel Add-Ins tab and click on PC*MILER State/Country Rpt.
In the State/Country dialog box, enter a city name and state abbreviation or postal code for the origin and destination. Select a Routing type if desired (the default is Practical), then click OK. (For more on setting the route type, see section 3.3,
Getting the Miles Between Two Points.)
To have states or countries in the report listed in the order driven rather than alphabetically, change the default option in PC*MILER (Route menu > Default
Options > General Options tab).
You can also change the state/country order default using the PCMSERVE.INI file. See Appendix B for more information about the PCMSERVE.INI.
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Distances (and tolls, if the PC*MILER|Tolls add-on is installed) will be returned as in the example shown below (the generated report will use as many cells as needed in your spreadsheet).
The prototype for the DriveTime function is:
=DriveTime
(origin, destination [, routing type])
NOTE:
Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your
PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\EXCEL.
See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.
DriveTime returns the driving time (in minutes) from the origin to the destination calculated using the PC*MILER database. The origin and destination may be designated as a city/state abbreviation (e.g. Paris, TX), a five-digit postal code
(Canadian Postal Code and SPLC add-on modules are also available).
Any place name, postal code, or SPLC in the PC*MILER database may be used.
You may also enter a latitude/longitude, or a custom place name created in
PC*MILER. If you are using PC*MILER|Streets, a street address may be added, separated from the place name by a semicolon; for example, “kingston, nj; 16
laurel avenue”.
NOTE:
To see an example of formatting street-level addresses into the format acceptable by PC*MILER|Spreadsheets, please see the Other Formulas tab of the DEMO_NA.xls workbook.
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Any place name, postal code, or SPLC in the PC*MILER database may be used.
You may also enter a latitude/longitude, or a custom place name created in
PC*MILER. If you are using PC*MILER|Streets, a street address may be added, separated from the place name by a semicolon; for example, “kingston, nj; 16
laurel avenue”.
NOTE:
To see an example of formatting street-level addresses into the format acceptable by PC*MILER|Spreadsheets, please see the Other Formulas tab of the DEMO_NA.xls workbook.
DriveTime returns -1 if the origin, destination, or routing type is not valid.
Below is an example of the Shortest drive time using cell references. Time is in minutes, see “Hint” below for conversion.
The routing type is optional and corresponds to the five PC*MILER routing types
– see the PC*MILER User’s Guide or Help for descriptions of the different routing types – or an Air distance that is unique to PC*MILER|Spreadsheets.
Options are: Prac (Practical), Short (Shortest), Natl (National Network), Toll
(Toll Discouraged), 53Foot (53-Foot Trailer or Twins Routing), and Air (Air
Distance). The default value is Prac. If Air is specified, the drive time will be 0.
Route type input is not case sensitive (e.g. “SHORT” and “Short” are both valid).
Note that to display drive times as “days hours:minutes” in Excel, you must first convert minutes to days by dividing by 24*60 in the DriveTime formula. For example:
=DriveTime (A2,B2)/(24*60)
Then highlight the cells whose format you want to change, and select the
“Cells...” command in the Format menu.
In the Number tab, choose the “Custom” category then choose the applicable format or manually enter d <space> hh:mm and click OK.
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Example in days/hours/minutes:
Origin Destination Formula RESULT
(d hh:mm)
1 20:18 90210 19027 =drivetime(A2,B2,”prac”)/(24*60)
NOTE for PC*MILER|Streets Users:
When stops are city names or postal codes, by default “Highway Only” routing is used. This default can be changed in the PCMSERVE.INI file (see Appendix B). See the note for Streets users in section 3.3, Getting the Miles Between Two Points.
(In North America Only) If the PC*MILER|Tolls add-on module is installed with
PC*MILER, Spreadsheets will include two functions that calculate accurate, upto-date toll charges in the U.S. and Canada. A sample spreadsheet using the Tolls functions is included in the EXCEL directory of the PC*MILER|Spreadsheets installation, the DEMO_NA_TOLL.xls file.
The Tolls function works in the same way as the Miles function, with an extra parameter to indicate if discounted tolls should be used. The prototype is:
=Tolls (origin,destination,discount [,routeType])
NOTE:
Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your
PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\EXCEL.
See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.
Tolls returns the total toll amount (in dollars) from the origin to the destination. If
discount is set to FALSE, all cash tolls will be used. If set to TRUE, discount programs that are activated in PC*MILER (Route Options dialog > Tolls tab) will be used where they apply in computing tolls. RouteType is an optional parameter that defaults to “Practical”. (See section 3.3 for route type examples.)
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The DiscountedTolls function returns the portion of the tolls for the trip attributable to the specified discount program. If discountProgram is set to
“Cash”, it returns the cash portion; if set to “EZPass” it returns the EZPass portion, etc. The prototype is:
=DiscountedTolls (origin,destination,discountProgram
[,state][,routeType])
Currently supported values for discountProgram are:
Discount Program Valid In Discount Program Valid In
407 ETR Transponder
ON Canada
A25 Transponder
QC Canada
A30 EXPRESS
Transponder
QC Canada
BreezeBy
OR
GA
Cruise Card
Downbeach Express
Pass
NJ
I-Pass
K-Tag
Laredo Trade Tag
LeeWay
MACPASS
NC Quick Pass
IL
KS
TX
FL
NS Canada
NC
E-Pass
TX
NEXPRESS TOLL
MI
ON Canada
E-Pass Canada
ExpressPass
EXpressToll
EZ Tag
EZPass
EZPass-NJ
EZPass-WV
FasTrak
GeauxPass
Good To Go
GO-PASS
NS Canada
NJ
WV
CA
LA
WA
CO
NY, ON Canada
CO
TX
DE, IL, IN, ME, MD,
MA, NH, NJ, NY, NC,
OH, PA, RI, VA, WV
Palmetto Pass
(PAL PASS)
Peach Pass
PikePass
Quickpass
StraitPASS
SunPass
TollTag
TReO
TxTag
Wabash Pass
SC
GA
OK
BC Canada
PEI Canada
FL
LA, TX
BC Canada
TX
IN
SPECIAL NOTE:
The “EZPass-WV” or “EZPass-NJ” options apply to those who purchased the EZPass service in West Virginia or New Jersey.
