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Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008

Release Date: 2007-08-20

Sales rank: 59

Over 1.6 million points of interest such as ATMs, hotels, landmarks, and more

Enhanced Keyword search helps you quickly find nearby business and POIs immediately

Customizable trip planning options allow you to plan stops, scenic detours, and more

Navigation Mode lets you estimate drive time before you leave your house

Offers GPS capability (GPS receiver sold separately)

Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008 gives you accurate driving directions to just about anywhere in the United States and Canada. It gets you where you're going quickly, easily, and without all the guesswork. This comprehensive trip planning software makes route planning a snap.You know where you want to go, and Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008 can help you get there. This best-selling travel and map software has been enhanced with several new features that take all the guesswork out of traveling, letting you focus on the sites, instead of the directions. With more than 1.6 million points of interest to choose from, and with updated maps and the most extensive trip planning features you'll find anywhere, Streets & Trips will help you plan your trip, your way.



Streets & Trips 2008 offers enhanced GPS support. Just plug in a GPS receiver (sold separately) to your laptop, and you have full GPS capability.


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What's New in 2008
Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008 offers the latest available maps of nearly 6 million miles of routable roads and highways throughout the United States and Canada. While you're driving, verbal turn-by-turn directions let you concentrate on the road while the software guides you. Customizable trip planning features allow you to plan multiple stops, find nearby places to visit, calculate drive time, and more.

Updated features let you identify one-way streets at a glance, and a robust keyword search lets you quickly find business and other points of interest quickly by entering in single search terms. Do you need a cup of coffee now? Simply type in the word "coffee" and Streets & Maps offers you the nearest coffee houses. Best of all, the search results automatically refresh as you continue to drive, so you will always have the most relevant information at your fingertips.

Online or off, Streets & Trips gives you the latest maps that give you the most accurate, detailed door to door directions at your fingertips. You can find current business listings while you're online and then take them with you. In a hurry? You can optimize your travel efficiencies by calculating mileage, time, and expenses in advance, even avoiding delays due to construction by downloading free updates from the Web. An updated navigation mode makes it easier than ever to know where you are, so that you can estimate drive time quickly and precisely, and enhanced customizable trip planning options will help you to plan stops, scenic detours, and fuel stops. You can even add multiple destinations; and quickly alter your route at a moment's notice.

Streets & Trips also features enhanced support for your GPS receiver that gives you a new perspective map view that can give you a road view like the one you would see through your windshield, to get a road view like the one you would see through your windshield. And the automatic re-routing feature gets you back on track, even when you miss a turn. (GPS functionality requires a GPS device that supports NMEA 2.0 or later, which is included in Streets & Trips with GPS Locator.

As Easy-to-Use as Typing
If you can type, you can take full advantage of the wealth of features Streets & Trips has to offer. To create a route and generate directions, it can't be any easier. You simply type in your starting and ending locations and click on "Get Directions." And voíla! Your trips can include side trips and segments, and you can instruct the software to customize your route by telling it what types of roads you want to travel, how quickly you want to get there, and the general area where you want to stop to gas up. Streets & Trips will create your itinerary, down to the precise gas station. Overall you'll have access to over 1.6 million local POIs such as hotels, restaurants, gas stations and even ATMs. And while you're driving, the software can give you verbal turn-by-turn directions that let you concentrate on the road instead of the directions.


Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008 with GPS

Release Date: 2007-08-25

Sales rank: 76

Over 1.6 million points of interest such as ATMs, hotels, landmarks, and more

Enhanced Keyword search helps you quickly find nearby business and POIs immediately

Customizable trip planning options allow you to plan stops, scenic detours, and more

