Microsoft Streets & Trips 2009 with GPS | 
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List Price: $74.95 Buy New: $47.91 You Save: $27.04 (36%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 6 reviews Sales Rank: 73
Format: Dvd-rom Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp Media: DVD-ROM Edition: With GPS Autographed: No Memorabilia: No Batteries Included: No Operating System: Windows Vista Shipping Weight (lbs): 2 Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: ZV300019 Model: ZV3-00019 UPC: 882224656177 EAN: 0882224656177 ASIN: B0017KEA6W
Release Date: September 20, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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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Product Description 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
Amazon.com Microsoft Streets & Trips with GPS Locator combines Streets & Trips--the #1 best-selling travel and map software--with a sleek Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver that plugs into the USB port on your laptop PC. Whether your next trip will be coast to coast or just across town, with Streets & Trips and your included GPS locator you'll drive with confidence. Just plug it into your laptop and go! Whether your next trip will be coast to coast or just across town, with Streets & Trips and your included GPS locator you'll drive with confidence. Click to enlarge. | Get accurate driving directions to just about anywhere in the United States and Canada. Click to enlarge. | Use Full Screen Navigation Mode, making it easier than ever to know where you are. Estimated drive time helps ensure that you know how far you are from your destination. Click to enlarge. | Includes sleek GPS receiver that plugs into the USB port on your laptop PC. | New Product, Robust Features - Get all of the new features and updates in Streets & Trips 2009.
- Includes a compact GPS Locator and USB cable.
- Use Full Screen Navigation Mode, making it easier than ever to know where you are. Estimated drive time helps ensure that you know how far you are from your destination.
- 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.
New and Enhanced Features of Microsoft Streets & Trips 2009 - New--Updated street maps for the United States and Canada.
- New--Entertainment online's FREE trial subscription for special savings at restaurants, hotels, and special events.
- New--Experience an even more intuitive look and feel.
- New--Send location info to your mobile device.
- Customizable trip-planning options remember your preferences and allow you to plan stops, scenic detours, and fuel stops; add multiple destinations; and quickly alter your route.
- Optimize your trip by calculating mileage, time, and expenses in advance.
- Identify one-way streets at a glance.
- Avoid potential delays with free construction updates from the Web.
- Info on 1.5 million locations--no Internet connection is required.
- Find additional listings when you're online and send location info to your mobile device.
Plan your trip your way. Then, relax and enjoy the ride! Streets & Trips 2009 takes the hassle out of trip planning, while it takes the stress out of driving. Whether your next trip will be coast to coast or just across town, you'll drive with confidence with Streets & Trips by your side. Plan your trips to match your driving style. Do you prefer scenic roads or Interstate highways? How often do you like to stop to rest? Streets & Trips can remember your driving preferences and suggest routes and rest stops that will help make your trip more enjoyable. Calculate your mileage, trip costs and arrival time before you leave. This is a great planning tool, especially for comparing different routes you're considering. More than 1.5 million ideas for stops along the way! Looking for an Italian restaurant in Des Moines? A hotel in Vancouver? Streets & Trips comes with detailed information on over 1.5 million locations--ATMs, hotels, restaurants, gas stations and other points of interest. No Internet connection required. Get even more information with online search. Whenever you're connected to the Internet, you can search online to download more locations and recent updates to your maps. Access street-level maps and personalized directions. Updated street-level maps and turn-by-turn directions make it easy to stay on track. You can also add personal notes to your maps. With addresses, phone numbers and other notes alongside your planned stops, you'll have all the information you need in one handy place. Streets & Trips 2009 with GPS Locator gives you the added assurance of precise GPS navigation. Combined with a GPS locator, Streets & Trips can tell you exactly where you are and where you're headed while you drive. Provides spoken street names, directions and automatic re-routing if you make a wrong turn. Includes a sleek GPS receiver and USB cable. Track your position and progress with a GPS receiver. You can use Streets & Trips to track your position and progress on the road. With the GPS receiver connected to your laptop, Streets & Trips can display your speed, location, direction, altitude and position. Spoken street names and automatic re-routing. With the GPS receiver, Street & Trips can provide spoken directions and street names as you drive. It can also put you back on track if you make a wrong turn!
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why buy a portable GPS? November 9, 2008 Why buy a portable GPS. This program on a laptop provides a bigger screen and just as much function as the little hand helds but much easier to see while you are driving if you have room to set up a laptop. All at a fraction of the price.
don't leave home w/o it November 2, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
great on train trips- especially during the night when you have no idea where you are.
Not as advertised October 30, 2008 5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Needed to update from older MS software version and GPS unit. Both ads on Amazon and partner site showed 2009 box with the LATEST GPS unit. The Amazon writeup clearly indicated an update to the GPS unit was included in the 2009 release. Received purchase from partner site and although box indicated 2009 version the GPS unit was NOT the same design as the one shown in the Amazon and partner sites. Opening the box proved that to be true. Needing to use the software and hardware for a lengthy trip in a few days, along with the hassle and expense of dealing with the partners return (RMA)rules required that I forgo the return of the unit. Lesson learned is to deal ONLY with Amazon directly furnished products since they DO stand behind their products with their guarantee. The trip has shown that the NEW version has MANY software problems.
Streets and Trips? October 18, 2008 6 out of 7 found this review helpful
If this is an improvement over previous versions, than the previous versions must have not worked at all. This software is awful! The voice prompt does not work unless you press the space bar, and the voice is terribly robotic, and cannot pronounce abbreviations. For instance, "turn left on SR52" comes out as "turn left on Senior 52!" Or "take ramp on right to U.S. 104" becomes "take ramp on right to us 104." The choppy voice prompt is just one downfall. Another is the nav feature that stopped navigating 300 miles from my destination, and only indicated the final directions, not the directions needed to get there. And the route planner...how hideous. After inputting the exact location, complete with zip, it came back with locations nowhere near or even in the same state. I used a Rand McNally product several years ago that works much better than this Microsoft junk. I plan on returning this asap.
Andrew October 14, 2008 16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I'm not rating functionality of this product, but just trying to warn anybody who expects to receive (as it's announced here) "sleek GPS receiver that plugs into USB port of your laptop PC". This statement is wrong, because what is attached to the Streets and Trips 2009 is not a new u-Blox 5 chip-based GPS receiver (pictured on Amazon page), but an old GPS-500 receiver by Pharos (the same included with 2007 and 2008). That's what I got from Amazon two days ago.
Updated on 11/03/2009
I came back to check this item again hopping to find above-said new receiver. Amazon evidently has already changed advertisement and it is now true to what is shipped to customers: an old Pharos GPS-500 unit and not u-Blox 5. I wonder: why it is still outdated one?
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