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Streets & Trips 2011 POI Megfile April Update

Download the latest version of the free S&T 2011 POI Megafile from here today. If you are new to S&T and the POI Megafile check out new 6min tutorial video What collections have changed in this version of the POI … Continue reading

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Congratulations to all our Trivia Winners!

September is now here and the ‘Cruisin’ the National Parks’ trivia contest has come to a close.  Thanks to everyone who participated and congratulations to our winners: Mary Wright Sherry Meek Nickolas Gruendler Olivia Tapia Helen Hoang Robert McGrew Mary … Continue reading

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Visual Learner? Check out the 16 training video tutorials on S&T.

People are always asking me “Are there videos to show how to use the software?“ YES – the video page on this blog now has 16 videos that you can watch anytime you’d like. Topics include: An overview on how … Continue reading

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MS Streets & Trips is going to the Madison, WI FMCA Convention!

The Family Motor Coach Association is having their 86th Family Reunion & Motorhome Showcase at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin, from August 10 to 13, 2011. It would be great to meet up with some of the RVers … Continue reading

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National Parks Trivia question #3 – win $50

This is awesome!  Congratulations to Clifford Stubblefield who correctly answered last weeks National Parks trivia question and had his name randomly drawn from all submitted correct answers. Every Tuesday we post a new question and this week’s question is: Iliamna and Redoubt … Continue reading

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Cruisin’ the National Parks sweepstakes has begun!

Beauty. Majesty. Wonder. Microsoft Streets & Trips is celebrating America’s national parks with: a sweepstakes – test your Nat’l park knowledge for a chance to win a $50 Visa gift card a $1 donation to the National Park Foundation (NPF) … Continue reading

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Streets & Trips is Cruisin’ the National Parks!

I just returned from an awesome road trip to Glacier National Park (more information on my trip to come later….). The timing was great as next week Streets & Trips is Cruisin’ the National Parks! On Tuesday, June 2th we’ll … Continue reading

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POI Megafile: State and County Fairgrounds Collection

Many State fairs will be held all over the US and Canada this summer and as they do on an annual basis. They started primarily as competitive event in such categories as handicrafts, baked goods, jams and jellies, etc. but have extended to include … Continue reading

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Lucky Quartzsite attendees to be first with S&T 2011

I’m heading off to the big desert RV parking lot in Quartzsite, AZ to check out the largest RV rally on the planet! I’ll be the guy carrying a box of Streets & Trips 2011 trial DVDs. Look for me … Continue reading

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Streets & Trips will soon be available!

We are very excited to let everybody know that we have sent the final build of S&T 2011 to manufacturing and you can expect to see it in stores mid-February. We will post more details here and on our Facebook … Continue reading

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Looking good with the Streets & Trips Lanyards

Everybody at the Rally is sporting the fancy Streets & Trips nametag lanyards.   The booth traffic was steady all day and trial DVDs were being snatched up almost as fast as I could hand them out.  Time to get some … Continue reading

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Greetings from Kentucky

Squeezed in some sight-seeing in the bluegrass state.  Weather has been in the upper-90s mid-day with heavy thunder showers in the late afternoon.    It is very humid compared to Washington and very green. [pics: Daniel Boone’s grave, Old Town Winchester, … Continue reading

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More Training Videos Available from Geeks on Tour

Jim and Chris Guld are Geeks on Tour.  If, by chance, you have not yet heard of these guys then please visit their website or their facebook page. They took to the road in their motorhome in 2003 and provide computer … Continue reading

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Streets & Trips Points Of Interest (POI) Megafile July Update Best Yet!

Thanks to the many contributors from DiscoveryOwners and LaptopGPSWorld we have put together a free 2010 map file that contains 224 pushpin collections that are geared towards the interests of RVers, Campers and Truckers. As an extra bonus the collections … Continue reading

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Streets & Trips 2010 map file won’t create pushpins

Have you ever experience this issue?  You try to manually place a pushpin on the map and when you click the map – no pushpin appears.  What’s going on?  Changes are you’ve got all your pushpin sets “hidden”.  This means … Continue reading

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Streets & Trips 2010 POI Megafile April Update is here!

What is the POI Megafile you ask?  It is simply a map that contains hundreds of additional points of interest (POI) collections that are of interest to RVers and Truckers.  This file was created in the 2010 version using freely … Continue reading

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Managing Multiple Map Templates in Streets & Trips

Using custom map templates is a great way to save every detail on the map (even driving speeds, fuel consumption etc) and be able to pick the best starting point for your trip planning. If you simply launch S&T from … Continue reading

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Streets & Trips Team to Attend the 2010 Florida RV SuperShow

Microsoft Streets & Trips will be demonstrating the 2010 release in building ‘B’ and hope anyone in the area will come by say “hello” and talk directly with the people who work on creating and this product. Show name: 2010 … Continue reading

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Can’t Use “Show in Bing Maps” with the Bing Maps Beta

So you’ve read about the cool new Bing maps beta release and now that you’ve tried it the “Show in Bing Maps” feature in Streets & Trips has stopped working. Here is what happened and how to fix it. If … Continue reading

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This Just May Be The First GPS Ever

You don’t see many like this anymore…that is for sure. [Source: TopCultured]

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