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The following discount programs have been discontinued in the database:
Discontinued
Program
State Versions
Available
Version
Discontinued
Reason
C-Pass
FAST LANE
FL
MA and all
EZPass facilities
29
29
Adopted SunPass
Only EZPass is used now
Only EZPass is used now
Smart Tag
NEXUS
I-Zoom
VA
NY, ON 27
IN 21-26
29
28
27
Discontinued
Replaced by EZPass
B-Pass
M-Tag
NH Tokens
O-Pass
NB
MD
NH
FL
17-25
17-23
17, 18
21-23
26
24
19
24
Toll discontinued
Replaced by EZPass
Replaced by EZPass
Absorbed into SunPass
Ready Toll
Transpass
OH
ME
17, 18
17- 23
19
24
There is no discount associated with this program, it’s simply a “debit card” used to pay tolls
Replaced by EZPass
The discountProgram values must be spelled as shown in the Route Options dialog > Tolls tab in the PC*MILER application. (Spaces and dashes must be entered exactly as they appear there, but case does not matter (e.g. “E-Pass” or “epass” are both acceptable). If a state is specified, only the tolls in that state are returned. If the state is missing or an empty string, all states are included. In the example below, the toll costs in New Jersey using EZPass are calculated.
NOTE:
Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your
PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\EXCEL.
See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.
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NOTE:
To get toll costs by state for a whole route, use the State/Country Report described in section 3.14.
NOTE:
There are no settings available in PC*MILER|Spreadsheets to calculate time-based toll costs. The reported toll costs are at the highest rate, or the peak rate for the route.
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets is now able to calculate the straight line or “Air” distance between two points. “Air” is a sixth route type option for the Miles routing function, in addition to Short, Prac, Natl, Toll, and 53Foot.
For the Air distance, points are specified the same way as in other
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets distance calculations, as either city/state, five digit U.S.
ZIP [Canadian Postal Code and SPLC add-on modules are also available], or latitude/longitude. This is an example of Air distance using cell references:
Four ‘Ex’ functions have been added to PC*MILER|Spreadsheets to make using combination route types easier (for example, Shortest with Toll-Discouraged routing).
=MilesEx(origin, destination [, routing type])
=DriveTimeEx(origin, destination [, routing type])
=TollsEx(origin,destination,discount [,routing Type])**
=DiscountedTollsEx(origin,destination,discountProgram
[,state][,routing Type])**
**
These functions are only available if the PC*MILER|Tolls add-on module is installed.
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•
•
Previous to Version 20, to use combined route types in Spreadsheets the
CalcType setting had to be altered in the pcmserve.ini file (see Appendix B). This still works and is the only way to set the default route type across functions.
However, the Ex functions shown above now provide the ability to use any of the combination route type parameters listed below:
• prac|toll (Practical and Toll Discouraged)
•
prac|53foot (Practical and 53-Foot Trailer or Twins)
•
prac|natl (Practical and National Network)
prac|toll|53foot (Practical, Toll Discouraged, 53-Foot Trailer or Twins)
prac|toll|natl (Practical, Toll Discouraged, National Network)
•
short|toll (Shortest and Toll Discouraged)
•
short|53foot (Shortest and 53-Foot Trailer or Twins)
•
•
short|natl (Shortest and National Network)
short|toll|53foot (Shortest, Toll Discouraged, 53-Foot Trailer or Twins)
•
short|toll|natl (Shortest, Toll Discouraged, National Network)
The pipe symbol ( | ) is created by holding down the Shift key and the backslash key ( \ ) on your keyboard at the same time.
Examples:
Origin
08540
08540
08540
Destination Formula
02205
02205
02205
=MilesEx(A2,B2, “prac|toll”)
=DriveTimeEx(A3,B3,“prac|toll”)/(24*60)
=TollsEx(A4,B4,TRUE, “prac|toll”)
NOTE:
Sample workbooks using these functions are in the Excel folder of your
PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\EXCEL.
See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.
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The prototype for the CityName function is:
=CityName
(ZIPCode)
NOTE:
Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your
PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\EXCEL.
See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.
CityName returns the city name and state or country abbreviation corresponding to the given postal code. (Canadian Postal Codes, SPLC, and 3-digit U.S. ZIP codes representing centralized areas are now valid with this function, as are international postal codes if you are a PC*MILER|Worldwide customer.)
CityName returns -1 if the postal code you entered is invalid.
CityName Function Examples:
Input Formula
80903 =cityname(A2)
SPLC191690000 =cityname(A3)
H3B 1A2 =cityname(A4)
RESULT
Colorado Springs, CO
Newark Airport, NJ
Montreal, QC
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The prototype for the ZIPCode function is:
=ZIPCode
(City,State)
NOTE:
Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your
PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\EXCEL.
ZIPCode returns the postal code corresponding to a place name. The place name is a city with a state or country abbreviation (e.g. Austin, TX or Sion, FR). Any place in the PC*MILER database may be used, with the exception of Canadian place names. ZIPCode returns a -1 if the place name you entered is invalid.
The ZIPCode function can be used to test if a given number is a valid postal code.
