Rand McNally Road Atlas

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Product Features

• Just click on the options here for fast & accurate maps you can rely on
• No more wading through menus -- everything you need is laid out on three screens
• Find your route efficiently with a set of clicks, and reroute your path with another click
• Search for any location in the country with by name, address, proximity
• Street Maps find you 83 city maps and all 50 state maps

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006IQ98
• Item model number: CS-269d
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 9, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,722 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #70 in Software > Education & Reference > Mapping
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Rand McNally brings America's top-selling print Road Atlas to your desktop on a CD-ROM. With more than 130 years of experience, Rand McNally knows what travelers need and want in mapping and travel products. The company published its first Rand McNally Road Atlas in 1924. Now a PC edition is available for quick mapping, point-to-point directions, and attraction lookup. Join the millions of people who use Rand McNally road atlases for their travel needs.

The PC edition is easy to use and quick to install--just load the CD into your PC, follow the installation procedure, then put the CD away! You don't need the CD to run the Road Atlas. There's no Internet access required; it's always available.

And there are no more menus, either: everything you need is on the innovative three-window screen: search, maps, and directions. A full-screen view is never more than one click away so you can find and route your excursions efficiently.

Be prepared for the road with printable maps and personalized itineraries, which include directions, page and grid references, mileages, and estimated driving times. Page and grid references correspond to the printed Rand McNally Road Atlas. Get where you're going on U.S., Canadian, and Mexican major roads. And get address-to-address directions within 83 major U.S. cities. Searching is simple, too--it doesn't matter if you have only a bit of information. Search for locations by name, address, or proximity.

Or--do you need a city or state map? A special Street Maps button finds 83 city maps, while the State Maps button finds the state map you want. There's no need to retrace steps. After you find something, you can easily go there again without having to retype a thing--a search history shows previous requests. Back and forward buttons quickly jump to previous map views, so there's no need to zoom and pan to find the map you were just looking at.

The atlas includes U.S. restaurants, hotels, and attractions, too, so you can choose where to eat and where to stay from among thousands of Mobil Travel Guide star-rated restaurants and hotels. Visit museums, national parks, golf courses, amusement parks, landmarks, and more.

Product Description

Rand-McNally Road Atlas brings the top-selling road atlas in the country to your computer! Retrieve maps and locations through the Search History Portable Plans help you on the road -- printo ut personalized maps, with full page & grid references Browse thousands of restaurants, hotels and attractions inthe Mobil Travel Guide

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Passable software, November 12, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Rand McNally Road Atlas (CD-ROM)

Basically take Rand McNally Tripmaker and update the interface. I don't even think they updated the road database (c) says 2000 but I must admit the interface is easier to use so if you are looking for a simple city to city travel guide (place to place will only work if the place you are looking for is in one of the 83 full city guides they have in the program) that is easy to use then this is for you. If you want more map detail try Streets and Trips or Delorme Street Atlas.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Garbage, February 12, 2003

By 

S. Duffy "Idaho Clinber" (Mountain of Idaho, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rand McNally Road Atlas (CD-ROM)

Shame on Rand McNally- This software is terrible. This reminds me of 1990 software. Just buy the hard copy Atlas. MapTech makes the best affordable mapping products available.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Total Garbage, June 6, 2003

By 

Brian T Odom (Indianapolis, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rand McNally Road Atlas (CD-ROM)

Avoid this at all costs! First of all, you can only navigate in a TINY window within an annoying an unnecessary "skin". The maps are not detailed at all and it's annoying to have to zoom in and out with a button click (mouse wheel doesn't work) and the detail is EXTREMELY poor. Also, it works against you by having to move around in that tiny window. Don't waste your money!!! This is [bad] and we should expect better. I wonder if the folks at Rand McNally use their own software for navigation. Probably not.