AAA Map N' Go 7.0

by DeLorme US Software

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005NCJ6
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 15, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,485 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #83 in Software > Business & Office > Project Management
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars AAA Map N' Go is OK - Sort of, January 15, 2002

By 

K. A. Tobin (Bend, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AAA Map N' Go 7.0 (CD-ROM)

I just bought, installed, and used this product to lay out a long trip. This software quickly plotted the trip which would be over roads ranging from interstates to secondary roads. It has a very large points of interest database and produced an extensive report (maps of various scales and lists of points of interest) and features (personalization options, integration with GPS).

After about 5 hours of use, I found the product was not acceptable for my purposes and returned it. Some problems were:
1. When I tried to constrain portions of routes from interstate to secondary roads, the program would either show both routes or show the secondary route with a return to the secondary route start on the interstate. (Same behaviour if the road was a state vice interstate route.) Although an annoyance, this behaviour effectively added duplicate miles to the route total milage.
2. When points of interest are added, a bulk add to map feature is available. No delete from map is available. In one case I had added 208 points to the map, only to find that they all appeared in the final printout report. In order to remove the points, each had to be deleted individually - a large chore. In addition, some information apperared in the printout report of no value to me. I could find no way to delete this other data.
3. Documentation is marginal at best. Workarounds for the problems may have existed, but I could not find them in the documentation.
4. I am a AAA member so expected to see all AAA points of interest and accomodations. The information, when compared to AAA books, was incomplete.
5. The internet download features (road conditions) produced error messages but some data appeared.

The above shortfalls may not be important to all - but evaluate this mapping product carefully before committing to extensive planning.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Would not travel without it - best for frequent travelers, May 6, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: AAA Map N' Go 7.0 (CD-ROM)

I have been using Map N' go for several years. It has been especially useful in the 15,000 miles of travel in our RV from New England to Californa and to Florida. We have been in 32 of the 50 states with our RV and would not travel without it. It calculates the time and distance and tells me were the attractions and campgrounds are located with approx costs. We can save alot by knowing where all the Wal Marts, Flying J, Super K Marts so we can shop for grocercies, and supplies. If we need additional information all the AAA offices are included also. With our motorhome we cannot afford to go off road and get lost and waste gasoline. This has been the best product I have used. I use it on my laptop as we travel and my husband is worse than a kid -- how much longer --- this product is great. You can delete unwanted items. Like with any software program, the more you use it, the better it is as you find shortcuts and innovative ways to use it to calculate and find the best things to fit your own needs. For greater street detail I use the Street Atlas when we get to our distination.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Handy-dandy software for those who like to travel, February 1, 2002

By 

"moto-mouse" (Everettt, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AAA Map N' Go 7.0 (CD-ROM)

My sister and I are planning a trip to California. Since we have never driven ourselves there before, I bought this program to help us know where to go. It has taken a few weeks of playing with it to really find my way aroung in this program but, that's probably just me. It is a great tool for planning not only your route but for details along the way. It gives you names and locations of all sorts of points of interest like historical sites and museums as well as restaurants and hotels with addresses, phone numbers and average cost...Everything! And if you have kids to travel with, it even has games for different ages, up to adults, that you can print out and take along. If you want or need a lot of help in planning a trip or finding a location, I would say this is it.