Navigation Mode lets you estimate drive time before you leave your house

Includes sleek USB GPS receiver

Streets & Trips with GPS Locator helps you travel with complete confidence and it's so easy. This comprehensive trip planning software makes route planning a snap, anywhere in U.S. and Canada. Calculate mileage, pick out the fastest routes and mark points of interest. It gets you where you're going quickly, easily, and without all the guesswork. Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008 with GPS Locator pairs the power of Streets & Trips, the best-selling travel and map software, with a sleek new Global Positioning System receiver. You'll always know exactly where you are. Map your route, plug the GPS receiver into your laptop, and go! It starts with all the door-to-door routing, location-finding and comprehensive mapping power of Microsoft Streets & Trips, and adds a plug-and-play Global Positioning System (GPS) locator that helps you stay on track, and always knows where your next turn is. Includes sleek, stylish, ultra-compact GPS device with SiRF star III technology. It's 10 times more sensitive than previous models, finds your location faster, and has the power to locate you even in most buildings or a crowded city. All-new USB adapter provides the flexibility to travel cable-free! Just plug the included GPS receiver and adapter into your notebook PC and go. Reroute any time you wish, instantly, without going online Find out where to expect construction on any local or state road in the US or Canada Import contacts from Microsoft Office Outlook or Excel into your maps View the map in Full Screen mode & refer to the estimated drive time to always know how far you are from your destination Connect the included GPS receiver right into your computer's USB port and travel cable-free with the new USB adapter Windows VISTA and XP friendlyYou know where you want to go, and Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008 with GPS can help you get there. This best-selling travel and map software has been enhanced with several new features that take all the guesswork out of traveling, letting you focus on the sites, instead of the directions. With more than 1.6 million points of interest to choose from, and with updated maps and the most extensive trip planning features you'll find anywhere, Streets & Trips will help you plan your trip, your way.



A sleek GPS receiver plugs into the USB port on your laptop PC, giving you enhanced GPS capability.


Which Streets & Trips version is best for you? View comparison chart.
And with a sleek Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver that plugs into the USB port on your laptop PC, this software is all you will ever need to get you across town, or across country. You can now drive with absolute confidence, knowing that you have the most complete and updated information at your fingertips at all times.

What's New in 2008
Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008 offers the latest available maps of nearly 6 million miles of routable roads and highways throughout the United States and Canada. While you're driving, verbal turn-by-turn directions let you concentrate on the road while the software guides you. Customizable trip planning features allow you to plan multiple stops, find nearby places to visit, calculate drive time, and more.

Updated features let you identify one-way streets at a glance, and a robust keyword search lets you quickly find business and other points of interest quickly by entering in single search terms. Do you need a cup of coffee now? Simply type in the word "coffee" and Streets & Maps offers you the nearest coffee houses. Best of all, the search results automatically refresh as you continue to drive, so you will always have the most relevant information at your fingertips.

Online or off, Streets & Trips gives you the latest maps that give you the most accurate, detailed door to door directions at your fingertips. In a hurry? You can optimize your travel efficiencies by calculating mileage, time, and expenses in advance, even avoiding delays due to construction by downloading free updates from the Web. An updated navigation mode makes it easier than ever to know where you are, so that you can estimate drive time quickly and precisely, and enhanced customizable trip planning options will help you to plan stops, scenic detours, and fuel stops. You can even add multiple destinations; and quickly alter your route at a moment's notice.

Streets & Trips also features enhanced support for your GPS receiver that gives you a new perspective map view that can give you a road view like the one you would see through your windshield. And the automatic re-routing feature gets you back on track, even when you miss a turn.

The Benefits of GPS
Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008 with GPS offers enhanced features that only a GPS device can provide. The new sleek, stylish, ultra-compact GPS device with SiRF star III technology is 10 times more sensitive than previous models, finds your location faster, and has the power to locate you even in most buildings or a crowded city. Plus, the USB adapter gives you the flexibility to travel cable-free. Just plug in the included GPS receiver and start using it right away.

The GPS device allows you to track your route in real time in an easy-to-read full screen display with simple, easy-to-locate navigation buttons. You can also change to the special night map display with a single click of the button. Get real-time, voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions that always let you know where your next turn is. The GPS device also enables you to easily see upcoming turns with an automatically zooming map that shows relevant details based on how close you are to your next turn.

Streets & Trips 2008 with GPS is enhanced with GPS routing features, including distance-based voice prompting, GPS trail, rerouting, intelligent zooming, and much more. With GPS functionality, you have the ability to locate gas stations, restaurants, and other points of interest closest to you as you go, and the GPS Task Pane provides important information fast, including driving speed, latitude and longitude coordinates, altitude, travel direction, and more. The GPS Trail function can even let you retrace your steps to quickly find your way back to your starting point.

As Easy-to-Use as Typing
If you can type, you can take full advantage of the wealth of features Streets & Trips has to offer. To create a route and generate directions, it couldn't be any easier. You simply type in your starting and ending locations and click on "Get Directions." And voíla! Your trips can include side trips and segments, and you can instruct the software to customize your route by telling it what types of roads you want to travel, how quickly you want to get there, and the general area where you want to stop to gas up. Streets & Trips will create your itinerary, down to the precise gas station. Overall you'll have access to over 1.6 million local POIs such as hotels, restaurants, gas stations and even ATMs. And while you're driving, the software can give you verbal turn-by-turn directions that let you concentrate on the road instead of the directions.


