With a sleek
Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver that plugs into the USB port on your Laptop PC, this software is all you will
ever need to get you across town, or across country. You can now drive with absolute confidence, knowing that you have
the most complete and updated information at your fingertips at all times.
What's New in
2008
Microsoft
Streets & Trips 2008 offers the latest available maps of nearly 6 million miles of routable roads and highways
throughout the United States and Canada. While you're driving, verbal turn-by-turn directions let you concentrate on the
road while the software guides you. Customizable trip planning features allow you to plan multiple stops, find nearby
places to visit, calculate drive time, and more.
Updated features let you identify
one-way streets at a glance, and a robust keyword search lets you quickly find business and other points of interest
quickly by entering in single search terms. Do you need a cup of coffee now? Simply type in the word "coffee"
and Streets & Maps offers you the nearest coffee houses. Best of all, the search results automatically refresh as
you continue to drive, so you will always have the most relevant information at your fingertips.
Online or off, Streets & Trips
gives you the latest maps that give you the most accurate, detailed door-to-door directions at your fingertips. In a
hurry? You can optimize your travel efficiencies by calculating mileage, time, and expenses in advance, even avoiding
delays due to construction by downloading free updates from the web. An updated navigation mode makes it easier than
ever to know where you are, so that you can estimate drive time quickly and precisely, and enhanced customizable trip
planning options will help you to plan stops, scenic detours, and fuel stops. You can even add multiple destinations;
and quickly alter your route at a moment's notice.
Streets & Trips also features
enhanced support for your GPS receiver that gives you a new perspective map view that can give you a road view like the
one you would see through your windshield. And the automatic re-routing feature gets you back on track, even when you
miss a turn.
The Benefits of GPS
Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008 with GPS offers enhanced features that only a GPS device can provide. The Deluo
NavStick is a sleek, stylish, ultra-compact GPS device with SiRFstarIII technology is 10 times more sensitive than
previous models, finds your location faster, and has the power to locate you even in most buildings or a crowded city.
Plus, the USB gives you the flexibility to travel cable-free. Just plug in the included GPS receiver and start using it
right away.
The GPS device allows you to track
your route in real time in an easy-to-read full screen display with simple, easy-to-locate navigation buttons. You can
also change to the special night map display with a single click of the button. Get real-time, voice-prompted
turn-by-turn directions that always let you know where your next turn is. The GPS device also enables you to easily see
upcoming turns with an automatically zooming map that shows relevant details based on how close you are to your next
turn.
Streets & Trips 2008 with GPS
is enhanced with GPS routing features, including distance-based voice prompting, GPS trail, rerouting, intelligent
zooming, and much more. With GPS functionality, you have the ability to locate gas stations, restaurants, and other
points of interest closest to you as you go, and the GPS Task Pane provides important information fast, including
driving speed, latitude and longitude coordinates, altitude, travel direction, and more. The GPS Trail function can even
let you retrace your steps to quickly find your way back to your starting point.
As Easy-to-Use as Typing
If you can type, you can take full advantage of the wealth of features Streets & Trips has to offer. To create a
route and generate directions, it couldn't be any easier. You simply type in your starting and ending locations and
click on "Get Directions." And voíla! Your trips can include side trips and segments, and you can instruct the
software to customize your route by telling it what types of roads you want to travel, how quickly you want to get
there, and the general area where you want to stop to gas up. Streets & Trips will create your itinerary, down to
the precise gas station. Overall you'll have access to over 1.6 million local POIs such as hotels, restaurants, gas
stations and even ATMs. And while you're driving, the software can give you verbal turn-by-turn directions that let you
concentrate on the road instead of the directions.
Product Features
- Over 1.6 million points of interest such as ATMs, hotels, landmarks, and more
- Enhanced Keyword search helps you quickly find nearby business and POIs immediately
- Customizable trip planning options allow you to plan stops, scenic detours, and more
- Navigation Mode lets you estimate drive time before you leave your house
- Includes sleek USB GPS receiver
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