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You know where you want to go, and Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008 with GPS can help you get there. This best-selling travel and map software has been enhanced with several new features that take all the guesswork out of traveling, letting you focus on the sites, instead of the directions. With more than 1.6 million points of interest to choose from, and with updated maps and the most extensive trip planning features you'll find anywhere, Streets & Trips will help you plan your trip, your way.
And with a sleek Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver that plugs into the USB port on your laptop PC, this software is all you will ever need to get you across town, or across country. You can now drive with absolute confidence, knowing that you have the most complete and updated information at your fingertips at all times.
 A sleek GPS receiver plugs into the USB port on your laptop PC, giving you enhanced GPS capability. |
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What's New in 2008
Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008 offers the latest available maps of nearly 6 million miles of routable roads and highways throughout the United States and Canada. While you're driving, verbal turn-by-turn directions let you concentrate on the road while the software guides you. Customizable trip planning features allow you to plan multiple stops, find nearby places to visit, calculate drive time, and more.
Updated features let you identify one-way streets at a glance, and a robust keyword search lets you quickly find business and other points of interest quickly by entering in single search terms. Do you need a cup of coffee now? Simply type in the word "coffee" and Streets & Maps offers you the nearest coffee houses. Best of all, the search results automatically refresh as you continue to drive, so you will always have the most relevant information at your fingertips.
Online or off, Streets & Trips gives you the latest maps that give you the most accurate, detailed door to door directions at your fingertips. In a hurry? You can optimize your travel efficiencies by calculating mileage, time, and expenses in advance, even avoiding delays due to construction by downloading free updates from the Web. An updated navigation mode makes it easier than ever to know where you are, so that you can estimate drive time quickly and precisely, and enhanced customizable trip planning options will help you to plan stops, scenic detours, and fuel stops. You can even add multiple destinations; and quickly alter your route at a moment's notice.
Streets & Trips also features enhanced support for your GPS receiver that gives you a new perspective map view that can give you a road view like the one you would see through your windshield. And the automatic re-routing feature gets you back on track, even when you miss a turn.
The Benefits of GPS
Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008 with GPS offers enhanced features that only a GPS device can provide. The new sleek, stylish, ultra-compact GPS device with SiRF star III technology is 10 times more sensitive than previous models, finds your location faster, and has the power to locate you even in most buildings or a crowded city. Plus, the USB adapter gives you the flexibility to travel cable-free. Just plug in the included GPS receiver and start using it right away.
The GPS device allows you to track your route in real time in an easy-to-read full screen display with simple, easy-to-locate navigation buttons. You can also change to the special night map display with a single click of the button. Get real-time, voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions that always let you know where your next turn is. The GPS device also enables you to easily see upcoming turns with an automatically zooming map that shows relevant details based on how close you are to your next turn.
Streets & Trips 2008 with GPS is enhanced with GPS routing features, including distance-based voice prompting, GPS trail, rerouting, intelligent zooming, and much more. With GPS functionality, you have the ability to locate gas stations, restaurants, and other points of interest closest to you as you go, and the GPS Task Pane provides important information fast, including driving speed, latitude and longitude coordinates, altitude, travel direction, and more. The GPS Trail function can even let you retrace your steps to quickly find your way back to your starting point.
As Easy-to-Use as Typing
If you can type, you can take full advantage of the wealth of features Streets & Trips has to offer. To create a route and generate directions, it couldn't be any easier. You simply type in your starting and ending locations and click on "Get Directions." And voíla! Your trips can include side trips and segments, and you can instruct the software to customize your route by telling it what types of roads you want to travel, how quickly you want to get there, and the general area where you want to stop to gas up. Streets & Trips will create your itinerary, down to the precise gas station. Overall you'll have access to over 1.6 million local POIs such as hotels, restaurants, gas stations and even ATMs. And while you're driving, the software can give you verbal turn-by-turn directions that let you concentrate on the road instead of the directions.
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Travel with plete confidence!Product InformationMicrosoft Streets & Trips 2008 with GPS Locator pairs the power of Streets& Trips with a sleek new Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. With Streets & Trips 2008 with GPS Locator you’ll always know exactlywhere you are. Map your route plug the GPS receiver into your laptop andgo! The prehensive trip planning software makes route planninga snap around town or anywhere across the U.S. and Canada. Microsoft Streets& Trips gets you where you’re going quickly easily and without all theguesswork. With Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008 you can instantly find more than 1.2 million points of interest such ashotels restaurants ATMs museums campgrounds and more. Use Live Search tofind current business listings when you’re online then take them with you onthe road. Get accurate detailed door-to-door directions anywhere alongmillions of miles of routable roads streets and highways. Plan breaksscenic detours and fuel stops. You can even add multiple destinations or quicklyalter your route with simple drag-and-drop controls. Personalize your maps withdrawings notes and pushpins to mark important information. Import yourcontacts directly from Microsoft Office Outlook and Microsoft OfficeExcel. Use your customized travel guide on-screen as you go or print itout in any of a variety of helpful formats. You can even e-mail it to yourfriends or post it online!Plan it customize it drive it. Your trip...your way!IncludesUltra-pactSiRF-starIII GPS Locator GPS opens up a new dimension of capabilities Use advanced GPS functionality found in Streets & Trips 2008. The stylish and pact GPS device with new and improved SiRF star III technology is 10x more sensitive than previous models finds your location faster and holds a signal longer -- even in a building or in a crowded city. Connect the include
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62 of 67 people found the following review helpful
The program installed fine, but in order to use it, you have to 'activate' it online (as you do with, for example, Microsoft Office and Windows). This is the first time activation has been required for Streets & Trips.