Microsoft AutoRoute Europe 2007

Release Date: 2006-10-31

Sales rank: 292

Customizable trip-planning software and maps for Europe

Provides accurate driving directions; map coverage of 37+ countries

Instantly find more than 747,000 points of interest

Import contacts from Microsoft Office Outlook and Office Excel

Add multiple destinations with simple drag-and-drop controls

Going to Europe
Use Microsoft AutoRoute 2007, the customizable route planning software that provides accurate driving directions and helps you easily explore new areas, so you can make the most of your trip in Europe. With more personalized trip planning features than major online mapping sites and map coverage of more than 37 countries, AutoRoute 2007 gets you where youre going quickly, easily, and without all the guesswork.

Instantly find more than 747,000 points of interest such as hotels, restaurants, ATMs, museums, campgrounds, and more. Live Search makes it easy to find current business listings when youre online then take them with you on the road.

Get accurate, detailed door-to-door directions along 3.9 million miles of road and motorway throughout Europe.

Plan breaks, scenic detours and petrol stops you can even add multiple destinations or quickly alter your route with simple drag-and-drop controls. Personalize your maps with drawings, notes and pushpins to mark important information. Import your contacts into your maps and routes directly from Microsoft Office Outlook® and Microsoft Office Excel®.

Use your customized travel guide on-screen as you go, or print it out in a variety of helpful formats. You can even e-mail it to your friends or post it online!

All this at your fingertips, online or off:

  • Personal Driving Profile.Plot your own route with flexible trip planning options such as personalized start times, driving speeds, rest stops even preferred types of roads.
  • New! Increased map coverage for Eastern Europe and updated maps for Western Europe. New countries covered include: Andorra, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Lativia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovenia. 37 European countries in all.
  • Voice-Prompted Directions. Hear turn-by-turn directions, with an easy-to-use, hands-free guidance system.
  • New! Full Screen navigation with driving


  • Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 With GPS Locator[Old Version]

    Release Date: 2005-10-03

    Sales rank: 459

    Complete and customizable trip-planning software, plus USB-ready GPS receiver

    Advanced GPS routing features like distance-based voice-prompted directions

    Door-to-door directions for any trip; calculate mileage, time, and expenses

    Over 1.8 million points of interest; plan stops, scenic detours, and fuel stops

    Maps for U.S. and Canada with more than 5.4 million miles of routable roads

    Streets And Trips 2006 is a great trip-planning tool that offers accurate directions for any trip. Explore new areas, and find the services you need along the road. Always know where you make your next turn, and find your way back if you make a wrong turn. With the included GPS receiver, you'll benefit from advanced GPS routing features, including a new distance-based voice prompting GPS trail, rerouting, intelligent zooming, and much more. The receiver is USB-ready -- just plug it in and go! More than 5.4 million miles of newly updated, routable roads and highways throughout the United States and Canada Pocket Streets for the Pocket PC and Smartphone is also includedMicrosoft Streets and Trips 2006 with GPS Locator combines the latest version of Microsoft's enhanced customizable trip planning software, Streets and Trips, with a sleek and stylish Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. Just plug the receiver into the USB port on your laptop, start your car, and you'll always know exactly where you are, where your next turn is, and how far it is to the next gas station or point of interest.



    The navigation screen with GPS pane. A blue progress bar counts down to the next maneuver. View larger.


    Find all points of interest within a given radius. View larger.


    Acquire your location with the Wi-Fi Location Finder. View larger.
    Trip Planning with Door-to-Door Convenience
    Streets and Trips 2006 is an easy-to-use, hands-free trip planning and guidance solution. Whether you're running errands or planning a cross-country road trip, Streets and Trips 2006 offers customizable maps and information on more than 1.8 million points of interest (POIs), such as restaurants, ATMs, museums, campgrounds and more. Online or off, Streets and Trips 2006 provides updated maps that give you accurate, detailed door to door directions and puts 5.9 million miles of routable roads and highways throughout the US and Canada at your fingertips. While you're driving, verbal turn-by-turn directions let you concentrate on the road while the software guides you. Customizable trip planning features allow you to plan multiple stops, find nearby places to visit, calculate drive time, and more.

