Microsoft Streets & Trips
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| Microsoft Streets & Trips | |
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 Microsoft Streets & Trips |
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| Developed by | Microsoft |
| Latest release | 2008 / 2007 |
| OS | Microsoft Windows |
| Genre | Route planning software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | http://www.microsoft.com/streets/ |
Microsoft Streets & Trips is mapping software developed and distributed by Microsoft. Functionally it is a subset of Microsoft MapPoint targeted at the average consumer to do a variety of map related tasks in the North American region including the United States, Canada, and Mexico, such as route planning.
The European version is marketed as Microsoft AutoRoute and covers all of Europe, including European Russia; along with the Azerbijan, Armenia, Georgia, Cyprus and all of Turkey.
A version of the product is currently sold with a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver to allow users use the product as a satellite navigation system. Since version 2008[1], Microsoft has started requiring Product Activation for Streets & Trips. [2]
Streets & Trips 2006 and later versions install the new text-to-speech voice, "Microsoft Anna", which is part of Windows Vista on Windows XP computers, for the voice-prompt direction feature. Version 2006 is the last version for Windows 98/Me and version 2007 is the last version for Windows 2000.
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[edit] History
Originally created in the late 1980s by NextBase Ltd, a UK company, under the name "AutoRoute", it was sold for DOS based PCs as well as Atari ST computers. In the early 1990s it was ported to the Microsoft Windows operating system. The company created a version for the United States called AutoMap. In 1994 the product was sold to Microsoft. Microsoft sold products for Windows 95 as AutoMap Road Atlas and AutoMap Streets under the Microsoft Home brand.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Microsoft Streets & Trips website
- S&T Keys - Hotkeys for Microsoft Streets & Trips - free add-on program to automate GPS functions of Microsoft Streets & Trips
- Laptop GPS World - a website dedicated to Microsoft Streets & Trips and other laptop GPS navigation software programs.
[edit] AutoRoute
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