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Whistle Stopper - DeLorme Street Atlas USA 2009
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List Price: $39.99
Our Price: $29.99
Your Save: $ 10.00 ( 25% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: DeLorme
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: DVD-ROM
Brand: Delorme
EAN: 0019916005870
Feature: Support for Ultra-Mobile Personal Computers (UMPCs) laptop PC, PDAs, and touchscreen phones
Format: DVD-ROM
Label: DeLorme
Manufacturer: DeLorme
Model: AO-7943-203
Platform: Windows Vista
Publisher: DeLorme
Release Date: 2008-03-17
Studio: DeLorme
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Features
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Support for Ultra-Mobile Personal Computers (UMPCs) laptop PC, PDAs, and touchscreen phones
Street-level detail for the U.S. and Canada, highways and main roads in Mexico; over 4 million places of interest in U.S. and Canada
Easy, automatic routing; plan side trips, avoid congested areas, choose back roads, and more
GPS ready, with voice-guided navigation
Customize the maps to meet your needs; use new NavMode for a 3-D perspective, and locate upcoming travel services as you drive
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Street Atlas 2009
Comment: My Street Atlas 2009 arrived quickly. and is working great.
It has many features I don't need, but the maps are up to date
and much more helpful than the previous edition I had.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Street Atlas USA 2009
Comment: I've owned previous versions of this product. Most corrections I had submitted WERE NOT included. Also, after contacting Delorme about changes, their attitude isn't proactive. Example was a county that had 911 road changes appr. 7 years ago. I explained that to Delorme and they said I had to have the county contact them...they would not contact the county for the changes. Another problem is Delorme doesn't release updates to existing programs. You must buy a totally new version to receive updates, and as I said above...they don't seem to have them. I'm looking for another company that is more proactive to maintaining updates.
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Summary: DeLorme's Unfinished, Unimpressive Symphony
Comment: DeLorme has a lot to recommend it, and I expected terrific things from the people who created AAA Map'nGo several years ago. But the agglomeration of half-thought-out features found in Street Atlas USA 2009 (SA2009) has left me agog. Every "feature" has something to annoy.
Yes, there's maps of the entire US, Canada and Mexico, but they appear to be significantly out of date. An interchange I know was removed over twelve years ago still shows in its old location. Even with the "show 1-way streets" option (which is bizarrely un-set by default), streets in my city that have been one-way since Prohibition are happily routed the wrong way by SA2009. DeLorme does provide a "draw" function that claims to let you edit such problems, but it doesn't work on limited access highways, and you have to set one-way markers one road segment at a time. Then there's the printed maps. "Strip maps" set for 30-mile intervals use a 5-point font to label everything. Good luck using that on the road even at high noon on a sunny day. For printed mapping, I switched back to MS Streets & Trips 2007 (MSS&T).
One thing SA2009 does a bit better than MSS&T is the handheld application. Before SA2009, I used Microsoft Pocket Streets (MSPS -- no longer available) to download maps to my PDA, but while MSPS was capable of GPS locating, it couldn't show a route. At least SA2009 provides the route display in addition to GPS locating, and I use that ability cautiously. Why cautiously? Well, a test run from my office to my home kept producing SA2009 warnings of "off route" because I refused to break through highway barriers, cross ravines and navigate streams suggested by the SA2009 routing. However, being able to see a mostly-correct route with a display of where I am and how long until the next turn is handy on a road trip (and cheaper than cell based updates). But I always check the route on the Web BEFORE setting out, then apply corrections to SA2009 using "route vias". Although the handheld purports to perform such routing, it's ludicrously slow (between 5 minutes for a few blocks to hours for inter-city routing), and half the time it gives up on some obscure and undocumented error. Still, SA2009 routing can be handy to find a way back to a missed exit (if you can find a place to wait 5 or 10 minutes), but little beyond that.
If DeLorme finished the product that SA2009 seems designed to become, it would be a powerhouse. As it is, it's little more than an occasionally useful, but never dependable toy. With work, you can extend it to become useful, but I don't plan on buying Street Atlas USA 2010.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very useful
Comment: This product is very useful because I am planning my holidays in the United States. Data are transferred to my GPS-Receiver, points of interest will be
found easily.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Got it all
Comment: I put 100+ miles a day on my truck, working with home builders. Many in new subdivisions. I stay on course going to meetings at new addresses, and can draw in the new streets in the new subdivisions. Outstanding program. I buy the new revision every year. My 12" laptop is part of my front seat, with this program running.
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Editorial Reviews:
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When you're driving in the car and you get lost, don't you ever wish you didn't have to deal with a bulky atlas? Or when you're walking around in an unfamiliar city, don't you wish you didn't have to deal with a huge map? Now you don't have to with Street Atlas USA 2009. You can put these maps on your GPS, PDA, PC or even your UMPC. Know where you're going with street-level detail of the U.S. and Canada, and also highways and main roads in Mexico. There are over 4 million places of interest in the U.S. and Canada for when you're looking for something specific. You can even edit your maps and print them out. 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.
Versatile, flexible editing and print capabilities Application included for mapping, routing, and GPS navigation with Palm OS, Windows Mobile devices Incorporate aerial imagery into your maps and routes - download $40 worth free Share customized maps, routes, and directions with others via a secure Web link GPS-accurate placement for individual locations in 90+ chains in the U.S. and Canada Truck stop data with extended information about service offerings 900+ malls and access roads Airport access roads Major sports venues - college, professional, NASCAR Translucent route highlights to better display underlying map data Support for multiple monitors
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