For example, the following Excel command will return TRUE if cell B2 contains a valid postal code and FALSE if it does not:
=NOT (EXACT(-1,ZIPCode(B2)))
Neither postal codes outside of the U.S. nor SPLC’s can be derived from this function. However, Canadian and Worldwide codes can be found using the
Location Lookup dialog. The steps to access the Location Lookup vary depending on the version of Excel you are using:
Excel 2003:
In Excel 2003, select Insert menu > PC*MILER Location Lookup…, then enter a city/state (example: ‘Montreal, QC’ – see below) and click Lookup.
Make a selection from the pick list.
Excel 2007 or 2010:
Click the Add-Ins tab and select PC*MILER Location Lookup…, then enter a city/state (example: ‘Montreal, QC’ – see below) and click Lookup. Make a selection from the pick list.
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The prototype for the FullName function is:
=FullName
(ZIPCodeOrCityState)
NOTE:
Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your
PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\EXCEL.
See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.
FullName returns the postal or SPLC code, city/state abbreviation, and county name corresponding to the given location. Any place name, postal code, or SPLC in the PC*MILER database may be used (Canadian Postal Codes included in
PC*MILER, and international postal codes are additionally available for
PC*MILER|Worldwide customers). FullName returns -1 if the PC*MILER place you entered is invalid.
HINT:
If a Canadian city, Canadian postal code, or SPLC is entered in the function, it will return the city/state without a code.
FullName Function Examples:
Location
52802
Hershey, PA
Formula
=fullname(A2)
=fullname(A3)
R3L 0B5 =fullname(A4)
SPLC301120002 =fullname(A5)
Paris, FR =fullname(A5)
RESULT
52802 Davenport, IA, Scott
17033 Hershey, PA, Dauphin
R3L 0B5 Winnipeg, MB
301120002 Canal, MI, Chippewa
Paris, FR, Paris
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The prototype for the CityNameWithCounty function is:
=CityNameWithCounty
(placeName)
NOTE:
Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your
PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\EXCEL.
See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.
The function CityNameWithCounty takes a PC*MILER location (city-state, postal code, six-digit Canadian Postal Code, PC*MILER|Worldwide international postal code, SPLC, PC*MILER custom name) and returns the city name with state and county. Any place name, postal code, or SPLC in the PC*MILER or database may be used. Returns -1 if the PC*MILER place you entered is invalid.
CityNameWithCounty Function Examples:
Location
Knoxville, IA
12345
Formula RESULT
=citynamewithcounty(A2) Knoxville, IA, Marion
=citynamewithcounty(A3) General Electric, NY, Schenectady
SPLC401167000 =citynamewithcounty(A4) Barco, NC, Currituck
Omaha, NE;1600 Douglas St. =citynamewithcounty(A5) Omaha, NE, Douglas
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The prototype for the CityToLatLong function is:
=CityToLatLong
(CityStateOrZipcode)
NOTE:
Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your
PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\EXCEL.
See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.
The function CityToLatLong takes a PC*MILER location (city-state, postal code, SPLC, truck stop, PC*MILER custom name) and returns the latitude/longitude of a point central to the location in degrees, minutes, seconds format (dddmmssN,dddmmssW). CityToLatLong returns -1 if the PC*MILER place name you entered is invalid.
CityToLatLong Function Examples:
Location
52802
Formula RESULT
=citytolatlong(A2) 0413114N,090438W
Hershey, PA =citytolatlong(A3) 0401707N,0763859W
R3L 0B5 =citytolatlong(A4) 0495251N,0970830W
Ankeny, IA;200 East 1 st
St. =citytolatlong(A5) 0414400N,0933640W
=citytolatlong(A6) 0462918N,0842104W SPLC301120002
IMPORTANT NOTE for PC*MILER|Worldwide Users:
The appropriate region must be set in PC*MILER to match the input locations. Also, when entering abbreviations for countries outside North America (for example, Paris,
FR), the format must match the setting in PC*MILER (Tools menu > Country
Abbreviations) – either FIPS 2-character, FIPS 3-character, or ISO 2-character.
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The prototype for the LatLongToCity function is:
=LatLongToCity
(LatLong)
NOTE:
Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your
PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\EXCEL.
See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.
The function LatLongToCity takes a latitude/longitude (degrees, minutes, seconds or decimal degrees format) and returns the miles from the PC*MILER place name at the closest end of the closest road segment. This may be either a city-state or a road intersection. This function connects latitude/longitudes to the highway network as if you were routing to or from the latitude/longitude.
LatLongToCity returns a -1 if the lat/long format is invalid or is more than 200 miles from a road in the PC*MILER highway network.
The CityToLatLong and LatLongToCity functions may be, but are not necessarily reversible, because not all PC*MILER place names are located at the end points of road segments.
LatLongToCity Function Examples:
Location Formula RESULT
0401707N,0763859W =latlongtocity (A2) 0.0 PA State Univ-Hershey Medical, PA, Dauphin
0495255N,0970818W =latlongtocity (A3) 0.1 E Winnipeg, MB
0462918N,0842104W =latlongtocity (A4) 0.0 Canal, MI, Chippewa
IMPORTANT NOTE for PC*MILER|Worldwide Users:
The lat/longs entered must match the region set in PC*MILER. In North America, city returns will include state, province, or estado but not country. In all other regions, the city and country will be returned, with the country abbreviation being a FIPS 2character, ISO 2-character, or FIPS 3-character, depending on the setting in
PC*MILER (Tools menu > Country Abbreviations).
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=AddressToLatLong
(Address)
NOTE:
Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your
PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\EXCEL.
See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.
(In North America with PC*MILER|Streets only) This function takes a
PC*MILER|Streets address and returns the latitude/longitude in degrees, minutes, seconds format (dddmmssN,dddmmssW). AddressToLatLong returns -1 if the place name you entered is invalid. The function may be, but is not necessarily reversible. For a decimal format return, see Appendix B on the PCMSERVE.INI.
