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lisa1982
27th February 2006, 12:17 PM
Hi,

I am looking for a good maps or navigation software that would allow me to find my way around cities in europe without the use of a GPS receiver. So in other words - I would like a nav or maps software that would replace a comprehensive map book.

So far - I am very happy with Map & Guide - Top Cities Amsterdam.
http://www.itreviews.co.uk/software/s223.htm
It allows you to find a street in Amsterdam, displays the map, allows you to plan your route and traces the route on the map. The map scrolls very nicely with the drag of the stylus - overall an excellent piece of software - with just one complaint - it's only Amsterdam and does not cover other smaller cities.

TomTom does not work if you don't have a bluetooth GPS receiver - so you can't just use TOMTOM like an electronic map.

Microsoft Streets and trips does work - however it's interface and display are very outdated and it's street search function is also not very good.

Any program out there that may do the job?

sh500
27th February 2006, 12:33 PM
TomTom does not work if you don't have a bluetooth GPS receiver - so you can't just use TOMTOM like an electronic map.

TomTom DOES work without a bluetooth GPS, I've used it many times. It's the 'Advanced Planning' option- it even 'walks' you through the route if you so wish. Does pretty much everything except of course the live navigation.

There are plenty of maps available too.

psych0t1c
28th February 2006, 01:57 PM
I am looking for a good maps or navigation software that would allow me to find my way around cities in europe without the use of a GPS receiver. So in other words - I would like a nav or maps software that would replace a comprehensive map book.

Take a look at Destinator PN which is the soft of my choice. It even has an pedestrian mode and can be used in a sort of "planning mode" without a GPS receiver. It also comes with all of western europe map material which will show you any trampled path available.

(That is for real, once in a drive through some smaller villages it sent me through an forest maintenance road or something like that - just two sandy lanes as wide as a tire and grass in between going through the woods. But it was legal to drive through and saved me maybe half a mile...)