Microsoft AutoRoute Europe 2007 [Old Version]

by Microsoft

Product Features

• Customizable trip-planning software and maps for Europe
• Provides accurate driving directions; map coverage of 37+ countries
• Instantly find more than 747,000 points of interest
• Import contacts from Microsoft Office Outlook and Office Excel
• Add multiple destinations with simple drag-and-drop controls

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 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: B000JK64B0
• Item model number: 689-00901
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,755 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #18 in Software > Education & Reference > Mapping
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Use Microsoft AutoRoute 2007, the customizable route-planning software that provides accurate driving directions and helps you easily explore new areas, so you can make the most of your trip in Europe. Instantly find more than 747,000 points of interest such as hotels, restaurants, ATMs, museums, campgrounds, and more. Live Search makes it easy to find current business listings when you’re online then take them with you on the road. Get accurate, detailed, door-to-door directions along 3.9 million miles of road and motorway throughout Europe. Plan breaks, scenic detours, and petrol stops--you can even add multiple destinations or quickly alter your route with simple drag-and-drop controls. Personalize your maps with drawings, notes, and pushpins to mark important information. Import your contacts into your maps and routes directly from Microsoft Office Outlook and Microsoft Office Excel. With more personalized trip-planning features than major online-mapping sites and map coverage of more than 37 countries, AutoRoute 2007 gets you where you’re going quickly, easily, and without all the guesswork.

Plan It

• Customizable trip-planning options allow you to plan routes, scenic detours, and petrol stops.
• Optimize your trip by calculating mileage, time, and expenses in advance.
• Find everything you’ll need along the way, from petrol stations to golf courses, as well as local businesses that you discover online.
• Store your travel plans for use on the road, print them out in a variety of helpful styles, or share them online.

Drive It

• Take the fast route, the scenic route, or add multiple destinations.
• Reroute any time you wish, instantly, without going online.

Arrive in Comfort

• Import contacts from Microsoft Office Outlook or Microsoft Office Excel into your maps.
• View the map in Full Screen mode for easier viewing and refer to the estimated drive time to always know how far you are from your destination.

Features:

• Personal driving profile. Plot your own route with flexible trip-planning options such as personalized start times, driving speeds, rest stops--even preferred types of roads.
• New! Increased map coverage for Eastern Europe and updated maps for Western Europe. New countries covered include: Andorra, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Lativia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovenia--37 European countries in all.
• Voice-prompted directions. Hear turn-by-turn directions with an easy-to-use, hands-free guidance system.
• New! Full-screen navigation with driving guidance. Use it on the road and easily see upcoming turns with Dynamic Turn View and an automatically magnified view.
• Hot! Locate Me technology. Know exactly where you are, virtually wherever you go. Locate Me uses wireless hotspots to pinpoint your location. Use it to change your route, find local destinations, update your ETA, and more!
• Find nearby places. Find locations such as attractions, ATMs, hotels, petrol stations, and more within up to 80 kilometers of your current position without being connected to the Web. Add your chosen locations to your route and spend more time having fun and less time planning along the way.
• New! Live Search. Add additional business locations to your map when you’re online, then take them with you when you go. Keyword search makes it easy to find current business listings. Search results automatically refresh as you move around the map, so you’ll always have the most useful information.
• New! Easy reverse-route option. Simply click to plan your return trip.
• New! Estimated drive time. Always know how far you are from your destination.
• Easy mileage, time, and expense calculation. You’ll know what to expect before you go and can adjust your plans accordingly.
• Customize your maps. Make your maps and printouts more descriptive by adding notes, addresses, and phone numbers for your planned stops.
• Re-route from Here. Get back on track with just one click. AutoRoute 2007 quickly recalculates directions to a new location.
• Now easier to see and read, even on smaller screens.

Product Description

Microsoft AutoRoute 2007 is the customizable trip planning software that helps you make the most of your trip in Europe. With map coverage for all European Union countries, AutoRoute 2007 makes it easy to plan your trip.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tremendous!, January 20, 2007

By 

Phlogiston (West Hartford, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft AutoRoute Europe 2007 [Old Version] (DVD-ROM)

As far as GPS software goes, there is nothing better available than Streets & Trips and AutoRoute. There are dozens of features that you can't find with the self-contained GPS units. It is easy to add multiple stops and to optimize them into the best order, night-view is another great feature, as are the topographical maps. The new feature offered this year, of easy-linking to satellite photos of places on the map, is also a welcome addition.

The only reason I'm giving it a four is because of the following:

1) There is STILL no ground-level or 3D view of the roads for use in the GPS function

2) They still haven't added an option to exclude roads that ban trucks or commercial traffic form using them.

3) There isn't a lot of coverage for Eastern European countries, most notably, nothing in Russia.

Nonetheless, it is still better than any other GPS software on the market.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars with the GPS locator device, its quite great, May 12, 2007

By 

techmannn "techmannn" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft AutoRoute Europe 2007 [Old Version] (DVD-ROM)

I recently used this software and GPS while driving extensively around Scotland (never been there before). The only important issue is that you need another person in the car to keep an an occasional eye on what's happening on the laptop if you're in a new country and arent familiar with at least some of the roads.

I would plan the route the night before and mapping that out was a breeze. When first learning the software, it takes a good hour of one's time to figure out all of the different things the sofwtare can do but the basics can be learned in 30 minutes.

It was VERY handy if we went offroute to simply press one button to give us directions to get back on route. In our over 1000 miles of driving in Scotland, this software only goofed once when creating driving directions and it was an obvious goof that was easy to see and fix.

Faults? The GPS hardware was perfect. No complaints there. The software knows streets of course but it doesnt understand street addresses like 28 Main Street. It will only get you to Main Street. So you need to know the cross street of whereever you want to go. You can learn that info simply using any on-line maps (which do undertsand street addresses).

Over all, we never had to look at a paper driving map ONCE. As long as I planned my waypoints the might before, there was no problem getting to where we wanted to go.

If you are somewhat patient with yourself learning how to use new software, and you'll be traveling with someone, you really should check out Autoroute.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Helpful, But Beware of Idiosyncrasies, December 5, 2006

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Nat Roadrunner "Nat" (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft AutoRoute Europe 2007 [Old Version] (DVD-ROM)

Our experience with AutoRoute 2006 while traveling the UK and Ireland left us with the feeling that we were glad we had it but disappointed in its performance. Initially, its calculations of the "quickest route" led us on very narrow, one-lane, two-way roads--at least they were paved. We learned to be very wary of its directing us onto "local roads" instead of staying on numbered highways. A good map became an essential help in pre-evaluating AutoRoute's recommendations. Also disappointing was the degradation of some features; for example the "add pushpin markers" feature stopped working after we used it only a few times. Also, we could not zoom-in the map while using the Provide Driving Guidance feature, which uses GPS Tracking.