    Taking advantage of the enhanced trip planning software is easy. With a customizable viewing pane, you can display turn-by-turn directions, including street names, in large type for easy viewing, and large, easy-to-see arrows that indicate the direction of your next turn. The pane displays the distance to your destination in miles or yards, and for a quick "at-a-glance" view, a thermometer-style bar shows the relative distance you've travelled. To create a route and generate directions, you simply type in the starting and ending locations and click on "Get Directions." It's that simple. Your trips can include multiple segments, and you can instruct the software to customize your route by telling it what types of roads you want to travel, how much gas your car has, and the general area where you want to stop to gas up. Streets and Trips 2006 will do the rest, giving you your optimal itinerary, down to the precise gas station. Overall you'll have access to over 1.8 million local POIs such as hotels, restaurants, gas stations and ATMs, and by planning ahead, Streets and Trips 2006 will help you avoid delays with construction updates and other recent changes to your route.

    With the GPS receiver plugged into your laptop, you'll always know exactly where you are. The GPS panel shows your current latitude/longitude, direction of travel, current speed, and GPS signal strength. This is also the control panel for arranging and customizing the map display, and you can even create a "bread crumb" GPS trail, making your return trip a breeze. Voice-prompted directions announce upcoming turns with precise instructions, such as, "In one point two miles, turn left on Andover Street." If you drive past your planned exit, the software will tell you immediately that you're off track. A single click will get you back on track. The "Re-route from Here" feature quickly recalculates directions if you miss a turn.

    To find a certain POI, such as restaurants or gas stations, you simply select from 35 POI types to display on the map. You have the option of searching within a certain radius of an address that you choose, your current location, a specific direction within a planned route, or all of the POIs along the entire route. Your results are displayed in a directory-tree listing. When you click on a POI, a balloon box pops up on the map with detailed information, including an address and phone number, and if you right-click on the POI icon, you can add it to your route list.

    MSN Virtual Earth and Other Extras
    To enhance to your travel experience, Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 offers a link to MSN Virtual Earth, Microsoft's online repository of satellite maps. Let's say you're viewing a map of the theater district in Manhattan. If you want to see a bird's-eye view of it, just click the Virtual Earth icon and a satellite image of the area will load into your browser. Another convenient feature is the "Night Map Style" which makes reading your routes at night or in other low-light conditions a breeze. The map's background is black, and roads and street names are shown in shades of green for easy viewing. Also included with Streets and Trips 2006 is Pocket Streets for your Pocket PC or Smartphone, which you can load onto your compatible Windows-based Pocket PC or Windows-powered Smartphone for greater travel convenience.

    And best of all, once you register your software, you can access a full year of email and toll-free customer support, and you'll also have access to an online knowledge base dedicated to Streets and Trips 2006. So no matter where you're travels are taking you, you can drive with the confidence that you'll have Microsoft's extensive support and software behind you every click of your odometer.


    Microsoft MapPoint 2006 Standard Edition

    Release Date: 2006-04-28

    Sales rank: 766

    Use updated geographic and demographic data sets in MapPoint to display trends and illustrate key points on maps.

    New Driving Guidance takes your location from a connected GPS device and combines it with a route you have created to give you voice-prompted driving directions.

    Group common areas and overlay key information to these regions with maps that you create maps.

    Create maps with your own data. Step-by-step instructions guide you through applying your sales information and demographic variables to a variety of map types.

    Microsoft MapPoint 2006 helps business users to visualize, analyze, and communicate data. It includes updated geographic and demographic data, plus text and voice-prompted driving guidance. Make it easier for organizations to visualize their business in a whole new way. Getting to meetings and customers is easy; just plug it into your laptop and go!


    Delorme Street Atlas USA 2008 [Old Version]

    Release Date: 2007-05-15

    Sales rank: 1302

    GPS voice commands and spoken directions

    Mexico highway maps, as well as U.S. & Canadian detailed streets & points-of-interest

    More than 3.4 million updated streets across the U.S. and Canada

    Ideal for laptops, desktops, PDAs, iPods, and GPS

    Updated maps and four million places of interest produced by experienced mapmakers at DeLorme

    DeLorme Street Atlas USA 2008 is the most powerful atlas program available for your PC, PDA or GPS. These comprehensive tools offer street information and points-of-interest (POI). It also features innovative GPS features: voice commands, spoken directions, automatic back-on-track re-routing and much more. These authentic DeLorme maps are guaranteed accurate -- they're produced by their own mapmakers, and triple-referenced to ensure you have the correct guidance anywhere you go. Explore America's back roads without getting lost and get where you're going faster than ever with Street Atlas USA 2008. GPS navigation with spoken directions and voice commands Pocket PC, Windows Mobile 5.0, and Palm OS 3.5 (and above) supportAnnouncing the release of Street Atlas USA 2008, America's leading mapping software. Features U.S. and Canadian street maps plus Mexican highways, including PDA and GPS support.