=LatLongToAddress
(LatLong)
(In North America with PC*MILER|Streets only) This function takes a latitude/longitude (degrees, minutes, seconds or decimal degrees format) and returns the address. This function connects latitude/longitudes to the highway network as if you were routing to or from the latitude/longitude.
LatLongToAddress returns a -1 if the lat/long format is invalid or is more than
200 miles from a road in the PC*MILER|Streets highway network. The function may be, but is not necessarily reversible.
NOTE:
The output of this function has been enhanced so that, for roads that have both a street name and a route number, the route number will be returned in parentheses after the street name.
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For example, in Version 29 and higher:
=latlongtoaddress(addresstolatlong("Princeton, NJ; 245 Nassau Street")) returns
08540 Princeton, NJ, Mercer; 245 Nassau Street (NJ-27).
NOTE:
Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your
PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\EXCEL.
See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.
A good way to calculate a multi-stop route is to put all stops along the route, including the origin and destination, in the same column:
In the example above, the origin is in cell B3, the first stop is in B4, second stop in B5, etc. The Miles formula was entered in cell C4 to get the mileage from
08540 to Baltimore, MD; i.e. =Miles(B3,B4). This formula was then dragged
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from C4 down the length of the stop list to obtain leg mileages. (To replicate a formula down a column, click and hold the small square in the bottom right corner of the cell that contains the formula and drag down over the other cells in the column. See Excel Help for more about this and other Excel spreadsheet capabilities.) For more examples, see the “Demo*.xls” files in the Excel folder of your PC*MILER installation.
Total mileage was added at the bottom using the Excel function =SUM(C4:C9) to add up all miles in the “Mileage” column.
Using the same principle as for multi-stop routing above, Hub mileage (mileage from one “hub” location to multiple destinations) can be derived by entering the hub location at the top of a column and placing multiple destinations under it in the same column.
Simply set the origin in the =Miles formula in each cell to the stop at the top of the list; in the example below, to get miles from 08540 to Atlanta,GA, cell C6 contains the formula =Miles(B3,B6).
NOTE:
Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your
PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\EXCEL.
See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.
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If PC*MILER|Tolls was purchased and installed, toll data can be calculated in
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets using latitude/longitude points.
In the example below, the Discount parameter is set to TRUE so that discount programs that are activated in PC*MILER (Options dialog > Tolls tab) will be used where they apply in toll calculations. The RouteType optional parameter is missing and therefore defaults to Practical routing. See section 3.16 for more on the Tolls function.
NOTE:
Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your
PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER29\EXCEL.
See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.
If the “Custom” option is turned on in the PCMSERVE.INI file (see below),
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets will use the avoid/favor/override road settings created in PC*MILER. Note that favoring a road does not absolutely guarantee that it will be used (see the PC*MILER User’s Guide or Help for a description of avoiding, favoring, and overriding roads).
This option can also be set by changing the CustomRoute setting to TRUE in the
PCMSERVE.INI
file located in your Windows or Windows NT folder. The default is FALSE. See Appendix B for more about the .INI file.
=CustomRoute=TRUE
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(North America only) If the separate PC*MILER|HazMat add-on module has been purchased, PC*MILER|Spreadsheets can calculate routes that are hazardous material compliant for various types of hazardous material
.
See the PC*MILER
User’s Guide or Help for a description of the following available PC*MILER hazmat route types:
In North America: None, General*, Explosive, Inhalant, Radioactive,
Corrosive, or Flammable. * “General” = “Other” in the PC*MILER UI.
In Europe and Oceania (PC*MILER|Worldwide must be installed): None,
General, Explosive, Flammable, HarmfultoWater
The hazardous material routing type can be set as the default in the PCMSERVE.INI file (HazRoute setting). See Appendix B for more about the .INI file.
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets User’s Guide 43
4
If you get the error “Run-time error ‘1004’: Programmatic access to Visual Basic
Project is not trusted”, follow these steps (or equivalent steps in your version of
Excel – the steps below are for Excel 10):
1. Select File > Options.
2. Select Trust Center > Trust Center Settings.
3. Select Macro Settings.
4. Check “Trust access to the VBA project object model”.
If you enter a postal code with a leading zero (e.g. 08540) Excel may interpret it as a number and remove the leading zero. To correct this problem, either type an apostrophe in front of the postal code (e.g. ‘08540) or format the field as text
(“Text” category of the “Format Cells” command).
NOTE:
In North America, the database also includes 3-digit U.S. ZIP Codes.
The DriveTime function returns the drive time between two points in minutes, but sometimes it is convenient to see the time in hour:minute format. To display drive times as “days hours:minutes” in Excel, you must first convert minutes to days by dividing by 24*60. For example:
=DriveTime (A2,B2)/(24*60)
When loading the Add-In for the first time, this error may sometimes appear. Exit and re-enter Excel.
When making calls to PC*MILER|Spreadsheets from a macro sheet, you may see this error message. To fix the problem, from the Tools menu select References and make sure that pcmsrv.xla is checked on.
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets User’s Guide 44
This error occurs when the user enters a location (postal code or a city/state place name) that is not a valid PC*MILER location.
NOTE:
If you add or change custom locations in PC*MILER using “Import
Custom Places” or “Manage Custom Places,” Excel will not recognize those changes until you exit PC*MILER to save the changes on disk, as well as shut down Excel and restart it.
This error can also occur if the Add-In was not able to correctly load the
PC*MILER database.
NOTE:
We do not support making modifications to this file. Please make a backup copy before making any changes
Excel will attempt to access this file when it tries to load the Add-In. First, make sure that the file vbaen.olb exists. It should be either in the Windows folder or the
SYSTEM
sub-folder inside the Windows folder. If the file does not exist, you must re-install Windows.
If the file exists, then the problem is in the Windows Registration File (reg.dat).
