Editorial Reviews:
Synopsis
Whether you are a heavy-duty traveler, or even if you are just planning simple trips with the family – do it all with Streets Trips with GPS Locator. This product is faster and easier to use GPS locator than with previous editions of Streets Trips and it plugs directly into the USB port on your laptop PC. Ready to use immediately.
Amazon.com Product Description
div class="aplus" pMicrosoft Streets Trips with GPS Locator helps you plan and map your travels in advance, make your business travel more efficient or inspire your next RV adventure. Streets Trips helps you to tailor your trip to your personal style, such as preferred road types, multiple stops, start and stop times, and more. Streets Trips with GPS Locator requires no Internet connection and includes 1.9 million points of interest to help you find interesting stops along the way—no Internet required. Get lost in the adventure, not trying to find it./p div class="leftImage" style="width:325px" img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B004PBE9KW-1-th.jpg" width="300" height="225" alt="Microsoft Streets Trips With GPS Locator 2011" / div class="imageCaption"Get accurate driving directions to just about anywhere in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Click here for a larger image/div /div h4Not Just Directions... Inspirations./h4 h5A Great Planning Tool/h5 pStreets Trips helps you create the perfect route and find points of interest along the way such as national parks, casinos, hotels, and gas stations. Calculate your mileage, trip costs, arrival time and compare different routes you're considering before you leave. Streets Trips helps you plan a complete trip including multiple destinations, rest stops, scenic detours, and fuel stops—no Internet connection required./p h5More Than 1.9 Million Ideas for Stops Along the Way/h5 pLooking for a Chinese restaurant in Albuquerque? A post office in Kona? Streets Trips comes with detailed information on over 1.9 million locations--ATMs, hotels, restaurants, post offices, pharmacies, gas stations and other points of interest. No Internet connection required./p h5Comparison to Online Mapping/h5 pStreets Trips delivers a mapping solution that offers much more than online mapping solutions. It doesn't require an Internet connection to use, and there are no distracting ads. You also get options to customize—even change your trip plans on the go--by start and stop times, driving speeds, or even road types./p h5Personalized Maps and Directions/h5 pPersonalize your maps by adding notes about planned stops, reservation details, phone numbers, and more. Find your way easily with detailed, turn-by-turn directions./p div class="rightImage" style="width:200px" img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B004PBE9KW-2.jpg" width="200" height="107" alt="Microsoft Streets Trips With GPS Locator 2011--GPS Device" / div class="imageCaption"With Streets Tips with GPS Locator, plug the GPS device into your laptop and go! /div /div div class="rightImage" style="width:225px" img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B004PBG8EC-3.jpg" width="200" height="150" alt="Microsoft Streets Trips 2011 Personalization" / div class="imageCaption"Personalize your maps by adding notes about planned stops, reservation details, phone numbers, and more. /div /div h5Spoken Street Names and Automatic Re-Routing./h5 pStreets Trips with GPS Locator provides spoken directions and street names as you drive. It can also put you back on track if you make a wrong turn!/p h5No DVD drive, No Problem/h5 pIf your computer doesn't have a CD or DVD drive, you may still purchase and install Streets Trips. Find out more at www.microsoft.com/streets/activate today./p h4Product Features/h4 ul liUpdated street level maps for U.S., Canada and Mexico/li liMore than 1.9 million points of interest including post offices, pharmacies, restaurants and more/li liOver 6.5 million miles of navigable roads/li liIncludes GPS locator that plugs directly into your laptop/li liSpoken directions, automatic re-routing and full-screen navigation/li liView the quickest routes with one-click trip optimization/li liAdd notes for planned stops, reservation details, phone numbers, and more/li liFull-screen display for easier reading of maps and directions on your laptop/li liChange your plans on the go, no Internet connection required/li liEasy-to-read night map display for navigating in low light/li liCalculate fuel usage and costs before you leave/li liShare trip details or itineraries with friends and family/li liGet free construction updates to avoid potential delays/li liChoose specific roads to use on your trip just by dragging and dropping the route/li liInclude multiple destinations and stops to refuel/li liStreets Trips includes more than 300 unique pushpin images to choose from/li /ul /div