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Down the road with Pocket Streets for Smartphone - and GPS September 29, 2004 [MS Smartphone] | By Lutzh Haedrich. While some people wait for TomTom or Mobile Navigator to find their way home we have found a much cheaper solution for all Smartphone lovers - Microsoft Autoroute 2005 and the included Pocket Streets for Smartphone. Now with GPS support!  Did you ever felt lost in an unknown city? Did you ever want to know how to make it from A to B without spending too much money on a navigation solution that costs more than your phone? Here comes something that may help you saving money. By Lutzh Microsoft Autoroute 2005 comes now with a navigation and routing solution not only for your home PC but also for your Pocket PC and your Windows Mobile Smartphone. Earlier versions lost connection by the missing GPS support but now Microsoft strikes back - GPS support for all three platforms! We take a closer look at the Smartphone part of Autoroute 2005: Pocket Streets for Smartphone. 
 
As you can see - Pocket Streets for Smartphone does support GPS now and it shows you exactly where you are. Pocket Streets does not tell you where to go when you create a route from A to B. But it shows you where you are and you can find your way to B with this very easy. It is no replacement for a navigation system like TomTom or Mobile Navigator but it may be a good solution if you are walking through a city you don't know. Key features of Microsoft Autoroute 2005 are (Microsoft says about it): GPS Support. AutoRoute 2005 allows you to find your location while on the road with a GPS device running NMEA 2.0 or later. Simply plug the device into the computer running AutoRoute and see your location. Includes updated detailed street-level maps of Europe comprising 4.7 million kilometres of streets and highways. Greater than 75% coverage in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Monaco, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey & Vatican Cty. Street Level date for between 50% and 75% of the population base for Finland & Spain. Street Level date for less than 50% of the population base for Czech Republic, Greece, Irish Republic, Northern Ireland, Portugal & Slovakia. Route Planner. With Route Planner, you can view, add, delete, and rearrange destinations. Route Planner also lets you set fuel costs, driving speed, preferred roads, and preferred routes (for example, shortest or quickest). If you have multiple destinations, AutoRoute can optimize your route. Find What's Nearby. Locate points of interest on your route or virtually anywhere on the map. There are over 800,000 points of interest including over 140,000 restaurants, 60,000 hotels, 4,000 golf courses and more. Maps on the go. You can download maps from our website or export an area from AutoRoute 2005 for use with Microsoft Pocket Streets for your Pocket PC or Windows Mobile Smartphone. Pocket Streets supports GPS and integrates with Pocket Outlook so you can easily map a contact or appointment location. Microsoft Office integration. Import data from Microsoft Excel or the Outlook messaging and collaboration client directly into AutoRoute. Drive-time zones. Generate zones from a specific location, indicating points that can be reached by car in an equal amount of time. Patented Snap Routing technology. Use Snap Routing to drag and drop a route anywhere, changing the route to your preference. Then watch it snap into place while the map and driving directions recalculate automatically even for the most complex journey. Pushpins. Choose from more than 256 Pushpin symbols to mark particular addresses or places on the map, or import your own. Autoroute 2005 is on sale for unbeatable £38.00 on Amazon UK! Pretty cheap for the bundle of maps you get. Combine it with a GPS receiver and you will never get lost again! Autoroute 2005 at Microsoft. Autoroute 2005 at Amazon.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)
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