Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 With GPS Locator[Old Version]
by Microsoft Software
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Software Reviews of Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 With GPS Locator[Old Version]
Customer Review: Life saver
Summary: 4 Stars
Really practical peace of software, it comes really handy on trips and when you are new in the area, really accurate maps and directions.Customer Review: Works Great
Summary: 5 Stars
Works great. No problems with the installation or use during the trip.Customer Review: It got me to Vegas!
Summary: 4 Stars
The 2006 is the third edition of Streets and Trips that I have owned, and it just keeps getting better. The only problem that I have is with my laptop, not the product. My laptop display washes out in bright light, so I try to keep it covered. The GPS works very well, and when I met my wife in Vegas, I got off track a few times. It shows up when you have a GPS trail. My wife laughed at the lines going in circles when she looked at my trip.Customer Review: Great GPS program
Summary: 4 Stars
We have used this numerous times and it works like a charm. I am using an Intel Mac and it works great if you have boot camp and windows XP. The program takes a little getting use too. I suppose I have been spoiled with ease of most Mac stuff. However, once you get use to using it and find where everything is, it becomes a handy tool when in unfamilar territory.Customer Review: Good value with a few major limitations
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased "Streets and Trips 2006 with GPS Locator" because it came bundled with Pocket Streets and I wanted to use my Pocket PC as a navigation device.
I have not been able to use the Pocket PC yet because the cable for the GPS locator is a male USB connection for use with a laptop PC. I still need to purchase a gender changer so my PDA cable will work with the supplied GPS cable. It would have been nice for Microsoft to include the $2 adapter in the package.
Downloading maps to the PDA was very simple using ActiveSync. I was able to download regional maps for Sacramento, San Francisco, LA and San Diego to my SD card in the PDA. This did take a few trials on the selection of the size of the maps so they did not exceed the size limitation of the software but it was not bad.
A major oversight on the "Pocket Streets" software is that the software does not include gas stations or parking structures in the "Points of Interest" option list.
Another nice feature for future upgrades for both software packages would be to identify travel limitations on roads due to steep grades or sharp, narrow roads. I have traveled in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Rocky Mountains with a travel trailer and was not aware of the travel restrictions for trucks and trailers until I read the posted road sign at the top or bottom of the hill! Freight companies may have access to this data but I have not found it yet for the traveling public.