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3 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
Map updates a disappointment, 2008-05-09
For several local streets that have been changed or added for two or three years now, there is no difference in the map information between the 2008 and the 2005 version which I had. This was the main reason I upgraded. Big disappointment!
1 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
 MS Streets & Trips, 2008-05-02
Amazing functionality. If your job requires travel with multiple stops, this software makes it really simple to get to and from your stops in the most fuel efficient route. It's capability to avoid tolls, certain roads, and construction areas is unmatched.
Unless you read the manual, it is a bit tricky to master all the features that MS Streets offers. After you play for a bit, it is very user friendly.
4 of 4 customers found the following review helpful:
Good product with flaws, 2008-04-20
I have been buying Streets and Trips each year for over 5 years, and use it frequently to plan for business trips (I am on the road 36 weeks per year). I have noticed the product is not as good as it used to be, but it still worthwhile as a planning tool, before leaving. In addition, I prefer printed maps and directions to a GPS in the car. Less distracting.
PROS:
- I find it invaluable when I have to find directions (on-the-fly), but do not have wi-fi access. You can pull up a map anywhere from your laptop.
- The program is very flexible in printing maps and directions. If you don't like the directions or want to shorten them, you can cut them and paste into Word for editing. In addition, you can copy and paste maps as well, so I often print a detailed map of the airport and destination with abbreviated directions inbetween.
- Easy to use
- Can find stores and other items of interest easily.
CONS
- The directions from the airport are from the center of the runway rather than the terminal, and often direct you were there are no roads out of the airport. You have to fudge with the program to make it work properly.
_ It sometimes will not let you click on a highway to select a destination, because it thinks something is not there, when in actuality some new was built there.
- the directions often are not the best route. The program does not allow you to easily vary your route. Even if you click on an interstate you wish to use, the directions take you off the interstate then back on it. Another example, I was traveling from Toledo OH to Auburn Hill MI, a straight shot up I-75, however once I got to Detroit, it took me off the interstate on some surface road and then back on for no apparent reason. This actually confused me and resulted in me getting lost. However, that said, I have used NeverLost in Hertz cars many times, and their directions are worse than S&T.
- Few routing options (quickest, shortest, and selected roads only). For example, there is no option to avoid heavily congested roads. They provide constuction information, but not rerouting for construction.
- the maps are not as up-to-date as some of the on-line mapping programs (missing new streets).
- the GPS is relatively inexpensive and works but is very cumbersome. It is hard to find a place to put the laptop so you can see it without diverting your eyes to much off the road. The sound (at full volume) is not loud enough over road noise, and the one time I used it and had to make a quick stop, the laptop went flying - so I no longer want to risk. The extra money for the GPS sensor was wasted.
SUMMARY: No mapping program is perfect. However, this one seems to be getting worse each year. I still like it but really would like to see major improvements. The cost is usually cheap enough to put it with the flaws, so I will probably continue to get one.
One side note: it does not work on Apple computers.
 great planning, 2008-04-14
This is my 4th update for this program. It installed easier than the previous ones and works easier and better.
2 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
Does what it's supposed to do, 2008-04-13
This program is easy to use - relatively intuitive about finding the controls to do the required task. The streets are up to date, even in a heavy construction area like San Diego. Works well with the GPS to give directions. This has saved me in really obscure situations, like finding the cemetery in Clyde, OH, and finding a specific hotel near Ft Leonard Wood in MO. I also use the bare program a lot to find specific addresses near home. I have 2 other GPS units and 2 other map programs - this is the easiest to setup and use.
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