The location of vbaen.olb is saved in the reg.dat. Make sure the path to this file in the reg.dat points to the correct location. You can run REGEDIT /V to view/edit the reg.dat.
Look for the key "TypeLib". Look for the Win17 selection. Under this section should be a complete path to the vbaen.olb. Ensure the full path is correct.
If you have problems using custom routing that you created in PC*MILER, set the value of the following item in the PCMSERVE.INI file to TRUE. The
PCMSERVE.INI file is located in your Windows or Winnt directory.
CustomRoute = TRUE
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets User’s Guide 45
A
(For country abbreviations in North America, see “North America” in the Country Codes section of this appendix)
AL Alabama
CO
CT
DE
DC
FL
AK
AB
AZ
AR
BC
CA
GA
ID
IL
IN
IA
KS
KY
LA
Kentucky
Louisiana
ME Maine
MB Manitoba
MD
Maryland
MA Massachusetts
MI Michigan
MN Minnesota
MS Mississippi
MO Missouri
MT
Montana
Alaska
Alberta
Arizona
Arkansas
British Columbia
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Dist. of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets User’s Guide 46
NE
NV
NB
NH
Nebraska
Nevada
New Brunswick
New Hampshire
NJ New Jersey
NM
New Mexico
NY New York
NL
NC
Newfoundland & Labrador
North Carolina
ND
NT
North Dakota
Northwest Territory
NS
Nova Scotia
NU*
Nunavut
OH
OK
Ohio
Oklahoma
ON
OR
PA
Ontario
Oregon
PE
QC
RI
SK
SC
SD
TN
TX
UT
Pennsylvania
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Rhode Island
Saskatchewan
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
VT
VA
Vermont
Virginia
WA Washington
WV West Virginia
WI Wisconsin
WY Wyoming
YT Yukon Territory
* The same FIPS code, NU, is used for Nicaragua and the province of Nunavut, Canada in the
PC*MILER database.
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AG
BJ
BS
CP
Aguascalientes
Baja California
Baja California Sur
Campeche
Chiapas
Chihuahua
CH
CI
CU
CL
DF
DG
Coahuila de Zaragoza
Colima
Distrito Federal
Durango
GJ
GR
HG
JA
EM
MH
MR
NA
NX *
OA
PU
QA
QR
SL
SI
SO
TA
TM
TL
VZ
YC
Guanajuato
Guerrero
Hidalgo
Jalisco
Mexico (Estado)
Michoacan de Ocampo
Morelos
Nayarit
Nuevo Leon
Oaxaca
Puebla
Queretaro Arteaga
Quintana Roo
San Luis Potosi
Sinaloa
Sonora
Tabasco
Tamaulipas
Tlaxcala
Veracruz
Yucatan
ZT
Zacatecas
* Please note that by default, “NX” is used for Nuevo Leon because the province of
Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada already utilizes “NL” in the database. However, there is an option that sets “NL” as the abbreviation for Nuevo Leon: in the File application menu, select Application Settings… . In the NL Abbreviation drop-down, select Use for Nuevo Leon and click Save.
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets User’s Guide 48
COUNTRY NAME FIPS ISO2 ISO3 GENC2 GENC3
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
AG DZ
AO AO
DZA DZ
AGO AO
BN BJ
BC BW
BEN BJ
BWA BW
UV BF
BY BI
BFA BF
BDI BI
CM CM CMR CM
CV CV CPV CV
Central African Republic
Chad
CT CF
CD TD
CAF CF
TCD TD
Comoros CN KM COM KM
Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) CG CG COD CD
Congo, Republic of the (Brazzaville)
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
CF
DJ
EG
EK
CD
DJ
EG
GQ
COG
DJI
CG
DJ
EGY EG
GNQ GQ
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire)
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
ER
ET
GB
GA
GH
GV
PU
IV
KE
LT
LI
LY
ER
ET
GA
GM
GH
GN
GW
CI
KE
LS
LR
LY
ML ML
ERI
ETH
GAB
GMB GM
GHA
GIN
GNB
CIV
ER
ET
GA
GH
GN
GW
CI
KEN KE
LSO LS
LBR LR
LBY LY
MA MG MDG MG
MI MW MWI MW
MLI ML
MR MR MRT MR
MP MU MUS MU
MF YT MYT YT
MO MA MAR MA
MZ MZ MOZ MZ
WA NA
NG NE
NI NG
NAM NA
NER
NGA
NE
NG
KEN
LSO
LBR
LBY
MDG
MWI
MLI
MRT
ERI
ETH
GAB
GMB
GHA
GIN
GNB
CIV
MUS
MYT
MAR
MOZ
NAM
NER
NGA
CAF
TCD
COM
COD
COG
DJI
EGY
GNQ
DZA
AGO
BEN
BWA
BFA
BDI
CMR
CPV
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets User’s Guide 49
