map or navigation software requiring no gps receiver

[lisa1982]

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Microsoft Streets and trips does work - however it's interface and display are very outdated and it's street search function is also not very good.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

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]

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...)