Map with all street names on in a list?

Haggisman said:
When I was a Dominos driver, we had a big map on the wall with an alphabetical list of streets and a grid reference next to each - this is probably far more useful than arbitrarily numbering roads based on where you think the numbers should go, which won't work for anything more than 20-30 streets...
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If I could find that then i'd be happy. The area we do deliveries to is quite well planned the estates are normally entry only through one main road and all the streets are grouped together by G's or A's etc and the map in question had the list organised like this:

Mayfield Estate:
1 Street Name
2 Street Name
3 Street Name

Otterburn Estate:
1 Street Name
2 Street Name
3 Street Name

Etc etc. This was on a list at the bottom of the map like the windows taskbar but a little thicker. It was really quite easy to work out and the drivers tend to know exactly where the estates are just not exactly where the street is sometimes but if you know it's Mayfield estate 4th right it's quite a quick easy system.
 
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Employ delivery drivers that know the local area and live in the local area. Most will know where all streets are or near enough that a quick Google will confirm.

The main problem is houses with no numbers on, or cul-de-sacs in weird layouts with only 1 house out of 20 with a number displayed.
 
I'm confused about your question. Because, to me, the obvious answer you need is "An A-Z". Except you've mentioned them yourself in a follow-up post. If you alreadyh know what an A-Z is, then it seems like you must think that isn't the solution you're after.

So what is it about an A-Z which doesn't fit your need?
 
Try asking local taxi drivers. Whilst chatting with the owner of my local Indian takeaway he showed me a list they had for their drivers which was sourced off the taxi's. It had each street listed alphabetically, but in this form:

Acccia Avenue, off Green Lane, off A41
Belvoir Avenue, off A41
Charles Drive, off Belvoir Avenue, off A41
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Someone had put that together, but it looked really easy for someone with a moderate degree of local knowledge to find pretty much any street with a 5 second look at the list.
 
OP, if your takeaway is where I think it is...you won't need a map as all you'll be delivering to are roundabouts!
 
a very poor one done to the minimal possible standards ?

your drivers will use the gps on their smartphone anyway...

most of them have a voice that shouts turn left in 100 yards etc just stick the phone on the passenger seat.
 
It's not about finding the place that can be done easily... It's about finding the place quicker and this method is much quicker rather than inputting postcodes into a GPS all the time and drivers don't learn using the GPS. I'm done explaining anyways I don't think people will understand unless they've done multiple deliveries before over a short space of time or have been a taxi driver.
 
drivers don't learn addresses using gps is absolute rubbish.

Everytime your driver gets out his paper map to find where he's going to... gonna be the last time that customer uses your firm.

I remember one time in Nottingham the taxi driver didn't know where an area of the city was... he handed me an a-z lol.....

I was like **** this **** I'll get a real taxi
 
Yes your story about this one time is nice and dandy but I can assure you if you use your gps you're looking at a screen not the road you're not paying attention to what you're doing you don't learn the route. I've seen this time and time again the worst drivers I've had have always been gps dependent.
 
I can't even understand how a numbering system would be usable - an A-Z at least gives a grid reference. How are you meant to find a number on your map of a town - a map which you've removed all street names from so using it for navigation is impossible?
 
Vegeta said:
Yes your story about this one time is nice and dandy but I can assure you if you use your gps you're looking at a screen not the road you're not paying attention to what you're doing you don't learn the route. I've seen this time and time again the worst drivers I've had have always been gps dependent.
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and if they use a map they are looking at the map and not where they are going .
GPS I agree the drivers will take longer to learn but they will still learn and it seems less of an inconvenience to customers who want their orders quick and hot
 
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Vegeta said:
It's not about finding the place that can be done easily... It's about finding the place quicker and this method is much quicker rather than inputting postcodes into a GPS all the time and drivers don't learn using the GPS. I'm done explaining anyways I don't think people will understand unless they've done multiple deliveries before over a short space of time or have been a taxi driver.
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The fact that every other take away uses GPS would suggest that isn't the case.
 
GPS on a tablet or Smartphone hooked up to the front?

Google map tells you the street you're on and which street you're going to turn onto. I've found myself remembering them after the first time traveling so I think its doable.


edit: I forgot you guys have postcodes as well, this makes it a no brainer. Whats your postcode? Type in GPS -------> drive.
 
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