July 17, 2012

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


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

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Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006 with GPS Locator combines Streets & Trips, the complete and customizable trip planning software, with a sleek and stylish Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. With advanced GPS features and voice prompted directions, you’ll always know exactly where you are and where your next turn is. Just plug it in your laptop and go!

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Microsoft 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.


  • 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


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484 of 489 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Good news and bad news., October 28, 2005
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JanSobieski (United States of America) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 With GPS Locator[Old Version] (CD-ROM)
The bad news first: The map details are still not as good as were found in the 2004 version of this program. I can't understand why MS would dumb down their product. Also, the street names seem to have been dumbed down as well. For example, Golden Eagle Ferry Road has been reduced to Ferry Road. There are innumerable examples of this dumbing down and simpifying which only serves to confuse.

The good news: The GPS functionality has been vastly improved with voice and large visual prompts which make using the program in an automobile MUCH MUCH easier. The little car cursor in the 2005 version has been replaced by a much more visible circle with a large arrow in it indicating direction.

Despite the dumbing down of the actual map data the program remains a superb mapping program with many updates since the 2004 and 2005 versions. New streets, restaurants and other points of interest are now incorporated. This program offers a truly affordable GPS guidance... Read more
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214 of 221 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Major improvements over previous versions. Must buy., October 8, 2005
This review is from: Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 With GPS Locator[Old Version] (CD-ROM)
I've been using MS Streets and Trips since 2001 and I honestly say this version is a major improvement. This version has voice turn by turn directions (example, right turn in 200 yards) which was not avaiable in previous versions (must have GPS and Windows XP for text to voice feature); also shows the information visually on map as you drive. If you are near a wireless hot spot it can automatically locate your postion on a map without a GPS attached (its called Locate Me). Very interesting feature.

The new maps also show building and sports arena locations on the map as gray outlines of the building structure (not just as tiny icons). Very useful for major downton metropolitan areas. Major highways (4-lanes, none interstate) stand out more clearly with newer visualizations and colors, which is great for finding shortcuts in non-urban areas that don't have interstates or limited access highways. Probably the most unique features is the night map visualizations. The night... Read more
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars You need a better GPS than this, sometimes, December 16, 2005
This review is from: Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 With GPS Locator[Old Version] (CD-ROM)
Why do I say this? It's because when you're stopped or near an intersection, the software can get totally confused and send you, with the voice navigation, 90 (or 180) degrees in the wrong direction. Then you have to stop and get directions again, or turn around if you discover in time. U-turns are frequent enough to cause it to lose 1 star.

However, I like the software because it greatly helped me during a cross-country drive to move to Syracuse, NY, with no navigator to help, and it fit every need at least fairly, including trip planning from start to finish. I was able to estimate my trip costs, plan for hotel stays, and know exactly how many days it takes to get from the West Coast to Central New York (depends on how many hours you drive, sightseeing, etc), as well as how much driving I would have to do each day. Also, the one time I missed a freeway exit, I was able to take the next exit and find a quick short cut to the correct route that I may not have found (at... Read more
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Microsoft MapPoint 2009 with GPS [OLD VERSION]


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Microsoft MapPoint 2009 with GPS [OLD VERSION]

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Microsoft MapPoint 2009 gives you the power to visualize business data, communicate insights with instant impact, and integrate maps into the work you do in Microsoft Office. MapPoint 2009 with GPS Locator adds routing and directions to easily plan your trips and track your location in real-time.

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MapPoint 2009 gives you the power to visualize business data and communicate insights with instant impact. Before you hit the road, plug in your stops and MapPoint plots the most efficient course with turn-by-turn driving directions. MapPoint 2009 with GPS Locator adds routing and directions to easily plan your trips and track your location in real-time.

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Add real-time routing and directions to MapPoint 2009. With the included GPS locator it's easy to plan your next business trip and track your location in real-time.

Business Mapping Made Simple
Microsoft MapPoint 2009 gives you the power to visualize business data, communicate insights with instant impact, and integrate maps into the work you do in Microsoft Office. MapPoint 2009 with GPS Locator adds routing and directions to easily plan your trips and track your location in real-time.

MapPoint 2009 makes it easy for organizations to visualize their business in a whole new way:

  • Map business data.
    Create and view sales territories, analyze trends, and evaluate performance by geography.
  • Identify new business opportunities.
    Combine business data with included demographics to target potential customers and focus decisions.

MapPoint 2009 helps you streamline your travel:

  • Arrive on time.
    Detailed directions--voice* and text-prompted--make it easy to follow your route.
  • Optimize your trip.
    Quickly calculate mileage, drive time, and expenses in advance.
  • Easy-to-see navigation.
    Track your route in real-time in Full Screen display.* Change to the special Night Map display with a single click.

MapPoint 2009 makes it easy to use maps in combination with your Microsoft Office documents:

  • Tell a story, visually.
    Insert maps into Word documents and PowerPoint presentations to illustrate everything from sales performance and customer locations to new business opportunities.
  • Tap into existing data sources
    Create maps from data stored in current versions of Office Excel, Office Access, Office Outlook, Microsoft SQL Server, or other database sources.
  • Extend your business.
    Take advantage of the extensible MapPoint object model to build custom business solutions such as fleet tracking and business intelligence.
  • Map business data.
    Create and view sales territories, analyze trends, and evaluate performance by geography.

