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 and sharing their comments, praises and suggestions.   Your emails, letters and contributions on this blog and other user forums have helped to make the 2010 releases the excellent products they are!

The new release brings great new and exciting functionality to Streets & Trips that is sure to make planning and navigating your next road trip even easier.

Here is a quick list of the new features in Streets & Trips that you can look forward to enjoy!

• New map data from NavTEQ - a world leader in premium-quality digital map data and content.
• 348 pushpin icons! (back by popular demand)
• Ability to share data with your Personal Navigation Device (like your Garmin)
• Full GPX support (import and export)
• Click'n'Drag rerouting
• Improvements to help with pushpin management and control
• Return of the Back (and Forward) functionality
• 5 new POI (points of interest) categories
• Ability to copy latitude and longitude coordinates to your clipboard (ctl+alt+c)
• Ability to rename your route waypoints
• Ability to show or hide individual pushpin sets
• Displays the distance to your next stop as well as your destination
• Ability to search for Highway Exits
• Easy customization of your map view
• Ability to pause Windows Media Player during spoken instructions
• Plus numerous other improvements, tweaks and bug fixes

We will blog about all the new features right here on the Streets & Trips Space blog so come back tomorrow.

oh...one last thing   Here is where you can download the FREE 60 day trial copy.

MSRP: $39.95 for Software only version (green box), $69.95 for Software plus GPS locator (blue box)

I just got a new bookcase in the office so I could display all the old product.  I am a bit of an archivist.  Some of the specimens are still shrink wrapped although I have opened several to investigate one thing or another.   When I first started this blog I wanted to have a re-occurring post featuring Microsoft’s Routing Roots – revisiting MS mapping products of the past.  Y’know, post the box shot and maybe a few actual screenshots of the software in action.

If you missed the ones I’ve done so far here are the links:

• Routing Roots - revisiting MS mapping products of the past pt.1 (Streets Plus 1997)
• "Streets & Trips" or "Trips & Streets"? (Trip Planner 98 / Streets Plus / S&T 2000)

Let me know if there is interest and I'll do some more posts in the future.  Comments and questions always welcome.