The activation process refused to function on my laptop. And despite the program's assurance that "you can use it for up to 60 days without activation," the program in fact would not run at all without activation.
I placed two calls to Microsoft Support about the issue. The first technician worked with me to reboot, uninstall, reinstall, etc., with no luck. The second technician acknowledged that there is a known issue with activation on some PC's. He suggested I could either wait for a patch (but he could not predict when one would be forthcoming), or I could get a refund.
It's a shame, because I've liked previous versions of S&T and was really looking forward to trying out the GPS features. I haven't decided whether to request a refund yet. If I keep the program and a patch is released, I will update this review accordingly.
The activation process refused to function on my laptop. And despite the program's assurance that "you can use it for up to 60 days without activation," the program in fact would not run at all without activation.
I placed two calls to Microsoft Support about the issue. The first technician worked with me to reboot, uninstall, reinstall, etc., with no luck. The second technician acknowledged that there is a known issue with activation on some PC's. He suggested I could either wait for a patch (but he could not predict when one would be forthcoming), or I could get a refund.
It's a shame, because I've liked previous versions of S&T and was really looking forward to trying out the GPS features. I haven't decided whether to request a refund yet. If I keep the program and a patch is released, I will update this review accordingly.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
I just returned from a 6000 mile trip using the S/T 2008. I too had a little trouble with the activation as I was not near WiFi most of the time but once I got a good connections it worked.
In general it worked well. I did laugh when a huge lake in BC did not show up on one side of the road I was traveling beside. It is hard to read a lot of the small type in the car. Looking for the different colors of the minuscule blocks to see which was a restaurant and which was a bank was a problem. GPS reception can be spotty even when it appears it should be ok. On one or two occasions it did confuse left and right but the map was there to confirm.
All in all though it bailed me several times when I had know idea where I was in rural BC. It also got me through Vancouver and Seattle with no hassles. I also love being able to save my trip plans and reuse them again.
In general it worked well. I did laugh when a huge lake in BC did not show up on one side of the road I was traveling beside. It is hard to read a lot of the small type in the car. Looking for the different colors of the minuscule blocks to see which was a restaurant and which was a bank was a problem. GPS reception can be spotty even when it appears it should be ok. On one or two occasions it did confuse left and right but the map was there to confirm.
All in all though it bailed me several times when I had know idea where I was in rural BC. It also got me through Vancouver and Seattle with no hassles. I also love being able to save my trip plans and reuse them again.
39 of 46 people found the following review helpful
It is pretty amazing that you can turn your PC into a competent GPS. You can also cut and paste addresses into it.
It does not work as well as the Garmin dashboard units. If I want to find the nearest Peet's Coffee; S&T can't do it. It can show me dozens of "restaurants - other" in my area (oddly excluding what I'm looking for). If I search for Peet's it finds only 6 of the many dozens of Peets stores.
It has a category for grocery stores and for shopping centers, but not for hardware or office supply stores.
I had S&T 2006 and the GPS broke. I bought the 2008 thinking they'd have improved it. I can't see any improvement; it looks exactly the same and has the same odd little deficiencies.
My father-in-law has a great little Garmin unit. I was a fool and tried to save money getting S&T.
It does not work as well as the Garmin dashboard units. If I want to find the nearest Peet's Coffee; S&T can't do it. It can show me dozens of "restaurants - other" in my area (oddly excluding what I'm looking for). If I search for Peet's it finds only 6 of the many dozens of Peets stores.
It has a category for grocery stores and for shopping centers, but not for hardware or office supply stores.
I had S&T 2006 and the GPS broke. I bought the 2008 thinking they'd have improved it. I can't see any improvement; it looks exactly the same and has the same odd little deficiencies.
My father-in-law has a great little Garmin unit. I was a fool and tried to save money getting S&T.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
When you need more than a gps
I use this program for mapping out my routing when showing property to clients- my out of town clients love the maps & written directions I provide them.
Published 5 months ago by trinimum
Cheap, and it works great
I use this mostly for the included USB-based GPS, because it was one of the cheapest options for getting a GPS at the time. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Tyler
Nice for the money
Yes its 3 years out of date but all I needed was the gps tracker module. Cant beat that for 20 bucks. Read more
Published 13 months ago by zeekxxx
Old Version No Longer Supported By Microsoft
I bought a copy of 2008 Streets & Trips with receiver. A couple months later the program crashed and wouldn't reboot. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Josh Finrow
travel help
this was my second version of Streets & Trips - loved the first one! not happy with this version at all. Read more
Published on May 23, 2010 by Gayle Mishler
Best Value GPS on the Market
If you travel with your laptop , this is a MUST HAVE ! At less than half the price of a TOMTOM you can load your LapTop with Streets and Maps . Read more
Published on May 8, 2010 by Jeffrey Gerolmo
S&T 2008
I bought it because I needed a GPS antenna for some testing and it was cheaper to get this package than an antenna by itself. Go figure.
Published on April 14, 2010 by A. Taylor
Problem with Pharos driver - don't buy 2008 (old version)
Had a problem with this product. The software is fine, the problem is with the hardware.
Make sure you get the latest diver for Pharos GPS device, the old one does not... Read more
Make sure you get the latest diver for Pharos GPS device, the old one does not... Read more
Published on April 1, 2010 by zee
Exactly as advertised
This product was exactly as advertised. Installing and setting up the GPS worked easily as well. The GPS was also recognized by some surveying software I had, so no problems there. Read more
Published on February 22, 2010 by G1E2G3
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