Microsoft Pocket Streets 2005

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Product Features

• More than 5.4 million miles of routable local, city, state, and highway roads in the United States and Canada -- representing the 35,000+ U.S. and 700,000+ Canadian postal codes
• Use the Route Planner to view, add, delete, and rearrange destinations -- and figure out fuel costs, driving speed, and preferred routes
• Plug the device into your machine running Streets & Trips and see your location instantly
• Locate more than 550,000 restaurants, 90,700 gas stations, 117,000 ATM locations, 7,950 golf courses, and much more
• Road construction updates keeps you aware of local construction and road closures through the Web

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002UEDUG
• Item model number: H25-00008
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 6, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,386 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

Product Description

Product Description

Pocket Streets 2005 makes it easy to take maps with you on your Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC or Smartphone. Pocket Streets 2005 is your street-level mapping assistant and guide for thousands of North American and Western European cities.

Main Features

Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation

Manufacturer Part Number: H25-00008

Manufacturer Website Address: www.microsoft.com

Software Sub Type: Maps & Traveling

Software Name: Pocket Streets 2005 - Media Only

Features & Benefits:

Maps meant for mobile:

Pocket Streets 2005 maps are designed for sharp, colorful imaging on your device display. Zoom and pan to easily navigate your route.

Maps on the go:

Easily copy maps from your desktop computer to your mobile device. Pocket Streets includes more than 575 maps of North America and Western Europe.

Points of interest:

Quickly find or add your own points of interest, such as ATMs, restaurants, or transportation.

Find addresses and places:

Search for destinations and addresses using partial names and "roam" maps to find points of interest.

GPS support:

Use Pocket Streets 2005 plus your compatible GPS device to indicate your real-time location on a map.

Language Support: English

Platform Support: PC

License Type: Media Only

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars May Be Better Off With FULL Version of Streets and Trips , May 3, 2005

By	Chad (Tulsa, Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

Overall, an okay product. Many people complain their street isn't shown or recent construction isn't shown, but it takes about 3 years for new mapping data to make it all the way from satellite imagery, to purchasable data for companies like Microsoft to obtain, and then into their finalized product. So, if that new road, neighborhood, etc. has been there less than 3 years, then you really cannot expect it to be in Pocket Streets.

If you purchase the full desktop version of Microsoft Streets and Trips then you're given the option to install the Microsoft Pocket Streets 2005 during installation of the full version. So, unless you ONLY want Pocket Streets, you're better off buying the full desktop version and installing it on your Pocket PC that way. Then you'll have a PC and a Pocket PC version of it and also have the ability to export maps from the full version to your Pocket version.

If you don't live in a major metropolitan area then the map of where you live will not be on the CD-ROM. You'll have to use the full desktop version of Microsoft Streets and Trips 2005 and export the map(s) you need.

The only change I would make to how the software works (other than the adding additional maps for those of us who don't live in major cities) is voice prompts. What's the point of having a PDA with GPS and Pocket Streets if I can't have it prompt me when to make a turn.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the PDA software you need., December 12, 2004

By	D. Ferrer - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There is no search or travel direction capability. You have to download every states and need to know what "county" the address you are looking for(like in CA, you have LA, west,east or what?). A rip off by Microsoft for $29 dollars.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An utter embarrassment., May 24, 2005

By	Robert M. Simmons - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This app is just horrendous. It is literally NOTHING more than a moving map; I'm serious. There are NO features at all. To make things worse, when zoomed out, the display is littered with the names of every little village and hamlet you've never heard of, leaving the names of recognizable towns a cities nowhere to be found. Also, at these zoom levels, most roads, streets and highways are not visible, making navigation impossible. This app does not even come close to qualifying as a GPS nav system. Even as a 'moving map' it's pretty well useless unless you're zoomed into about 300 yards. Even though this app was a freebie included with Trips and Streets 2005 (which is a VERY nice, capable app.), it's still maddening that Microsoft would allow such a eggregiously lame program to be released. If it were possible to give this program negative stars AND charge Microsoft with a crime, I'd do it in a heartbeat.