Best GPS Software

DeLorme Earthmate GPS LT-40 2010

Turn your laptop PC or netbook into a powerful GPS navigator, with voice-guided navigation, automatic back on-track, GPS Radar to locate travel services, and a new E-Z Nav wizard for effortless on-the-go routing. The LT-40 includes a high-sensitivity chipset for fast satellite acquisition, and DeLorme ConstantLock technology delivers surefire signal retention even in challenging GPS environments. Enjoy superior GPS tracking with NavMode, including optional 3-D perspective and large, easily accessible user controls. Use E-Z Nav to locate and route to nearby hotels, restaurants, attractions, sports venues, and businesses of all types – most with phone numbers included. Create routes automatically with user controls to ensure you take the roads you prefer. Calculate fuel usage and costs, and GPS-navigate with total confidence anywhere in the U.S. or Canada, and on major roads in Mexico. Add U.S. aerial imagery, and see your landmarks as you navigate.Voice-guided navigation, super-high-sensitivity chipset, support for netbooks, 3-D perspective, superior large-screen visibility, updated Street Atlas USA 2010 software. Automatic on-the-go searching and routing, 4 million places of interest. Just plug the LT-40 into the USB port of your laptop PC or UMPC. Turn Your Laptop or PC into a Powerful GPS Navigator
Turn your laptop PC or netbook into a powerful GPS navigator, with voice-guided navigation, automatic back-on-track, GPS Radar to locate travel services, and a new E-Z Nav wizard for effortless on-the-go routing. The LT-40 includes a high-sensitivity chipset for fast satellite acquisition, and DeLorme ConstantLock technology delivers surefire signal retention even in challenging GPS environments. Enjoy superior GPS tracking with NavMode, including optional 3-D perspective and large, easily accessible user controls. Use E-Z Nav to locate

• Turn your laptop PC or netbook into a powerful GPS navigator, with voice-guided navigation, automatic back-on-track, GPS Radar to locate travel services, and a new E-Z Nav wizard for effortless on-the-go routing
• The LT-40 includes a high-sensitivity chipset for fast satellite acquisition, and DeLorme ConstantLock technology delivers surefire signal retention even in challenging GPS environments
• DeLorme Street Atlas USA 2010 us exceptionally detailed map software you can use anywhere–on the go with your laptop PC, netbook, touchscreen phone or PDA
• Includes street-level detail for the U.S. and Canada, plus highways and major roads for Mexico
• Pre-plan your trips with automatic routing and over 4 million places of interest–restaurants, lodgings, attractions, truck stops, sports venues, and businesses of all kinds

Rating: (out of 16 reviews)

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Microsoft Streets & Trips with GPS Locator (2010)

Updated street maps with improved interface. Multi-destination routing, calculate mileage, timetables&costs. Customize your trip to match your personal travel preferences. Free highway construction updates from the Web. Send location information to your mobile device3. Spoken street names&directions, automatic re-routing. Compact GPS locator & cable includedMicrosoft Streets & Trips with GPS Locator makes trip planning and navigating easy, so you can relax and drive with confidence–just plug the sleek, cordless GPS device into your laptop and go! Whether you are traveling across country or across town, Streets & Trips with GPS Locator has the easy-to-use tools to help you get there. Streets & Trips with GPS Locator requires no Internet connection and includes more than 1.7 million points of interest to choose from–plus additional listings that you can view when you’re connected to the Web. The perfect trip is at your fingertips. Get accurate driving directions to just about anywhere in the United States and Canada. Click to enlarge. Send your route to your GPS device. Click to enlarge. Product Features Updated street level maps for U.S. and Canada Includes sleek GPS locator that plugs directly into your laptop New–Send your route to your GPS device2 Calculate fuel usage and costs before you leave New–Share trip details or itineraries with friends and family2 Get free construction updates to avoid potential delays New–Save time by setting your map to always start at a particular location Personalize your maps with comments, phone numbers and notes for planned stops New–Easily delete or hide groups of pushpins Find special savings in restaurants, hotels and events with Entertainment Online trial offer3 Improved–Choose specific roads to use on your trip just by dragging and dropping the route Include multiple destinations and stops

• Plan your perfect trip from sightseeing to fuel stops with Microsoft Streets & Trips 2010, the #1 best-selling travel and map software
• Help save time and gas money with optimized travel routes and navigate easily with spoken directions and street names
• New compact, cable-free GPS Locator is fast and accurate–simply plug into your laptop’s USB port and go
• Find stops on the go–1.5 million points-of-interest included (no Internet connection required)
• Includes free download of Microsoft Money Plus 2 (over value) and 14-day Entertainment online trial membership for savings in restaurants, hotels and special events

Rating: (out of 135 reviews)

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Microsoft Streets and Trips 2009 with GPS Locator for PC

Make trip planning easy with Microsoft Streets & Trips. Get accurate driving directions to just about anywhere in the United States and Canada. Streets & Trips with GPS Locator combines Streets & Trips with a sleek Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver that plugs into the USB port on your laptop PC.

