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DeLorme Street Atlas USA 2006 [Old Version] From:Delorme Mapping
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The UI on earlier version was better, 2007-11-06 I upgraded from SA6. Not so thrilled by this XPish interface. I bought the Microsoft product a year earlier, that one had my home 1 mile up the road. Neither product has the 131 freeway from Cadillac Mi, to the Manistee bridge shown. I've had Delorme Gazzeters for years (large format 1"=1 mile or so maps) If anyone has a chance to make a decent mapping program it is them. Wes This company values profit more than customer satisfaction, 2007-04-15 I just upgraded to Street Atlas 2006 from Street Atlas version 7.0, which is considerably older. I have a serious beef with Delorme. I was told pre-sale and afterwards that all the locations I entered into my old version 7.0 (saved in .SA7 data files) would be imported into street atlas 2006 with no problem. Well, they WERE NOT and ARE NOT, so now I'm going to be entering addresses all over again. The other annoying thing is that the new version is no longer compatible with Phonesearch USA, which I paid a bundle for some years ago for use with the old version. It was very handy to just enter a buisiness's phone number and get routed there. Well, guess what? The 2006 version isn't compatible with the old phonebooks, and Delorme wants me to shell out for new ones. To add insult to injury, it is impossible to have version 7.0 and version 2006 both installed (now 7.0 crashes my system if I try to run it), so I can't just leave the old version there just to use the phonebook with. You might be wondering why I waited a number of years to upgrade, instead of upgrading every year. Well, you guessed it, Delorme want's you to shell out all over again every year for program and data upgrades, rather than just giving it out for free or at a nominal charge. I think it's handy to have GPS from a laptop, but I think it's time to get a dedicated device that is windshield mountable. It's probably a lot safer, as well. 1 of 2 customers found the following review helpful: Complicated Interface, 2006-11-03 Navigation around the program's screen is difficult. I had not updated my Street Atlas for several years and they have made the use of the features less intuitive. Things like finding the current construction or weather along a route may be available but finding them is another matter. This leads to frustration when trying to use the program. I wish that they had kept their previous interface, but then that is the way of computer software - make changes so they can release new versions and sell them. 9 of 11 customers found the following review helpful: cannot recommend this software, 2006-07-11 I really cannot recommend this software. I don't know why DeLorme refuses to use the simple windows interface. Nothing is where you would expect it to be. There isn't even a simple "Save As" dialog box. There is no way to name anything the way YOU want to name it and the print dialog box doesn't allow you to just print a couple of the pages you need from a 30 page document. This really is NOT good software. don't buy it. 3 of 6 customers found the following review helpful: Over the river and through the woods, 2006-07-05 Overall this is a wonderful product, However, and I think this goes for most products of this type. The maps are outdated. I travel along many areas alot of which have seen a great amount of development, resulting in new roads or chaning road beds. The positives are a useful interface, the ability to import objects(I do a lot of geocaching and it is nice to have the caches as POI(points of interest on the map).), and being able to utilize a GPS unit with your laptop. The downsides are: The maps can be outdated before you even load the software on your laptop, Although I like the Roads less traveled in my adventrues and outdated maps do show the old road markings, Accuracy when finding something is important.
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