Microsoft Streets & Trips 2009 with GPS | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $74.95
Buy New: $50.00
You Save: $24.95 (33%)
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 84
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: With GPS
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP
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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| Features:
| • | 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
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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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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 love streets and trips January 7, 2009
S. Sharma (Bronx, NY)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have been using streets and trips now for years. My husband is a limo driver and uses it all the time to find the locations of his customers.
It's quicker than mapquest and shows you all the surrounding area for alternate routes. Of course you need to be able to read maps but I would never be without it. I haven't had a chance to use the GPS but I'm sure it beats Garmin which I really didn't like and found hard to use.
Not perfect, but still a great product December 29, 2008
Robert Davis (Dallas, Texas, USA)
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.
 Software Okay - Hardware Pathetic December 26, 2008
Woodcutter (Byron, IL United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
MS Streets December 8, 2008
Albert S. Kerber (Jacksonville, FL. USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
 What a POS December 7, 2008
G. Nakano (Olympia, WA USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
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.
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