COUNTRY NAME
Reunion
Rwanda
Saint Helena
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Bangladesh
Bhutan
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei
Burma (Myanmar)
Cambodia
China
Guam
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Laos
Macao
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Nepal
Northern Mariana Islands
FIPS ISO2 ISO3 GENC2 GENC3
SG
SE
SL
SO
RE RE REU RE
RW RW RWA RW
SH
TP
SH
ST
SHN
STP
SH
ST
SN
SC
SL
SO
SEN
SYC
SLE
SN
SC
SL
SOM SO
SF ZA
OD SD
SU SD
WZ SZ
TZ TZ
TO TG
TS TN
UG UG
ZAF
SDW
SDN
SWZ
TZA
TGO
TUN
UGA
ZA
SS
SD
SZ
TZ
TG
TN
UG
WI EH
ZA ZM
ESH
ZMB
EH
ZM
ZI ZW ZWE ZW
ZAF
SSD
SDN
SWZ
TZA
TGO
TUN
UGA
REU
RWA
SHN
STP
SEN
SYC
SLE
SOM
ESH
ZMB
ZWE
BG BD
BT BT
BGD BD
BTN BT
IO
BX
--
BN
-- --
BRN BN
BM MM MMR MM
CB KH KHM KH
CH CN
GQ GU
HK HK
IN IN
ID
JA
ID
JP
KN KP
KS KR
CHN
IND
IDN
JPN
PRK
KOR
CN
GUM GU
HKG HK
IN
ID
JP
KP
KR
LA LA LAO LA
MC MO MAC MO
MY MY MYS MY
MV MV MDV MV
MG MN MNG MN
NP NP NPL NP
CQ MP MNP MP
CHN
GUM
HKG
IND
IDN
JPN
PRK
KOR
BGD
BTN
--
BRN
MMR
KHM
LAO
MAC
MYS
MDV
MNG
NPL
MNP
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COUNTRY NAME
Pakistan
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Vietnam
Akrotiri
Albania
Armenia
Andorra
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dhekelia
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Guernsey
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Isle of Man
Italy
FIPS ISO2 ISO3 GENC2 GENC3
PK
PS
PP
RP
PK PAK PK
PW PLW PW
PG
PH
PNG
PHL
PG
PH
SN
BP
SG
SB
SGP SG
SLB SB
CE LK LKA LK
TW TW TWN TW
TH
TT
TH
--
VM VN
THA TH
TMP TL
VNM VN
PAK
PLW
PNG
PHL
SGP
SLB
LKA
TWN
THA
TMP
VNM
AX
AL
--
AL
-- QZ
ALB AL
AM AM ARM AM
AN AND AND AD
AU A
AJ AZ
AUT
AZE
AT
AZ
BO BY
BE B
BLR BY
BEL BE
BK BIH BIH BA
BU BG BGR BG
HR HR
CY CY
EZ CZ
DA DK
HRV
CYP
CZE
DNK
HR
CY
CZ
DK
DX
EN
FO
FI
FR FR
GG GE
GM D
GI GI
-- -- XD
EST EST EE
FO FRO FO
FIN FIN FI
FRA
GEO
DEU
GIB
FR
GE
DE
GI
GR GR
GK --
HU H
IC IS
EI
IM
IT
IE
--
I
GRC
--
GR
GG
HUN HU
ISL
IRL
IS
IE
IMN IM
ITA IT
GRC
GGY
HUN
ISL
IRL
IMN
ITA
XXD
EST
FRO
FIN
FRA
GEO
DEU
GIB
BLR
BEL
BIH
BGR
HRV
CYP
CZE
DNK
XQZ
ALB
ARM
AND
AUT
AZE
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets User’s Guide 51
COUNTRY NAME
Jersey
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Sweden
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Uzbekistan
Vatican City
Afghanistan
Bahrain
Gaza Strip
Iran
Iraq
Israel
IR
IZ
IS
AF
BA
GZ
FIPS ISO2 ISO3 GENC2 GENC3
LG
LS
LH
LU
JE
KZ
--
KZ
-- JE
KAZ KZ
KV -- XKS XK
KG KGZ KGZ KG
LV
FL
LT
L
LVA
LIE
LV
LI
LTU LT
LUX LU
MK MK MKD MK
MT M MLT MT
MD MD MDA MD
MN MC MCO MC
MJ MNE MNE ME
NL NL NLD NL
NO N
PL PL
NOR
POL
NO
PL
RI
LO
SI
SP
PO P
RO RO
PRT PT
ROU RO
RS RUS RUS RU
SM RSM SMR SM
SRB
SK
SRB
SVK
RS
SK
SLO SVN SI
E ESP ES
SV SJ
SW S
SZ
TI
CH
TJ
SJM XR
SWE SE
CHE CH
TJK TJ
TU
TX
TR TUR TR
TM TKM TM
UP UA
UK GB
UKR
GBR
UA
GB
UZ
VT
UZ
V
UZB UZ
VAT VA
XSV
SWE
CHE
TJK
TUR
TKM
UKR
GBR
UZB
VAT
PRT
ROU
RUS
SMR
SRB
SVK
SVN
ESP
MKD
MLT
MDA
MCO
MNE
NLD
NOR
POL
JEY
KAZ
XKS
KGZ
LVA
LIE
LTU
LUX
IR
IQ
IL
AF
BH
--
AFG AF
BHR BH
XGZ XG
IRN IR
IRQ IQ
ISR IL
AFG
BHR
XGZ
IRN
IRQ
ISR
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets User’s Guide 52
COUNTRY NAME
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestinian Territory
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
United Arab Emirates
West Bank
Yemen
Canada
Greenland
Mexico
Puerto Rico*
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
United States
Virgin Islands, U.S.
FIPS ISO2 ISO3 GENC2 GENC3
JO JO JOR JO
KU KW KWT KW
LE LB LBN LB
MU OM OMN OM
-- PS
QA QA
SA
SY
SA
SY
PSE
QAT
SAU
SYR
PS
QA
SA
SY
AE AE
WE --
YM YE
ARE AE
XWB XW
YEM YE
JOR
KWT
LBN
OMN
PSE
QAT
SAU
SYR
ARE
XWB
YEM
CA
GL
CA
GL
CAN CA
GRL GL
MX MX MEX MX
PR* PR PRI PR
SB
US
VI
PM
US
VI
SPM
USA
VIR
PM
US
VI
* Note: “PR” for Puerto Rico is a USPS code, not a FIPS code.