    Windows Mobile 5.0 Support


    Now Bring Static Maps on iPods!

    Ideal for Laptops, Desktops, PDAs, iPods, and GPS
    More powerful than online mapping. Comprehensive tools for traveling using the latest gadgets. Support for Windows Vista, Pocket PCs, Windows Mobile 5.0, iPods, and Palm OS included

    Up-to-Date Maps & Travel Information
    Comprehensive street and POI updates for the U.S and Canada, now with Mexico highways. Powerful travel planning tools, MapShare, and many new data types

    The GPS Leader
    Innovative GPS features: voice commands, spoken directions, automatic back-on-track re-routing with off-route distance settings, mobile map colors, and much more

    Authentic DeLorme Maps
    Not licensed from 3rd party companies, the updated maps and 4 million places of interest are produced by experienced mapmakers here at DeLorme

    Core Functions Map Controls
    The maps can be controlled using a variety of methods, including the traditional push-button zooming, which drills in/out while keeping the map exactly centered. Also, holding down the left mouse button enables you to drag and zoom, left-to-right, across the map, and moving the mouse in the same manner but in the opposite direction zooms out.

    Find
    DeLorme employs several powerful search capabilities within the software. The first is a simple box called QuickSearch where you type common requests including towns, cities, lat/lons, ZIP codes, street addresses, colleges, and many more to receive the quickest possible matches. The places-of-interest search offers more advanced parameters and the advanced search is used when locating exact matches requires additional customer input.

    Draw
    Add MapNotes; draw your own circles, polygons, and squares; measure the area of your draw objects--even draw in your own roads and route on them--these are amazingly powerful draw tools for the money.

    Info
    Right-click on the map to learn more about what's underneath your cursor. Lat/Lon, names of streets and bodies of water--even local radio station information--can be viewed in this manner. Moreover, the bottom toolbar of the software displays a continuously updated readout of what's underneath your cursor.

    Voice
    voice for issuing routing and GPS commands while tracking. Ask common questions such as "How far to my next turn?" and the software answers. Microphone recommended for optimal usage. The software also reads upcoming turn information, including the time to turn, time to finish, and name of the street to turn onto. New voice settings allow you to select how far in advance of your turn you'd like to be prompted. Voice can also be turned off if you prefer.

    Netlink and Aerial Imagery
    NetLink is your online link to DeLorme for free aerial imagery now included with the Street Atlas USA 2008 versions. Select your areas of interest and download only those grids to the software. Toggle the imagery on and off in a single-screen view. Add notes and draw objects to the imagery to customize lifelike views from space.

    Mobile Device Mapping
    Pocket PC, Windows Mobile 5.0, and Palm OS Compatible
    Included at no extra charge is the DeLorme Handheld software, which now includes support for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices. Access the maps you want from the desktop software and hot-sync to your PDA. Add a DeLorme Bluetooth GPS for use with Bluetooth PDAs and navigate wire-free.

    The DeLorme handheld functionality provides address-to-address routing, spoken directions, mobile map colors to reduce in-vehicle glare, and four million places of interest. Finding what you need is easy using the powerful search capabilities. Now you have powerful desktop mapping software and PDA software all conveniently provided in one Street Atlas USA 2008 package.

    Maps on iPods

    Using a tool similar to how MapShare works, now you can select the maps you want from the desktop software and send them to your photo-capable iPod. These map http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/ are static (e.g., cannot be manipulated once on the iPod) and come across in the order you select them, same as with photos. Once on your device, you can access the ones you need, when you need them. Due to the small screen size of iPods, we recommend these maps for urban walking situations where you can discretely reference the maps you need. (Not GPS compatible.)

    Ease of Use

    E-Z Nav Toolbar
    First introduced within the 2006 version of the software, this handy toolbar runs along the top of the interface and offers access to commonly needed routing and GPS options, especially useful for in-vehicle navigation on a laptop PC with the Earthmate GPS. Right-click on the top toolbar and select the various icons you want.

    Keyboard Shortcuts
    Set your own keyboard shortcut preferences for optimum control when using GPS. The key-bindings function is very powerful and advanced so you can design your ideal in-vehicle navigation solution to your personal specifications.

