Microsoft Streets & Trips 2003

1. I can't make the software remember a location like say as a favorite. It makes sense to me to have something similar to Internet Explorer Favorites. All that can be done is the whole map can be saved as a file, which is not very convenient.

2. Some directions say "Take local roads"! Wait a minute. When even a free website clarifies what road it is, can I not get the roadname from a paid software which occupies about a gig harddisk space?

Nevertheless there are some positive attributes:

1. Construction updates are up to date and is helpful in assessing the time it would eventually take.

2. Supposed to be easy to send to Pocket PC, which I don't personally use.

3. Map view & Printing the map view are decent and deserves citation.

The usual Microsoft-y look and feel may be a plus for some and minus for some.


microsoft streets 2003   June 12, 2003
 5 out of 7 found this review helpful

If you have an older version keep it. some street info on my 2000 version is more accurate then this version "my home address". I purchase it for the GPS feature, if it was not for that feature I would have returned it and continued to use the older vervion


Lacking some features for Pocket Maps   June 10, 2003
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

(more like 2.5 stars)

I travel once and a while for work and have a PDA so I bought this for the Pocket Maps (with good rebates) since the PC portion pretty much does what Mapquest.com can do. However, it does have additional features like telling you where places are to eat, banks, parks, etc. That's a nice additional feature. You can put in multiple locations for planning your route. Another plus over Mapquest.

However, I hoping that all of these features would be included in the Pocket Maps part as well. Basically you can copy a portion of the map to your PDA that includes the restaurants, banks, and other points of interest. But it doesn't allow you to copy the route (the step-by-step driving instructions). Sure you can copy the route to a Note or whatever, but it's not intergraded into the Pocket Maps software. You can look up an address on the PDA but can't plan a driving route with it. A PC would be needed for that. That was a letdown.

But with all the rebates you can get, bringing the cost down to a few bucks, it's probably worth it for most people that travel and want some a little more info than what Mapquest can provide and having the Pocket Map as part of the package. If I was a true road warrior with money to burn I'd for sure look elsewhere before buying this.


What was Expected- upgrading from S&T2001   June 10, 2003
I am a previous user of Street & Trips (2001). I try to upgrade every two years - hoping that the information in newer version will be more up to date ( I mean the mapping information). THere is no way for me to know how much the map data has been updated compared to earlier versions. I am taking a star off because I did not notice a major change in the User interface compared to S&T2001. The zooming control has improved. I like the feature of saving a map as web page, and emailing a map. I ahve a POCKET PC - so pocket streets is useful (& free). I heard the feature of GPS for Pocket streets was added in 2002. Everything else is the same. The upgrade was not painful because of the rebates - in the end it cost me only a few buck[s]!!


Useful for Deputies   May 25, 2003
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I did a ride-along with a deputy last night, who used this software to find exact location when dispatched on a call. It worked very well.