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41 of 51 customers found the following review helpful:
 New wine in old bottles., 2005-10-20
Glad to see there're several improvements since my last review of the 2005 version of Streets and Trips with GPS Locator last year.
It is great that Microsoft adds voice prompt and night map view to this version, although the voice is far from true human voice.
The bundled GPS receiver is the same as last year (only tracks 12 channels), instead of the latest SiRF Star III chipset (available in the market nearly a year so far) which can track 20 channels all-in-view with better performance and less power consumption. The sad point is this version does not support auto reroute functionality, either. You have to click on the 'Go' button or press 'F3' to instruct the computer to reclaculate the route for you if you are off the claculated route. What a dumb application!
The pocket streets included in the 2006 version CD-ROM is the same as last year, 2005 version, no route calculating for PDA yet.
Guess the Microsoft programmers never use this software by themselves when they are travelling.
28 of 35 customers found the following review helpful:
Title updated, but not streets, 2005-10-17
I use this program daily for locating addresses and printing maps. I also use printed street maps and on-line maps to locate newer construction. Microsoft is behind as much as several years on some subdivisions. I will look for alternatives before buying the next update.
214 of 222 customers found the following review helpful:
 Major improvements over previous versions. Must buy., 2005-10-09
I've been using MS Streets and Trips since 2001 and I honestly say this version is a major improvement. This version has voice turn by turn directions (example, right turn in 200 yards) which was not avaiable in previous versions (must have GPS and Windows XP for text to voice feature); also shows the information visually on map as you drive. If you are near a wireless hot spot it can automatically locate your postion on a map without a GPS attached (its called Locate Me). Very interesting feature.
The new maps also show building and sports arena locations on the map as gray outlines of the building structure (not just as tiny icons). Very useful for major downton metropolitan areas. Major highways (4-lanes, none interstate) stand out more clearly with newer visualizations and colors, which is great for finding shortcuts in non-urban areas that don't have interstates or limited access highways. Probably the most unique features is the night map visualizations. The night mode shows the map in a visually enhance mode for use a night (black background with bright green roads).
MS S&Trips also links up with MSN website to show the current location you are view on the web with satellite images. Similar to Google Earth.
The negatives are that you can't type in your exact driving speed in the route planner (unlike MS S&T 2003). It only gives you the options of setting your driving speed to Slower-Average-Faster. Even thought the program contains up-to date road information, it stills has some out of date information. If you look at the product descriptiong for 2003/2002 vs 2004/2005 verisions you notice they it contains information for 1 million plus more miles of road. The is more of an issue when interstate exit numbers and street names have been changed over the years.
Overall its worth buying. Lots of new features not just updated maps.
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