    Right-Click Routing
    The easiest way for many to create and alter routes is to use the right-click feature. Select the route on your map and add new stops or vias, delete the route, all by simply right-clicking the object of interest. You can also add your own MapNotes or view the many pre-populated tags provided by the software.

    Routing

    Routing
    Create automatic routes using the quickest (time) or shortest (distance) routes. Add VIAs to force the routing to take the roads you prefer. Turn on one-way indicators; select major areas to avoid; or select roads based on driving speed preferences. Add Stops and reorganize their order and the routing automatically recalculates. Create and manage routes either in the Route tab or by right-clicking on the maps. New translucent route highlight lets you see exit numbers and route shields beneath the route highlight.

    Add Local Roads to Routing
    A DeLorme exclusive, this is the best way to update local roads when new developments are planned or added between DeLorme software releases. This tool is located within the Draw tab and lets you draw in the road segment, connecting it to another local road within the database. Assign a name, save it, and when you create automatic routes, the software is smart enough to include these new local roads in the routing calculations and also update the directions.

    Personalized Routing with Address Book
    Create and save commonly-used names for places you visit often, such as "home," work," or "Dad's." Once these names are assigned, the routing Starts, Stops, and Finishes also display these names making retrieval easy for repeated usage. Customize routes using your own names and save them within MapShare for others to see -- they'll be amazed. You can also include up to 200 names from your address book to be recognized using this system.

    Map & Travel Information

    Map Data
    Because all DeLorme map data is created, updated annually, and owned by DeLorme, we are able to provide many features typically reserved for expensive in-vehicle navigation systems. Free from the license restrictions and third-party dependencies of other publishers, we can also evaluate customer-submitted revisions and implement these changes after triple-checking all submissions. We currently have an enhanced commitment with staff in place to make as many customer revisions as possible.

    Places of Interest (POI) Data
    The DeLorme database contains over 4 million annually updated places of interest across the U.S., with additional ones in Canada, including restaurants, lodgings, gas stations, travel services, RV stops, malls, shopping--just about everything you could ever need on the road. The software settings let you choose the magnification level to display the various POIs to avoid cluttering your map views. The POIs can be accessed using the many Find capabilities or by right-clicking on the map and selecting places based on type and distance from map center.

    GPS Features

    GPS Radar Search
    Now you can travel with GPS and have the software find upcoming travel services based on their location from you. Find gas, hotels, shopping, and much more in your direction of travel and then easily make detours to these desired stops along the way. It's like having your personal travel concierge with you at all times.

    Automatic Back-on-Track GPS
    Using the Earthmate GPS LT-20, which turns a laptop PC into a powerful GPS navigator, it's possible to have the software offer new spoken and visual directions when you stray off course. Within the GPS tab of the Options section of the E-Z Nav toolbar, you can select or type the off-route distances you want to travel before the automatic recalculations kick in. Select short distances for city travel and longer ones for highway travel where you may exit frequently for roadside travel services.

    GPS Spoken Directions
    The software can offer voice directions indicating upcoming turns and street names. It also can be set up to respond to your voice and answer common travel questions--a very powerful capability for mapping software within this price category. Several different voice types are included.

    Printing & Sharing

    Print
    Print crisp color or black & white maps that you control to best match what is seen on screen. Also print Travel Packages containing strip maps and directions to bring on your trip. Don't want to use a lot of ink and paper? Then print just the Turn Details which show thumbnail maps of each of the decision points along your route.

    MapShare
    MapShare makes it easy to share your customized maps and directions with family, friends, and business associates. You create exactly the content you want and then post within our online MapShare library, which includes private administrative tools for you to manage. Similar to some of the better online photo resources, MapShare allows you to provide controlled access to your important maps without worrying about email and spam filters.

    Eartha Community Atlas
    DeLorme has created several online communities for you to network with other customers looking to share travel information. You connect through the software interface into an online social network where you can add photos and forum postings to specific geographic locations.

    Demos & Tutorials

    Getting Started Tutorial
    This tutorial provides a guided tour of the main capabilities of the software. It is also included within the software along with a comprehensive Help section with links to online discussion groups where DeLorme customers can help you.

    Data

    Included
    Street Atlas USA 2008 DVD contains the DeLorme produced and managed United States and Canadian street-level network. DeLorme highways and major roads for Mexico also includeed. The four million U.S. places of interest are updated annually based on phone book information and DeLorme's own research into exit services. Canadian POIs are also included, many with phone numbers.

