Category Archives: New Features

With the US Senate elections just around the corner, it gives me the opportunity to write about MapPoint – the big sibling of Streets & Trips.  It is primarily targeted towards enterprise and business users versus the general consumer.  With … Continue reading →

Most of us are familiar with the “road hit detect” feature in Streets & Trips.  If you zoom down to street level you can click on a road and you can see what the street address is for that location. … Continue reading →

You may have heard rumors that the Microsoft AutoRoute product was dead but apparently it was just hibernating. What is AutoRoute?  It is trip planning and navigation software much like Microsoft Streets & Trips but with European maps.  In fact, … Continue reading →

Many travelers and Streets & Trips enthusiasts have asked for additional POI categories.  Great idea!  We’ve added 5 new categories for the 2010 release. Pharmacies Post offices National parks Community centers Ferry terminals These new categories (as well as the … Continue reading →

  Here is another little improvement that will improve the usability of Streets & Trips 2010.  We added the ability to rename your route points.   What a great idea – can’t believe this wasn’t included in previous versions.

In an earlier post we showed how you can send data to your personal navigation device using Garmin’s POI Loader, which transfers the Pushpin data (waypoints) that you have created in Streets & Trips. In this post we will see … Continue reading →

You now have the ability in Streets & Trips 2010 to open or close all the balloons for the visible pushpins on the map with just 2 clicks. Right-click the pushpin set click Show all pushpin information or Hide all … Continue reading →

Here is a change for all the power users.  Have you ever found yourself trying to import 20,000 addresses from an access database or an excel spreadsheet using the “Import Data Wizard” and you see this error?    In past … Continue reading →

To find a lot-long in Streets & Trips you need to, Pan and zoom the map to the desired location Place the mouse cursor over the map area for which you need the lat-long Then press Ctrl+Alt+C from the keyboard. … Continue reading →

Many people rely on S&T to do their road trip planning.   Have you ever wished you should share this information with your Garmin without having to re-enter all the stops etc? Now you can!! In the 2010 version you can … Continue reading →

Here is a set of features in 2010 that I’m really excited about .  People have been asking for many of these changes and we’ve listened! The Problem: Imagine if you are someone with a huge collection of POI (points … Continue reading →

We are very pleased to announce the availability of Microsoft Streets & Trips and Microsoft MapPoint North America!    The updates in Streets & Trips and MapPoint are largely based on all the great feedback from people using the software … Continue reading →

To find a lot-long in Streets & Trips you need to, Pan and zoom the map to the desired location Place the mouse cursor over the map area for which you need the lat-long Then press Ctrl+Alt+C from the keyboard. … Continue reading →

Quick post just to clear up some questions I’ve received lately….   Q: What is the difference between the trial software, the DVD that comes with the Standard (no GPS) version and the DVD that comes with the GPS version? A: … Continue reading →

Microsoft Streets & Trips has partnered with Entertainment Online to present valuable special offers in many towns across the United States and Canada. These deals are available to you across a variety of categories, including restaurants, hotels, special events, retailers … Continue reading →

Some like the speaking of street names in the spoken instructions others do not. Some like the application to automatically re-route other do not want the original route to ever be changed. The new Options dialog will keep everyone happy:

This is one of the first things you need to know about the 2009 version.  I was asked about this several times at the FCMA convention. Below is a comparison between the new 2009 S&T toolbar (on top) and the … Continue reading →

The boxes of Streets & Trips 2008 are finally hitting the shelves.  If you are splurging for the premium Connected Services version you may notice the option to update your firmware.    Do I need to upgrade my Connected Services firmware? … Continue reading →