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V5
For years, AutoRoute has been the ultimate way of planning a
trip from A to B, and the newest version continues to add
to the flexibility and power of this excellent package. As
always, it’s simply a matter of setting up your departure
and arrival points and adding any stop-offs to produce a clear
itinerary and a beautiful map. But now the AutoRoute CD has
more personalisation and more information. The pushpin feature
lets you identify a location by a sensible name, then use it
as if it were part of the program. Instead of typing your home
postcode every time, or finding it on the map, you can stick
in a pushpin, label it Home and make life easy. There’s a wealth
of information about locations now in a fair travel guide,
incorporating pictures and a few of the exciting 360 degree
panoramas first seen in the new MSN online service. Occasionally
there’s some odd gaps - I’d have liked Les Routiers backed up by
something broader like the Good Pub Guide, and the world-class ancient
site at Avebury is omitted where many less significant get in,
but it’s a neat feature, especially as you can ask to see everything
within a certain range of your destination. There’s backup too from
the web, with links to find more on a location. It’s the business.
Overall - The only way to navigate in the UK (unless you’re in Northern
Ireland, when you’ll need the Europe version). Priced around £60 in
the UK. Win95 CD. Distributed by Microsoft, web site:
http://www.microsoft.com
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