Mapopolis MapPack for Pocket PC

by Mapopolis

Product Features

• Geographic coverage for North America and Western Europe
• Maps compatable with GPS devices (not included)
• Creates alternate routes if you get lost

Product Details

Product Manual [206kb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00009MVMM
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 13, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,411 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #70 in Software > Utilities > Handheld Utilities
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Get there ASAP with Mapopolis Navigator for Pocket PC handhelds. With a GPS device (available separately) the software provides spoken and visual prompts before each turn. Should you miss a turn or make a wrong turn, Mapopolis Navigator re-routes you immediately, and gets you back on the way to your destination. The CD-ROM includes maps of the entire United States and major Canadian cities.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pocket PC Navigation that's fast, September 11, 2003

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Mobiletoyz "mobiletoyz" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mapopolis MapPack for Pocket PC (CD-ROM)

I use both a Palm and a Pocket PC for different applications and the Mapopolis Pocket PC Navigator solution here is outstanding. The ability to route across country, street to street seamlessly is a plus, allowing multiple 'route through' points and showing whatevetr level of detail you require. It provides turn by turn spoken and visual commands and if you go the wrong way it recalculates your route from where you are - no stopping to fiddle with the PDA. I particularly like three of the features; firstly it allows you to scroll or drag the map across the screen - you can see the WHOLE of the USA and by simply sliding your stylus across the screen , a new portion of map appears, regardless of the zoom level - great for checking out what's on the way to your destination. Secondly, it allows multiple options for avoiding Toll Roads and Freeways which is great if you're not planning on sitting in 5 o'clock traffic. Finally, I guess my favorite, is the ability to add your own favorite locations - called Geomarks - such as customers, friends, Fedex buildings or whatever, and then route to, through or from these places - it saves retyping your addresses over and over again! I love it, I hope you do too - thoroughly recommended

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars One of the worst GPS navigation programs I've ever used, December 18, 2005

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Tool Connoisseur (APO, AE United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mapopolis MapPack for Pocket PC (CD-ROM)

I have a lot of experience with GPS and when I was looking for mapping software to go on my Bluetooth, Mapopolis seemed to offer a lot for the money. It actually has a decent display and can navigate around town OK, which is why it has gotten some good reviews online. But if you really try to use it for serious navigating, it falls well short of what you should expect for the price. This review is for version 4.6.

The biggest problem Mapopolis has is selecting maps for navigating off of. You have to manually load maps, by name. If you knew the names of the places you were going so well, you probably wouldn't need a GPS! This is especially bad for the European maps, which have long names that go off the right side of the display - but there is no scroll bar to see the rest of the names! There is no interactive map for selecting maps, like on most serious GPS software. You can select individual maps off of the actual navigation display, along your route, but only if you already have a navigation solution! Do you see the Catch 22 there?

It also has a very clumsy interface for selecting your navigation destination. Normally you would type, say D-E-N if you were looking for Denver, and those names starting with DEN would pop up, the more letters you type, the more the options are narrowed down. But with Mapopolis, after you type the "E", it jumps from the "Ds" to the "Es". This can be very frustrating if you are dealing with a large map area. I have been half way to my destination some times before I finally got things working, and don't expect to do it while you're driving!

There are other very clumsy aspects to the interface, but it would take a lot of space to describe them all. The program also doesn't handle the maps well as you zoom out and bogs down the memory. Overall it's a very amateurish program.

I ended up writing off the money I spent on this as a waste, and went with a program called iGuidance which I much prefer. Incidentally, Mapopolis offers a money back guarantee within 30 days, but only if you haven't downloaded more than 4 maps (that's about 4 counties). So you won't see most of these problems if you limit yourself to 4 maps.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the best, September 15, 2003

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Roger Lange (Vancouver,B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mapopolis MapPack for Pocket PC (CD-ROM)

I have used lots of diffrent gps software products and find this to be the cream of the crop. It's visual and verbal prompt made me buy a pocket pc just so i can use it. I had a palm and used the mapolis product for the palm as well. Both are great.
This beats the others hands down