    What's New?

    • Extensive street and highway updates for the U.S. and Canada
    • Highway and major road routing now available for Mexico
    • Improved overall map readability, with more detail now provided at magnification levels 7-10
    • 40+ new or updated GPS-positionally-accurate chains added to the 4 million places of interest, including Wal-Mart, Chili's, Denny's, Walgreens, Exxon/Mobil, and many more
    • Airport access roads updated to be GPS accurate
    • 900+ malls and access roads named, located
    • Pinpoint locations, with updated names for 150 pro sports and NASCAR venues
    • Connect online for geographic social networking with other DeLorme customers using Eartha Community Atlas
    • Truck Stop data with extended information about service offerings
    • Variable baud-rate settings for included Pocket PC
    • Translucent route highlights for seeing map data beneath routes
    • Map transfer to PDAs improved with support for Mexico maps on both Pocket PC and Palm OS now available
    • Support for multiple monitors
    • High-resolution, recent imagery for many states available for purchase
    • Convenient DVD-ROM edition--load to your hard drive or run in the DVD drive

    Sample Maps



    Find Places of Interest


    Finding Nearest Gas Stations


    College Visit Tour


    Routing to a Mall


    Planning a Truck Route


    Avoid Urban Areas


    Traveling Through Mexico


    Visiting a Client in Toronto


    Calculate Fuel Stops


    Printing Maps


    Using Imagery


    Add Your Own Roads


    Sharing Maps Online


    Mobile Device GPS Sky Views


    Handheld Maps


    Mobile Device GPS


    Mobile Device Directions


    Mobile Device Search


    Mobile Map Colors


    Mobile Device GPS Settings


    Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 [OLD VERSION]

    Release Date: 2005-10-03

    Sales rank: 1247

    Customizable trip-planning software with updated maps for U.S. and Canada

    Easily find hotels, ATMs, and more with over 1.8 million points of interest

    Plan trips and calculate mileage, time, and expenses; door-to-door directions

    Easily explore new areas; add multiple destinations and quickly alter route

    More than 5.4 million miles of routable roads and highways

    Find the best way to get where you're going & what you need along the way! Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006 trip planning software. Now it is easy to plan your trip and track your location in real-time. Travel with complete confidence!Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 is the customizable trip planning software that helps you get accurate directions, easily explore new areas and find the services you want and need along the way. With more personalized trip planning features than online mapping sites, and complete map coverage of both the USA and Canada, Streets and Maps 2006 will quickly prove to be an indispensable companion for all of your trips.



    The navigation screen with GPS pane. A blue progress bar counts down to the next maneuver. View larger.


    Find all points of interest within a given radius. View larger.


    Acquire your location with the Wi-Fi Location Finder. View larger.
    Trip Planning with Door-to-Door Convenience
    Streets and Trips 2006 is an easy-to-use, hands-free trip planning and guidance solution. Whether you're running errands or planning a cross-country road trip, Streets and Trips 2006 offers customizable maps and information on more than 1.8 million points of interest (POIs), such as restaurants, ATMs, museums, campgrounds and more. Online or off, Streets and Trips 2006 provides updated maps that give you accurate, detailed door to door directions and puts 5.9 million miles of routable roads and highways throughout the US and Canada at your fingertips. While you're driving, verbal turn-by-turn directions let you concentrate on the road while the software guides you. Customizable trip planning features allow you to plan multiple stops, find nearby places to visit, calculate drive time, and more.

    Taking advantage of the enhanced trip planning software is easy. To create a route and generate directions, you simply type in the starting and ending locations and click on "Get Directions." It's that simple. Your trips can include multiple segments, and you can instruct the software to customize your route by telling it what types of roads you want to travel, how much gas your car has, and the general area where you want to stop to gas up. Streets and Trips 2006 will do the rest, giving you your optimal itinerary, down to the precise gas station. Overall you'll have access to over 1.8 million local POIs such as hotels, restaurants, gas stations and ATMs, and by planning ahead, Streets and Trips 2006 will help you avoid delays with construction updates and other recent changes to your route.

    Microsoft's "Locate Me" technology uses Wi-Fi hotspots to pinpoint your location, so you'll know precisely where you are as you're traveling. If you drive past your planned exit, a single click will get you back on track. The "Re-route from Here" feature quickly recalculates directions if you miss a turn.

