Street Atlas USA 2007 Plus DVD

by DeLorme US Software

Product Features

• Street-level detail for the entire U.S. and Canada
• Import, edit, and display your vital contact manager data
• Print large-format wall maps
• Support for Palm OS, Pocket PC, and Windows Mobile 5.0 devices
• Get over 140 million U.S. and Canadian residential and business phone listings included

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000GPSZ42
• Item model number: AO-007651-201
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 23, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,902 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

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Are you a serious road warrior looking for the ultimate atlas for your computer or handheld? Look no further than Delorme Street Atlas USA 2007, the most comprehensive mapping program you'll find anywhere.

Easy Setup with Laptops, PDAs and Smart Phones
With the ability to send full mapping, routing, and GPS voice navigation capabilities to PDAs (with full Pocket PC and Palm OS support), smart phones running Palm OS and Windows Mobile 5.0, and even Intel-Macs running Boot Camp for Windows XP, Delorme Street Atlas USA is the one of the most versatile mapping programs available.

Plan your trip just the way you want, with on-screen guideposts that guide you through your journey. Delorme Street Atlas USA 2007 makes it easy. View larger.

Define areas, such as large urban centers, to avoid during rush hour. The software automatically routes you around avoided areas.View larger.

The MapShare feature of Street Atlas USA makes personalizing and sharing maps and directions easier than ever. View larger.

Quickly find important points of interest along your route, including retail stores. View larger.

You can even send static maps or aerial images to iPods and other digital audio and video players. Ideal for urban walking environments, this feature will let you scroll through your maps on your iPod (and other digital audio and video players) just as you would with photos. For PCs, you have the option of either running the program directly off of the DVD or saving it to your hard drive. Delorme Street Atlas USA 2007 is also compatible with the Earthmate GPS LT-20 and Earthmate GPS Blue Logger.

Over 3.4 Million Road Updates
With Delorme Street Atlas USA, you can plan your trips with ease and navigate worry-free, with up-to-date, feature-rich mapping software. Get updated street-level detail for U.S. and Canada, with more than 133,000 new roads and 3.4 million road updates, plus four million places of interest. The software also includes over 14 million Canadian residential and business phone listings. And just as with earlier versions, Street Atlas USA 2007 gives you the option of adding to the data base by including the local, routable roads that you discover on your travels. A new NetLink feature makes it easier to communicate data revisions to DeLorme mapmaking staff, who reply with confirmation emails when changes are made.

With four million updated places of interest in both the United States and Canada, including hotels, restaurants, gas, and more, you'll always know where the closest service center is. The software even includes service listings with phone numbers for major chains.

Map Controls and Search Capabilities
The maps can be controlled using a variety of methods, including the traditional push-button zooming, which drills in and out while keeping the map exactly centered. Also, holding down the left mouse button enables you to drag and zoom, left-to-right, across the map; moving the mouse in the same manner but in the opposite direction lets you zooms out.

DeLorme employs several powerful search capabilities within the software. The first is a simple box called QuickSearch in which you type common requests including towns, cities, ZIP codes, colleges, and so on to receive the quickest possible matches. Also featured with the 2007 version is new built-in intelligence that overrules common typing errors to help return good matches. For instance, double commas (,,), periods instead of commas, and spaces do not prevent a good match from being offered.

Map Drawing and Voice Options
With Delorme Street Atlas USA, you can add map notes; draw your own circles, polygons, and squares; measure the area of your draw objects; and even draw in your own roads and route on them. When you right-click on a map, you can drill into the area's details, such as latitude/longitude, names of streets and bodies of water, and even local radio station information.

The voice tab of the software is where you train the software to recognize your voice for issuing routing and GPS commands while tracking. You ask common questions such as "How far to my next turn?" and the software will answer. The software also reads upcoming turn information, including the time to turn, time to finish, and name of the street to turn onto. New voice settings allow you to select how far in advance of your turn you'd like to be prompted. The voice function can also be turned off if you prefer.

Add Local Roads to Street Atlas Routing
A DeLorme exclusive, this feature lets you update local roads when new developments are planned or added between DeLorme software releases. This tool is located within the "draw" tab and lets you draw in the road segment, connecting it to another local road within the database. Assign a name, save it, and when you create automatic routes, the software is smart enough to include these new local roads in the routing calculations and also update the directions.

You also have the ability to create and save commonly-used names for places you visit often, such as "home," work," or "Dad's." Once these names are assigned, the routing "Starts", "Stops", and "Finishes" also display these names making retrieval easy for repeated usage. Up to 200 names from your address book can be recognized using this system.

Printing and Sharing
You can print crisp color or black-and-white maps that you control to best match what is seen on screen. You can also print Travel Packages containing strip maps and directions to bring on your trip. You don't want to use a lot of ink and paper? Then print just the Turn Details which show thumbnail maps of each of the decision points along your route.

Product Description

Street Atlas USA 2007 Plus DVD is an innovative, comprehensive new mapping tool. It features everything in the regular version plus the XData and Phone features as well as more advanced Draw and Print capabilities. Control and navigate your maps, while sharing them easily -- or load them onto your portable device for easier traveling. Browse up to 4 million points of interest and up to 120 million phone and address listings. Use the XData import tool for geo-locating Excel, ACT!, and other data formats. Large-format printing lets you create a foldable map you can carry in your pocket. Up to 4 million places of interest Load static maps on photo-capable iPods and other portable media players, for urban & walking situations Aerial imagery can be worked with - not just viewed online GPS driving directions and voice commands Add local routable streets and submit your own map corrections Share mappping & directions with family and friends, through MapShare Palm OS support

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Street Atlas USA 2007 ok, not great, January 3, 2007

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R. Morgan (Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Street Atlas USA 2007 Plus DVD (DVD-ROM)

I bought this a few months back and have used it quite a bit. The maps look good although i havn't noticed much change from version 2005. There are still some mistakes in the maps and they are still behind on being updated. A little slow to load on both computers but it does fine after it gets going. It has alot of nice features that make it convenient to use. The phonebook is very nice!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Amazing and disappointing all at once, May 29, 2007

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Mike Frerkes "Mike" (Bettendorf, IA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Street Atlas USA 2007 Plus DVD (DVD-ROM)

DeLorme focuses much of their energy on point-of-interest and business listings, while neglecing to update the actual street mapping itself. Some of the rural highway maps are so outdated, I wonder if DeLorme makes any effort at all to obtain current information. On the other hand, I absolutely love the US/Canadian phone directory. It is an interesting feature, simple to use, and integrates well with the maps. Street Atlas 2007+ is a great resource if you're spending some time in a major city. However, I wouldn't entrust it with the job of routing your next cross-country vacation.

3.0 out of 5 stars So-so. Not that great., April 26, 2007

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J. Vaughn (Pocono Lake, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Street Atlas USA 2007 Plus DVD (DVD-ROM)

This software acts like a "beta" version that needs debugged. I used this product 6 years ago and liked it. The first thing I noticed was they haven't updated their icons in the last 6 years. A bad omen right there. Then, I could not get it to import zip codes from an Excel sheet. I had to copy the data to plain text. My biggest complaint is the near-lack of the ability to drag the screen with the mouse. The only place to drag the screen is around the edges. It's horrible. Anywhere else on the screen, you get this ridiculous zig-zag cursor that's supposed to zoom in/zoom out. It doesn't even work 100%. I would consider different mapping software.