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BUY THE Microsoft Streets & Trips 2009 with GPS NOW!
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List Price: $74.95
Our Price: $64.99
Your Save: $ 9.96 ( 13% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Microsoft Software
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: DVD-ROM
Brand: Microsoft
EAN: 0882224656177
Feature: Get all of the features of Streets & Trips 2009 plus a compact GPS Locator and USB cable
Format: DVD-ROM
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Microsoft Software
Manufacturer: Microsoft Software
Model: ZV3-00019
Platform: Windows Vista
Publisher: Microsoft Software
Release Date: 2008-09-20
Studio: Microsoft Software
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Features
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Get all of the features of Streets & Trips 2009 plus a compact GPS Locator and USB cable
Use Full Screen Navigation Mode, making it easier than ever to know where you are
Navigate easily with spoken directions and street names
Automatic re-routing gets you back on track, even when you miss a turn
Use the Navigation view option to see a perspective view of the road ahead
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Description of Microsoft Streets & Trips 2009 with GPS
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Make trip planning easy with Microsoft Streets & Trips. Get accurate driving directions to just about anywhere in the United States and Canada. Streets & Trips with GPS Locator combines Streets & Trips with a sleek Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver that plugs into the USB port on your laptop PC.
Live Search - add additional business locations to your map when you're online, then take them with you when you go. Use Keyword search to enter ?coffee, ?motel, or ?restaurant Estimated drive time always lets you know how far you are from your destination Easy mileage, time, and expense calculation Customize your maps by adding notes, addresses and phone numbers ReRoute from Here - get back on track with one click. Streets & Trips quickly recalculates directions to any new location Share maps & itineraries via email Includes a sleek, stylish, ultra-compact GPS device with SiRFstar III technology Cable-free USB adapter - plug the GPS receiver and adapter into your laptop See your exact current location. Track your route in real-time in an easy-to-read Full Screen display with easy to locate navigation buttons. Change to the special Night Map display with a single click of the button GPS Task Pane - Get important information fast, including driving speed, latitude and longitude coordinates, altitude, travel direction, and more GPS Trail - Retrace your steps to quickly find your way back. GPS Trail shows exactly where you've been
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not perfect, but still a great product
Comment: Only a couple of complaints. First, the documentation and help for this are horribly inadequate, causing a serious learning curve in order to figure out all the features. Be prepared for a lot of trial and error before you can quickly and easily navigate with this thing. You're on your own.
Second, the audio is VERY low. I have my laptop volume as far up as it can possibly go, and I still cannot understand the navigation voice over highway noise. And I drive a brand new car that is quite quiet. They definitely need to put a volume control on the program itself. I mean seriously, this is made to use in a car! What was MS thinking?
Third, the database of sites that can be displayed on the map is terribly inadequate. If you set it to display schools, you won't see many schools. I realise that new schools are being built all the time, but even old schools are commonly not shown. Same with many other sites. It would also be nice if fire and police stations were in the database to be shown as an option.
Now the good stuff. The program was incredibly easy to install, set up, and get started using. No problems at all quickly getting on the road with it, albeit very basically.
Not sure what everyone is complaining about with the GPS hardware. It has worked just fine for me. During the several interstate trips I have taken since buying this, I have only a couple of times lost GPS contact. But I had the GPS module attached directly to the laptop. The problem was very quickly remedied by putting the GPS module on the dashboard, using the extension cable.
I am amazed at how many streets that I would never expect to see appear on this product. Even the streets on some military bases and many private roads. It is also very good about showing all names for a road when multiple names are used locally. There are obviously some inaccuracies found in all maps, and this one is no exception. Some long closed streets still show up, and some newer ones still do not. But overall, the accuracy is extremely impressive. I have used Delorme, and this program is definitely more accurate and easier to use.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Software Okay - Hardware Pathetic
Comment: I've used Streets & Trips for several years now and have been pretty satisfied with the software itself. I decided to update to 2009 and get the GPS receiver with it this time. Being familiar with how a GOOD GPS works (I have both a Garmin auto and hand-held) I should have known better than to spend the extra money to get the Pharos receiver in the package. A wire coathanger could pick up satellites as good as this thing does.
Customer Rating:
Summary: MS Streets
Comment: When using MS Streets with the GPS Doggle it allows 2D Map view rather than the 3D tunnel view that the Garmin/TomTom family of windshield GPS units offer. Have already found streets (that have been built for years) missing and 1 incorrect in a small area. There mapping company needs help. A co-worker with a TomTom that is a year older has the (missing) streets. Good program, but the data needs more updates sooner.
Customer Rating:
Summary: What a POS
Comment: I bought MSft S&T2008 as my wife and I are retired and we travel extensively in our RV. I could have bought a Garmin, TomTom GPS etc but I didn't want to keep track of another piece of equipment. The first problem I had was the software. It would not load properly so I called Cust Service (India) and it took half an hour and I gave up. I waited a few days and called again and this time it loaded but it was unable to locate me -- the rep said that I must be in a location where the locator could not find a satellite. So I took it on the road. Unfortunately it couldn't locate me in WA, OR nor CA. The software showed me to be somewhere in Missouri. I didn't even try to call India again -- I just returned it. I hope you have better luck than I did.
Customer Rating:
Summary: YOUR LATE
Comment: AMAZON WAS TWO DAYS LATE WITH DELIVERY. FOUND AT WALMART FOR SAME PRICE LESS SHIPPING. COULD HAVE HAD IT SAME DAY INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR LESS.
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