    To find a certain POI, such as a restaurant or gas station, you simply select from 35 POI types to display on the map. You have the option of searching within a certain radius of an address that you choose, your current location, a specific direction within a planned route, or all of the POIs along the entire route. Your results are displayed in a directory-tree listing. When you click on a POI, a balloon box pops up on the map with detailed information, including an address and phone number, and if you right-click on the POI icon, you can add it to your route list.

    MSN Virtual Earth and Other Extras
    To enhance to your travel experience, Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 offers a link to MSN Virtual Earth, Microsoft's online repository of satellite maps. Let's say you're viewing a map of the theater district in Manhattan. If you want to see a bird's-eye view of it, just click the Virtual Earth icon and a satellite image of the area will load into your browser. Another convenient feature is the "Night Map Style" which makes reading your routes at night or in other low-light conditions a breeze. The map's background is black, and roads and street names are shown in shades of green for easy viewing. Also included with Streets and Trips 2006 is Pocket Streets for your Pocket PC or Smartphone, which you can load onto your compatible Windows-based Pocket PC or Windows-powered Smartphone for greater travel convenience.

    And best of all, once you register your software, you can access a full year of email and toll-free customer support, and you'll also have access to an online knowledge base dedicated to Streets and Trips 2006. So no matter where you're travels are taking you, you can drive with the confidence that you'll have Microsoft's extensive support and software behind you every click of your odometer.


    National Geographic Presents: 3D Globe

    Release Date: 2004-10-15

    Sales rank: 1141

    World's first atlas of the earth entirely in 3D-topography

    Easy, free navigation, zooming, and rotation

    Cartographic, topographic, political, and geophysical maps

    Covers origin of the earth, tectonics, volcanoes, weather, and more

    Extensive encyclopedia about countries; bonus map of the moon

    National Geographic Presents 3D Globe lets explorers discover the intricacy of our planet, through multiple perspectives. This powerful 2-CD set harnesses virtual technology to link thousands of satellite photos, rendering them into a detailed 3D globe. Zoom and rotate the globe for closer looks at the places you've always wanted to visit!


    Microsoft Streets and Trips 2005 CD

    Release Date: 2004-08-16

    Sales rank: 3449

    All-in-one mapping solution with U.S. and Canadian maps

    Orient yourself on the road with GPS support

    Download road construction updates quickly

    View, add, delete, and rearrange destinations

    Easily locate points of interest; Pocket PC compatibility

    Microsoft Streets and Trips 2005 is the all-in-one mapping solution. This digital atlas holds over 5 million miles of U.S. and Canadian roads, plus points of interest, routes, driving directions. The PocketPC compatibility lets you carry maps on your PDA, for easier travel. Orient yourself on the road more effectively and locate points of interest more easily.


    Microsoft Works Suite 2005

    Release Date: 2004-09-06

    Sales rank: 3040

    Write like a professional with Word 2002

    Get up and go with Streets & Trips 2005

    Edit and organize your photos with Picture It! Premium 10

    Explore the world with Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2005

    Get those finances in order with Money Standard 2005

    Microsoft Works Suite 2005 gives customers the home products they need for easier, more efficient home computing. Six complete, award-winning products help you get the most out of your PC. Works Suite 2005 features Works 8 and Word 2002, plus new versions of Encarta, Money, Picture It! and Streets & Trips.

    Microsoft Word is the same premier word processor featured in Microsoft Office XP, with helpful features like smart tags, task panes, and improved formatting assistance that make it easy to create professional-looking documents in a snap.

    Works helps you get your household shipshape with easy-to-use spreadsheets, databases, and much more. You can read and edit documents created with Microsoft Excel, and keep tabs on all the important events in your life with the Works calendar and address book.

    Works helps you get your household shipshape with easy-to-use spreadsheets, databases, and much more. You can read and edit documents created with Microsoft Excel, and keep tabs on all the important events in your life with the Works calendar and address book.

    Picture It! Premium 10 gives you all the tools you need to manage your digital photos. You can make every picture perfect, create cool photo projects, and share your photos online. It's the easiest way to preserve and share your photo memories.

    Encarta Standard gives you access to thousands of fascinating articles and photos, as well as hundreds of videos, animations, and audio files. It's the ultimate multimedia encyclopedia, a safe and trusted resource that will keep your kids excited about learning for years to come.

    Say goodbye to tedious chores like balancing the checkbook. Money Standard helps you organize and manage all of your personal finances quickly and easily. You can automatically track account balances, spending, and budgets with the click of a button.

    Streets & Trips gives you quick access to over 1.3 million points of inter


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