Rand McNally StreetFinder and TripMaker

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005V56W
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 2, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,936 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #40 in Software > Education & Reference > Mapping
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Formerly sold as two separate programs, these mapping CDs are very useful. StreetFinder 2001 (three CDs) provides "address to address" maps and directions. Simply enter addresses or place names and the software does the work. More than one million businesses are listed, and drawing tools let you customize your maps. TripMaker (2001 edition) lets you plan your travel details according to your interests and driving preferences. Features include listings of area attractions, driving time estimations, and travel expense estimates. City maps offer street-level detail. All things considered, the package offers a great set of tools for both trip planning and local driving.
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Amazon.com Product Description

Rand McNally's StreetFinder and TripMaker is a four-CD-ROM collection that includes extensive mapping systems and trip planning guides to help make outings hassle-free. With customizable maps, numerous scaling and drawing tools, personalized itineraries, exploration guides, and more, Rand McNally's StreetFinder and TripMaker is an easy-to-use, reliable source for your travel needs.

StreetFinder software provides address-to-address directions and more than one-million business listings to help you find the services you need. Customize street maps with drawing tools. Create text boxes, draw walking directions, place custom markers, and much more. Also log daily schedules, reservations, and travel expenses in the Trip Organizer.

Use TripMaker to plan an entire trip with personalized itineraries geared towards your interests and driving preferences. The customizable maps feature street-level detail, and the RoadSense feature provides up-to-date road closure and traffic information. You can even budget and save on travel expenses with helpful MoneyMinder tips.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Utter Frustration, March 18, 2002

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Dale Kelley (Fremont, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rand McNally StreetFinder and TripMaker (CD-ROM)

I upgraded from a previous version hoping that they had made improvements from user comments. Somehow I missed the fact that I upgraded from the Deluxe Version to the Standard version and several of the features that I previously used were missing. I have many complaints with this version. It set an end of day marker and I wanted to stay at a place 20 miles further on. I couldn't get it to remove the marker it placed, so I had a whole day with 20 miles of travel. I tried to set a road segment as preferred, it stated that a portion of that road was set to avoid and I must reset. There were no segments set to 'avoid' to reset. There were so many other problems that I am unable to use this product at all. I asked some questions by email from their support and offered to list my problems and suggestions for improvement. They answered that I didn't have the deluxe version and showed no interest in my comments.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not bad maps, worthless directions, October 19, 2003

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gd527 "gd527" (Mansfield, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rand McNally StreetFinder and TripMaker (CD-ROM)

The only value I have in this product is exporting a local map to my PDA. Other than that, Street & Trips is far superior. The automated directions are worthless. They don't pick the fastest route, they don't pick the shortest route, and they go fictitious near the end of the route. As an example, if I map a route from my office to my house, it takes a meander through side streets instead of travelling down the street I work on to the highway, then, when it does eventually get on the highway, the directions say to take the highway directly to my house, rather than getting off the highway and taking the 3 streets needed to do so. The map display shows the intended route taking a straight line through the woods between my house and the highway near the end as well.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not On XP, July 8, 2002

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Maryruth "MEH" (Colorado Springs, CO, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Rand McNally StreetFinder and TripMaker (CD-ROM)

This runs fine on our other windows systems but refuses to plan anything over a 40 mile trip on the XP system we bought it for. The "tecnical support" help was NOT--they basically said, "too bad, how sad..." If you plan to run this on Windows XP, make sure you save all of your boxes and receipts!