American Samoa
Australia
Cook Islands
AQ AS
AS AU
CW CK
Fiji
French Polynesia
FJ
FP
French Southern and Antarctic Islands FS
Kiribati KR
FJ
PF
TF
KI
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Federated States of
Midway Island
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue
Norfolk Island
Pitcairn Islands
Samoa (Western Samoa)
ASM AS
AUS AU
COK CK
FJI FJ
PYF PJ
ATF TF
KIR KI
RM MH MHL MH
FM FM FSM FM
MQ UM --
NR NR NRU
QM
NR
NC NC
NZ NZ
NE
NF
NU
NF
NCL
NZL
NIU
NFK
NC
NZ
NU
NF
PC PN PCN PN
WS WS WSM WS
CAN
GRL
MEX
PRI
SPM
USA
VIR
MHL
FSM
XMW
NRU
NCL
NZL
NIU
NFK
PCN
WSM
ASM
AUS
COK
FJI
PYF
ATF
KIR
PC*MILER|Spreadsheets User’s Guide 53
COUNTRY NAME
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Wake Island
Wallis and Futuna
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba
Brazil
Caribbean Netherlands
Cayman Islands
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Curacao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
French Guiana
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guantanamo Bay
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Martinique
Montserrat
FIPS ISO2 ISO3 GENC2 GENC3
TL
TN
TK
TO
TV TV
NH VU
TKL
TON
TUV
VUT
TK
TO
TV
VU
WQ WQ XWK QW
WF WF WLF WF
TKL
TON
TUV
VUT
XWK
WLF
AV AI
AC
AR
AG
AR
AIA AI
ATG AG
ARG AR
AA AW ABW AW
BF BS BHS BS
BB BB
BH BZ
BRB
BLZ
BB
BZ
BD BM BMU BM
BL BO BOL BO
--
BR
--
BR
--
BRA
BQ
BR
NT
CJ
AN
KY
CI CL
CO CO
BES
CYM
CHL
COL
BQ
KY
CL
CO
CS CR
CU CU
CRI CR
CUB CU
UC -- -- CUW
DO DM DMA DM
DR DO
EC EC
ES
FK
SV
FK
DOM DO
ECU
SLV
FLK
EC
SV
FK
FG
GJ
GF
GD
GP GP
-- --
GT
GY
GT
GY
HA HT
HO HN
GUF
GRD
GLP
--
GF
GD
GP
A2
GTM GT
GUY GY
HTI HT
HND HN
JM JM JAM JM
MB MQ MTQ MQ
MH MS MSR MS
GUF
GRD
GLP
AX2
GTM
GUY
HTI
HND
CRI
CUB
CUW
DMA
DOM
ECU
SLV
FLK
JAM
MTQ
MSR
BMU
BOL
BES
BRA
BES
CYM
CHL
COL
AIA
ATG
ARG
ABW
BHS
BRB
BLZ
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COUNTRY NAME
Nicaragua*
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Barthalemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis Islands
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sint Maarten
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Uruguay
Venezuela
Virgin Islands, British
FIPS ISO2 ISO3 GENC2 GENC3
NU* NI
PM PA
PA
PE
PY
PE
TB
SC
--
KN
ST LC
RN --
VC VC
NN --
NS
TD
SR
TT
TK
UY
TC
UY
VE VE
VG VG
NIC NI
PAN PA
PRY PY
PER PE
BLM BL
KNA KN
LCA LC
MAF MF
VCT VC
SXM SX
SUR SR
TTO TT
TCA TC
URY UY
VEN VE
VGB VG
VCT
SXM
SUR
TTO
TCA
URY
VEN
VGB
NIC
PAN
PRY
PER
BLM
KNA
LCA
MAF
* The same FIPS code, NU, is used for Nicaragua and the province of Nunavut, Canada in the PC*MILER database.
Official Sources
FIPS Country Codes: http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp
and http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/4250.htm
ISO2 Country Codes: http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166_code_lists/english_country_names_and_code_elements.htm
and http://www.iso.org/iso/english_country_names_and_code_elements#s
ISO 3 Country Codes: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm
GENC2 and GENC3 Country Codes (Geopolitical Entities, Names and Codes):
Issued by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency https://www1.nga.mil/Pages/default.aspx
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B
You can modify the PCMSERVE.INI file to set default trip options so that these options are active each time you use PC*MILER|Spreadsheets. The INI file is in your Windows or Windows NT folder, and can be opened using Notepad,
Wordpad, or another text editor.
Note that trip options can also be set using the PC*MILER|Spreadsheets Excel functions or in the PC*MILER user interface. See section 3.13, Route Options
and Default Settings, for the order of precedence between route options set in the
PC*MILER user interface, those set using Spreadsheets functions, and those set using the PCMSERVE.INI.
Settings in the INI that can be added or edited are listed below. If you open the
INI file, you won’t see all of these settings in it. If any key doesn’t have a value or is not found in the INI file, it assumes the default value or the value set in the
PC*MILER user interface.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Excel must be closed and reopened for INI file setting changes to take effect.
Valid Values Description KEY
[Engine]
ShowEngine=
[Logging]
Enable=
0
1
0
1
Should Connect automatically start the engine (1) or not (0).
Default = 0
Should log files be generated (1) or not (0).
Default = 0
File= Path/file name of log file.
Append= 0
1
Append to old file (1) or write over (0). Default = 0
DisplayTi me=
0
1
When DisplayTime = 1, date/time are shown on each line in the log file.
Default = 0
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[Defaults]
CalcType=
Units=
ChangeDest=
Borders=
HubMode=
AlphaOrder=
FerryMiles=
Practical
Shortest
National
AvoidToll
Air
FiftyThree
Miles
Kilometers
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
Set the default routing type: most
Practical, Shortest by distance, favor National Network highways, avoid tolls, Air
(straight line), or 53' Trailer.
Default = Practical
Note: Toll-Discouraged,
National, and 53' routing are all based on Practical miles.