New and Improved Features

MapPoint 2009 builds upon the success of MapPoint 2006 with:

  • Refreshed data.
    Use updated geographic and demographic data sets in MapPoint to display trends and illustrate key points on maps.
  • Optimize your trip.
    Quickly calculate mileage, drive time, and expenses in advance.
  • Send to mobile.
    Send point-of-interest and "business card" details such as addresses and phone numbers to your mobile device.
  • Advanced GPS features.
    New full-screen navigation mode with driving guidance tracks your route and provides turn-by-turn directions--including spoken street names.
  • Zoom with a view.
    Use the new Navigation view option* to see a perspective map road view of your route.
  • Enhanced Live Search.
    Quickly find listings when online and add them to a route. Use descriptive words such as "coffee" and "restaurant" to find points near your location.
  • Updated user interface.
    Streamlined redesign simplifies tasks and improves usability while driving.

* GPS functionality requires a GPS device that supports NMEA 2.0 or later.


  • Routing and directions--easily plan your trips and track your location in real-time with the included GPS locator
  • Updated maps--New geographic and demographic data
  • Data mapping--Use maps to visualize the meaning of your data
  • Custom territories--Define your own delivery or sales areas
  • Programming--Build custom solutions and Office add-ins


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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed in Michigan, August 23, 2008
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I was excited to get this product and ordered 3 copies for work... Unfortunately it looks like Microsoft release a Beta version. Within 20 minutes all 3 copies crashed while driving a 300 mile route together. After rebooting the program continued to crash just after using it for a few minutes... Basically it was useless.

The computers are all brand new top of the line Dell 630D laptop models. The pin point did not work. And the map kept trying to reroute the preplanned route we were trying to drive for testing. Very disappointed. I do not recommend this product. Microsoft needs to do some actual testing before releasing a $300+ program. I want my money back Bill.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars useful program, September 30, 2008
This review is from: Microsoft MapPoint 2009 with GPS [OLD VERSION] (DVD-ROM)
I use the software for work related business data mapping. It's easy to use. It's not a huge upgrade over the previous version.
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TOPO! Weekend Explorer 3D Outdoor Recreation Mapping Software (Nashville Area)


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TOPO! Weekend Explorer 3D Outdoor Recreation Mapping Software (Nashville Area)

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Weekend Explorer Nashville Area & Big South Fork, Land Between the Lakes N.R.A. features detailed, accurate, USGS topographic maps for Nashville Metro Area, Chattanooga, Clarksville, Cookeville, McMinnville, Monteagle, Cross Creeks N.W.R., Standing Stone State Park, Fall Creek Falls State Resort Park, South Cumberland State Recreation Area, Frozen Head State Park and Natural Area, Prentice Cooper State Forest, Franklin State Forest, and more. Weekend Explorer harnesses the power of authentic USGS topographic maps in an easy-to-use software product that recreation enthusiasts use to customize and print photo-quality topographic maps. Weekend Explorer includes five levels of seamless mapping, including USA maps from the National Geographic World Atlas, USGS 1:100,000 scale mapping -- perfect for back road navigation --and USGS 1:24,000 scale maps, also known as 7½ minute quads. Users can custom-center the map in any location, add their routes, trails and notes. In addition, users can transfer waypoints and routes between Weekend Explorer and their GPS units. Weekend Explorer includes added content and features not on USGS maps: updated streets and roads, shaded relief, 3D views and fly-throughs and elevation profiles. Users can download map and software updates, and can print waterproof maps on their inkjet printers with Adventure Paper. The USA Placefinder locates more than a million places and natural features. Weekend Explorer is PC and Mac compatible.

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The perfect product for weekend warriors of the outdoors, TOPO! Weekend Explorer 3D Outdoor Recreation Mapping Software, Nashville Area gives you the power of National Geographic's popular TOPO! software, focused on recreation regions near popular metropolitan areas. Even if you're only planning a weekend of car camping and day hikes, you will still benefit greatly from the functionality, accuracy and detail of National Geographic's seamless maps.

National Graphic's Weekend Explorer harnesses the power of authentic USGS topographic maps, with easy-to-use software functionality that allows recreation enthusiasts to customize and print photo-quality maps of their choice. Weekend Explorer includes five levels of seamless mapping, ranging from USGS 1:100,000 scale mapping that is perfect for back road navigation, to USGS 1:24,000 scale maps, known as 7.5-minute quads, suited to street-level routing. Full of functionality that allows you to personalize maps to your needs, this program lets users custom-center maps in any location, and add their routes, trails and notes. In addition, Weekend Explorer is GPS compatible, so you can sync waypoints and routes with your GPS units, although maps themselves do not transfer.

Weekend Explorer includes USA maps from the National Geographic World Atlas, and added content and features not on regular USGS maps, such as: updated streets and roads, shaded relief, 3D views and fly-throughs, and elevation profiles. Additionally, this software allows users to download map and software updates, as well as print waterproof maps on a regular inkjet printer with the use of Adventure Paper that can be purchased separately. The Weekend Explorer Nashville Area provides detailed, accurate, USGS topographic maps for the Nashville Metro Area, including: Chattanooga, Clarksville, Cookeville, McMinnville, Monteagle, Cross Creeks N.W.R., Standing Stone State Park, Fall Creek Falls State Resort Park, South Cumberland State Recreation Area, Frozen Head State Park and Natural Area, Prentice Cooper State Forest, Franklin State Forest, and more. Users should note that TOPO! Weekend Explorer is both PC and Mac Compatible. If used with a PC, users will need Windows 95 or higher, and at least a 486 DX/66 MHz processor with 64 MB of RAM and eight MB of video memory. When used with a Mac, user's require OS 10.2 or higher, and at least a 350 MHz G3 processor with 128 MB RAM and 16 MB of video memory. As this software comes on a CD-ROM, users will need a CD reader on either system in order to install the program.


  • Print photo quality USGS topographic maps
  • GPS Ready - Easiest Way to tell your GPS where you want to go and record where you've been
  • Navigate in three dimensions with 3D fly thrus and instant elevation profiling
  • Customize maps with photos, notes and icons
  • Live Map Update ensures you always have the most current maps and software


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