Live Search – add additional business locations to your map when you’re online, then take them with you when you go. Use Keyword search to enter ?coffee, ?motel, or ?restaurant Estimated drive time always lets you know how far you are from your destination Easy mileage, time, and expense calculation Customize your maps by adding notes, addresses and phone numbers ReRoute from Here – get back on track with one click. Streets & Trips quickly recalculates directions to any new location Share maps & itineraries via email Includes a sleek, stylish, ultra-compact GPS device with SiRFstar III technology Cable-free USB adapter – plug the GPS receiver and adapter into your laptop See your exact current location. Track your route in real-time in an easy-to-read Full Screen display with easy to locate navigation buttons. Change to the special Night Map display with a single click of the button GPS Task Pane – Get important information fast, including driving speed, latitude and longitude coordinates, altitude, travel direction, and more GPS Trail – Retrace your steps to quickly find your way back. GPS Trail shows exactly where you’ve been

• Get all of the features of Streets & Trips 2009 plus a compact GPS Locator and USB cable
• Use Full Screen Navigation Mode, making it easier than ever to know where you are
• Navigate easily with spoken directions and street names
• Automatic re-routing gets you back on track, even when you miss a turn
• Use the Navigation view option to see a perspective view of the road ahead

Rating: (out of 8 reviews)

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Tom Tom Navigator 6 Software with Maps of the US and Canada (DVD) and Bluetooth GPS Receiver

SOFTWARE, NAV 6, MAPS OF US & CANADAWith the Tom Tom Navigator 6 Software with Maps of the US and Canada (DVD) and Bluetooth GPS Receiver you never need to be lost again, wherever you are, whatever you are doing. Tom Tom’s Navigator 6 software is designed for people who already own a PDA that supports Bluetooth, and don’t want to buy a separate Tom Tom navigator and GPS unit. This package provides a Bluetooth receiver to give your PDA GPS functionality, and all the Navigator 6 software with maps of the complete US and Canada on a DVD, which once installed on your PDA will let you know not only where you are going, but exactly how best to get there. The Tom Tom Navigator 6 software is not only effortless to install, but easy to use with a touch-screen user menu that gives you an intuitive navigation experience, and an inherent portability that lets you take it with you anywhere, whether in your car, on your bike, or on foot. The Tom Tom Navigator 6 software has complete maps of the United States, including Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico, as well as all the Canadian provinces. This software gives you the convenience of thousands of pre-installed Points of Interest from restaurants to gas stations, allowing you to search by proximity to your current location, along your route, near a specific city and more, as well as letting you plan your route to fit your requirements, be they quickest, shortest, avoiding toll roads, or many others. Navigator 6 not only guides you from door to door, but can navigate directly to contacts from your PDA address book, complete with stopovers and itinerary planning for routing to multiple destinations while adding stopping points. The user-friendly interface features a

• Navigator 6 application software with complete maps of the US and Canada on DVD, and Bluetooth GPS receiver
• Crystal clear 2D and 3D graphics with 65,000 colors and Nightview for optimized viewing
• Features touch-screen menu, phone-function compatibility, real-time information (with Plus service), and 37 different spoken languages
• Compatible with most popular brands and models of PDAs, including the Palm Treo
• Requires a PDA with Bluetooth capability, and a PC or Mac for updates and synchronization

Rating: (out of 18 reviews)

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DeLorme Earthmate GPS LT-40 Plus

Earthmate® GPS LT-40 Plus
Includes Street Atlas USA® 2009 Plus

Turn Your Laptop PC or UMPC into a GPS Business Navigator

Experience the power of business mapping and voice-guided GPS at an unbeatable price. Just plug the Earthmate GPS LT-40 into the USB port of your laptop PC or UMPC, and secure the receiver on your vehicle’s dash. Use the included Street Atlas USA Plus DVD software to plan sales and delivery routes, locate prospects, and import aerial imagery you can use in your routes and GPS tracking.

NEW! Hundreds of thousands of new roads and updated road names
NEW! Support for ultra-mobile personal computers (UMPCs)
NEW! NavMode with optional 3-D perspective and larger, more accessible user controls

Street Atlas USA 2009 Plus DVD Software Included
Street-level detail for the U.S. and Canada, highways and main roads in Mexico
Over 4 million places of interest in U.S. and Canada
Easy, automatic routing
GPS ready, with voice-guided navigation
Versatile, flexible editing and print capabilities
Application included for mapping, routing, and GPS navigation with Palm OS, Windows Mobile devices
Incorporate aerial imagery into your maps and routes – download worth fee
Share customized maps, routes, and directions with others via a secure Web link
Support for multiple monitors
Indispensable Business Mapping Solutions
Put your contact manager listings on the map
Import and edit an unlimited number
Display their map locations, for strategic planning, routing, more
Print large-format wall maps
Link photos, documents and URLs to the maps
Get 150 million U.S. and Canadian residential and business phone listings FREE – newly updated
Import up to 1,000 at a time
Query by Yellow Page headings and create your own dataExperience the power of business mapping and voice-guided GPS at an unbeatable price. Just plug the Earthmate GPS LT-40 into the USB port of your laptop PC or UMPC, and secure the receiver on your vehicle’s dash. Use the included Street Atlas USA PLUS DVD software to

• USB-powered GPS receiver includes super-high sensitivity STMicroelectronics GPS chipset; DeLorme ConstantLock technology for superior signal retention in challenging GPS environments
• Voice-guided navigation, automatic back-on-track, GPS Radar to locate travel services, NavMode with optional 3-D perspective and larger, more accessible user controls; link photos, documents and URLs to the maps; print large-format wall maps
• Locate over 4 million places of interest; GPS-navigate with total confidence anywhere in the U.S. or Canada, and on major roads in Mexico
• Easy, automatic routing; plan side trips, avoid congested areas, choose back roads; put your contact manager listings on the map and display their map locations, for strategic planning, routing, and more

Rating: (out of 11 reviews)

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