Note Also: When 53' Trailer routing is selected, the National
Network is automatically included – but not necessarily vice versa.
What unit of measure should distance be shown in.
Default = Miles
When optimizing the route, should the trip’s destination be optimized also (T).
Default = False
Should the engine try to keep routes within the United States
(F), or can they cross and recross the borders at will (T).
Default = True
Calculate the routes from the origin to each stop (T), not through each stop (F).
Default = False
List the states in the State Report in alphabetical order (T) or in the order driven (F).
Default = True
Use ferry distances in mileage and cost calculations (T), or don’t use (F).
Default = True
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LightVehicle=
MAPPING
EXPMAP
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
Should the DLL use Light Vehicle routing (available if Streets data is
installed with PC*MILER – see the
PC*MILER User’s Guide for more
on routing types).
Default = False
(AS/400 parameter)
Default = False
(AS/400 parameter)
Default = False
[Options]
CustomRoute=
HazRoute=
(only with the
PC*MILER|Hazmat add-on)
None
General*
Explosive
Inhalant
Radioactive
PartialCityMatch= TRUE
HistoricalRoadSpe eds=
TranslateAlias=
TRUE
FALSE
Corrosive
Flammable
HarmfultoWater
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
Should PC*MILER|Connect use
Custom routing.
Default = False
Hazardous material routing types for North America are: none
(hazmat routing disabled), general, explosive, inhalant, radioactive, corrosive, or flammable. For Europe or
Oceania, hazmat route types are: none, general, explosive, flammable, or harmful to water.
Default (all regions) = None
*NOTE:
“General” = “Other” in the PC*MILER UI, they are the same route type and algorithm.
Enables the return of a city match on a partial match of 28 characters.
Default = False
Toggles activation of traffic data for use in time-based routing.
Equivalent to the “Traffic
Enabled” option in PC*MILER.
Default = False
This setting pertains to geocoding in PC*MILER|FuelTax. It changes “*” and “()” in a custom place name to a “Zip-City-State;
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UseUSPost
Codes=
UseMexPos tCodes=
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
UseStreets=
(only if Streets data is installed
with PC*MILER)
TRUE
FALSE
UseNLAbbrevInMX
CountryAbbrevType
=
TRUE
FALSE
FIPS
ISO2
ISO3
GENC2
GENC3
[ConnectOptions]
LatLonFormatDecim al=
TRUE
FALSE
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Address” format.
When set to TRUE, if a 5-digit postal code might be a U.S. or a
Mexican code, the U.S. code will be used.
Default = True (see note below)
When set to TRUE, if a 5-digit postal code might be a U.S. or a
Mexican code, the Mexican code will be used.
Default = False
NOTE:
If UseUSPostCodes and UseMexPostCodes are both FALSE, or are not in the INI, the default U.S. code will be used.
Should street-level (T) or highway-only (F) routing be used when stops are city names or postal codes.
Default = False
When set to TRUE, the “NL” abbreviation geocodes to Nuevo
Leon in Mexico.
For PC*MILER|Worldwide, this option sets the country code format that will be accepted when using city name/country abbreviations as locations in regions other than North America.
Default = FIPS
Pertains to the function
PCMSAddressToLatLong()
, causing the function to return lat/longs in decimal degrees (e.g.
40.348848N,74.662703W).
When this line is not included in the .INI or is included but
=FALSE, the function returns degrees, minutes, seconds (e.g.
59
AvoidFavorAutoSa ve=
GeofenceAutoSave
=
[MappingOptions]
AvoidFavorAutoSa ve=
GeofenceAutoSave
=
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
[Defaults]
Region= NA
SA
Africa
Asia
Europe
ME
Oceania
ProductName= PC*MILER
ProductVersion= 29
DLLPath= Usually
C:\ALK
Technologies\
PCMILER29\app
0402056N,0743946W).
Default = False (Note: when this line is not present, default = false)
(PC*MILER|Connect) This option can be set to TRUE to autosave avoids/favors on shutdown.
Default = False (Note: when this line is not present, default = false)
(PC*MILER|Connect) This option can be set to TRUE to autosave geofence data on shutdown.
Default = True (Note: when this line is not present, default = false)
(PC*MILER|Mapping) This option can be set to TRUE to autosave avoids/favors on shutdown.
Default = False (Note: when this line is not present, default = false)
(PC*MILER|Mapping) This option can be set to TRUE to autosave geofence data on shutdown.
Default = True (Note: when this line is not present, default = false)
Region default is NA (North
America). Other regions available with PC*MILER|Worldwide.
Current version of PC*MILER.
Path to the current installation of
PC*MILER.
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Easy integration with Microsoft Excel
Calculates distances and drive times
Supports toll cost calculations
Provides various data and routing options
Customize for diverse applications
PCMILER Spreadsheets requires a base installation of PCMILER. For a complete list of PCMILER platforms and requirements, refer to the PCMILER User’s Guide.
PCMILER|Spreadsheets is a PCMILER add-on product that can be installed when you install PCMILER or at a later time. To install Spreadsheets along with PCMILER, you simply make sure that “PCMILER|Spreadsheets” is checked on the list of PCMILER components when you are prompted during the installation process.
The PCMILER|Spreadsheets installation contains sample workbooks of all PCMILER|Spreadsheets functions. They are located in the Excel folder in the PCMILER29 folder of your PC*MILER installation.
ALK Technologies offers one year of free unlimited technical support to all registered users of PC*MILER.
How is the State/Country Report function accessed in Microsoft Excel?
For Microsoft Excel 2003: Select an empty cell, then choose "PCMILER State/Country Rpt..." from the Insert menu. For Microsoft Excel 2007 or 2010: Go to the Excel Add-Ins tab and click on "PCMILER State/Country Rpt."
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