Postal Carrier Routes and Carrier Route Maps

Precisely target neighborhoods in direct marketing and sales efforts

Achieve maximum postal discounts by targeting postal Carrier Routes

Postal Carrier Routes help reduce marketing costs while increasing response rates

CarrierRouteViewer

Fast, accurate display and selection of Carrier Routes on high-quality maps:

  • Software and data packaged together
  • Easy to use and effective
  • Produces maps and lists of postal Carrier Routes
  • Distinguishes between multiple and single dwelling occupancy
  • No waiting for third party to produce maps for you
  • Quickly explore potential target markets
  • High-quality, accurate carrier route maps updated quarterly
  • Built on the Microsoft MapPoint platform providing application stability and reliability

Discover its features, benefits and options

  • Explore target markets
  • Create your own maps

Why Postal Carrier Routes?

  • Reach the majority of residents or businesses in any target market area
  • Achieve greatest possible discounts on postage


Why Postal Carrier Route Maps?

  • Fast, visual identification of market area
  • Target the correct Carrier Routes for mailing
  • Eliminate time-consuming manual lookups of Carrier Routes
  • Create compelling presentations

CarrierRouteViewer Features

Make Selections Using Intuitive, Flexible Tools Select Carrier Routes directly from the map using radius, rectangle or polygon tools or select individually. Measure distances with a few simple clicks.

Numbers at Your Fingertips
Easily produce reports showing the number of single and multiple dwelling postal drops for each Carrier Route and totals for the entire area selected. Reports include the map and can be saved as HTML or spreadsheet files.

Find Any Address or Place
Find your area of interest quickly by typing in any address or place name. The map will re-center on that location, showing all Carrier Route boundaries and labels. Navigation tools allow you to zoom in and out and scroll along the map.

Shade Carrier Routes
You can shade Carrier Route boundaries by the data behind them including the number of single and multiple dwelling units. Spot high-density regions quickly.

Make Large Maps
Generate large bitmaps up to 3500 x 3500 pixels (about 23" x 23" at 150dpi). Perfect for large displays or "war-rooms".

Show Points of Interest
Show Points of Interest from Microsoft MapPoint including landmarks, hotels, restaurants, hospitals and more.

View Aerial Photography
Aerial Photography and topographic maps from Microsoft TerraServer provides important detail and compelling backdrops (requires Internet connection).

Draw on Map
An extensive selection of easy-to-use tools allow you to draw on and annotate the map.

Reliable, Accurate Data Source
The Carrier Route boundary data source is from TeleAtlas™ and contains the SFDU and MFDU data. Data is updated quarterly and include many variables from the USPS Carrier Route statistics. View a list of the carrier route data variables.

Built on Microsoft MapPoint
CarrierRouteViewer is built on the Microsoft MapPoint platform, a popular and affordable mapping program from the world’s leading software company. MapPoint provides detailed, accurate and visually appealing street maps and ZIP Code boundaries for the entire US.

Options

Purchase for a single state or the entire US

Deploy on your desktop or via the Web

Carrier Route maps and data are updated quarterly

Affordable and Effective
Some industry solutions can be cost prohibitive and force you to learn complex software. In contrast, CarrierRouteViewer is affordable, easy to use and effective for fast and accurate visual analysis of carrier routes.

Do You Need Just Carrier Route Data?
We offer Carrier Route Data in both ESRI and MapInfo format. Available by the State or the entire U.S. Contact us for information about purchasing Carrier Route data.

About SpatialPoint: Your MapPoint Experts
SpatialPoint focuses on Microsoft MapPoint technology platforms to help customers solve problems where location is critical and can provide competitive advantages.

CarrierRouteViewer is one of many applications we have developed that our customers use to increase revenues, decrease costs and gain a competitive advantage.

SpatialPoint has built a successful, customer-focused business. We stay on the leading edge of technological developments and nurture a strong positive relationship with Microsoft and other vendors. We are a responsive and nimble organization that insists on providing superior customer service and support. Visit the SpatialPoint home page to learn more.

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Facts

A Carrier Route is the region that one USPS mail carrier can deliver mail to in one day.

A Carrier Route Map shows the streets within each postal route area.

CarrierRouteViewer helps you target neighborhood sales and marketing efforts to control costs while achieving strong response rates.

Using CarrierRouteViewer, you will be able to spot high-density areas at a more precise level than ZIP Codes and achieve postal discount rates greater than available through ZIP+4 mailings.

WHO USES CARRIER ROUTES?

  • Retail chains
  • Direct mail houses
  • Franchises
  • Small businesses
  • Telecommunications companies
  • Banks
  • Media/Print advertising