Street Atlas USA Product Details

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Features:

2009 Features: 

• New Support for Ultra-Mobile PC computers. Ideal also for large-screen laptops, desktops & PDAs
• Hundreds of thousands of new roads & updated road names
• Extensive street and highway updates for the U.S. and Canada
• Highway and major road routing available for Mexico
• Improved overall map readability, with more detail now provided at magnification levels 7-10
• Over 4 million places of interest, including Wal-Mart, Chili’s, Denny’s, Walgreens, Exxon/Mobil, and many more
• Airport access roads updated to be GPS accurate
• 900+ malls and access roads named, located
• Pinpoint locations, with updated names for 150 pro sports and NASCAR venues
• Connect online for geographic social networking with other DeLorme customers using Eartha Community Atlas
• Truck Stop data with extended information about service offerings
• Variable baud-rate settings for included Pocket PC
• Translucent route highlights for seeing map data beneath routes
• Map transfer to PDAs improved with support for Mexico maps on both Pocket PC and Palm OS now available
• Support for multiple monitors
• High-resolution, recent imagery for many states available for purchase

Standard Features:

 

• Simplified file management for easier map saving
• Updated map and POI data for the U.S.
• Superior visibility of exit numbers and symbols
• Clearer labeling for dual–named roads (e.g., Route One and Main Street)
• More accurate turn directions, for example "turn left," "bear left," and "keep left"
• Large fonts that expand in certain tabs
• Easier-to-use POI Name and Category Searches
• New GPS Next–Turn and Turn–After–That screen with large arrows and directions plus voice alerts for rapid-sequence turns
• New Auto Back–on–Track for GPS with improved user–controls
• GPS Radar searches include voice prompts for the nearest POI
• GPS Radar POI search categories now include emergency services, major shopping locales, and camping/RV parks
• User–defined ability to determine at which magnification levels the large POI icons display
• Adjusted and improved GPS positional accuracy of highways and major roads in Canada
• Support for USB and Bluetooth microphones for GPS Voice Navigation
• Pop-up tutorials with automatic fadeout and new Getting Started Tutorial
• EZ-Nav Toolbar makes routing, GPS navigation, map sharing, and creating custom user settings a breeze
• MapShareT-post maps and routes online for family, friends, colleagues, and clients
• Avoid routing tool–block out areas you'd rather bypass–construction, congestion, etc.
• User-defined settings for turn–alert timing when tracking a route with GPS
• Auto Zoom on upcoming turns when tracking with GPS for appropriate in–close detail
• Address Book– import, locate, and route to your contact manager listings (import up to 200) or assign recognizable names to route stops (e.g., Work, Home) for display on the map
• GPS Log Details–see coordinates, road mileage, and more for your saved GPS log files
• GPS Log Preview–review an entire journey without playing it back point-by-point
• User–defined keyboard shortcuts

 

System Requirements:

 

Windows
• Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ Home Basic/Home Premium/Ultimate/Business with 512 MB RAM
• Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 1 and later) with 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)
• Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 3 and higher) with 64 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)
• Compatible with Intel-based Macintosh computers running Boot Camp for Windows XP

   

   

  Palm OS
• » Palm OS® 3.5 or later, including Palm OS 5.0 or later devices with high-density displays (spoken prompts available on most devices with Palm OS 5.2 or later)
• » Application memory required: 700 KB (without spoken prompts) or 1.3 MB (with spoken prompts)
• » Map memory required: 2 MB

• Windows Mobile 2003, Windows Mobile 5.0, and later with an ARM processor and a touch screen (including the portrait,landscape, and high-resolution configurations of Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition and later)
• Application memory required: 1.6 MB
• Map memory required: 2 MB
• Note: The Motorola Q and other SmartPhones without a touchscreen are not supported.

• Intel® Pentium 300 MHz or higher processor (600 MHZ recommended)
• Available on a single DVD-ROM. 700MB of available hard-disk space required
• DVD-ROM Drive

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or later

 

 

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