Route 66 Route Europe 2004

by Route 66

Product Features

• Features nearly 5 million towns, cities and streets throughout Europe - also covers nearly one million points of interest
• Built-in route calculator helps travelers calculate new routes to avoid roadblocks
• Huge overview map shows the total territory at your disposal
• Connect your GPS to your laptop or desktop serial port, for complete directional and locational guidance
• Multilingual interface for directions in several European languages

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8.8 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: B0000V1IZA
• Item model number: usa-en-3611-win
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 24, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,492 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #90 in Software > Education & Reference > Mapping

Product Description

Route Europe makes a driving tour of the European Continent easier than ever! This complete guide to the routes & roadwyas of Europe will make exploring the Old Country easier than ever.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great software with logical user interface, December 23, 2004

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dedjr "dedjr" (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Route 66 Route Europe 2004 (CD-ROM)

I bought this just prior to a trip to Germany and the Netherlands.
We installed it and used it successfully with a Microsoft GPS receiver without even referring to any of the documentation, a testament to simplicity.
Keep in mind you need TWO people in the car to use this safely unless you're going to pull over regularly, and this is hard to do on many European highways.
It was extremely useful because many streets in Amsterdam either didn't have street signs or the sign didn't match our printed map. Also, for whatever reason, signs in Germany and the Netherlands for major highways tell you what cities each direction leads to, but not the direction (East, West, etc.) so if you didn't know the names of some nearby towns, you couldn't tell which direction to take. Watching the arrow on the GPS allowed us to determine, in most cases, which way to go (in some cases, they'd have 2-3 ramps and they'd reverse direction which made it hard to tell if you couldn't see the ramp).
A few caveats: we couldn't find out hotel in a search because Route 66 spelled it wrong. When we ran a search by the town's name, we found the hotel in a list.
Also, when we reached the Dutch Resistance Museum, it turned out it had moved. In Route 66's defense, we were told that even recent Dutch maps don't show the new location.
This program is excellent and I recommend it highly. Now if I could just configure Microsoft's OWN GPS unit to work with their Streets and Trips (which wasn't a problem with Route 66), I could use the GPS in the U.S., but NATURALLY Microsoft can't make trouble free software.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It Really Works Well!, September 26, 2004

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H. Medina (Rose Valley, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Route 66 Route Europe 2004 (CD-ROM)

We just returned from 3 weeks in Europe relying on Route 66 to get everywhere. It's GREAT! I almost didn't purchase the program based on the first negative reviewer. But his problem was that he wanted names in American rather than the native language (and the road signs are in the native language!). (And if he really tried, he could have found his destination by clicking down by country and region.) It was difficult adapting my Delorme GPS to work, but with the help of Customer Service from Route 66, I did and then everything worked superbly all the way. Very easy, intuitive interfaces. More information produced than you'll ever need. What blew everyone away was that we were driving and someone wanted a rest stop. Two clicks and all rest stops were displayed, with one in five miles. Similarly, we found a marvelous lakeside restaurant 4 miles off an autobahn to stop for lunch rather than relying on highway service food. All in all an invaluable purchase!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Route 66 vs Microsoft Streets & Trips, October 20, 2005

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Philip Holland (South Nyack, ny United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Route 66 Route Europe 2004 (CD-ROM)

I have purchased many well known mapping programs for the World, and USA.
I purchased Route 66 Europe, because it stores on the hard drive, and does not require a cd to use. It also has gps capability with my laptop.
The program is very good, given the amount of information it has (it will take up 1 1/2 gigs on your hard drive for full installation).
I give it 4 stars instead of 5 stars only because Microsoft is much more fun to use; and that is what I am comparing it to, in terms of software.
As far as I can tell, there is no good competition in this area of software. That is why I ended up buying Route 66 over other brands.
My favourite program is Microsoft Streets and Trips (2004 or 2005 editions).
If Microsoft made a European version, I would have bought it, instead of Route 66.
If I were choosing between Route 66 USA and MS Streets USA, I would go with Microsoft no doubt about it.
If you are going on a drive around Europe, and you have the GPS receiver (that also works with Microsoft), and a laptop, I would hope it works as stated on the packaging. I have not tried that function yet, but hope to in the future.