Microsoft AutoRoute 2010 with GPS Locator

Microsoft AutoRoute with GPS Locator makes it easy plan and customise your trip, and track your location in real time. Microsoft AutoRoute with GPS Locator includes the same software and functionality as AutoRoute, but adds a sleek, cordless Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. Now it is easier than ever to plan your trip and track your location in real-time. AutoRoute with GPS Locator has many trip planning tools plus enhanced GPS features, so you'll always know exactly where you are and where your next turn is.

All of the features in AutoRoute Standard, plus:

• NEW! Automatic re-routing and one-click reverse routing
• NEW! Voice direction prompts that include street names
• NEW! Full Screen Navigation Mode
• NEW! Navigation map view (3D-view)
• NEW! Cordless GPS receiver gives you the flexibility to travel cable-free. Just plug it in and go!
• NEW! Choose roads to use on your trip or make fast changes to your route just by dragging and dropping.
• NEW! Estimated remaining driving time , distance to your next stop and distance to your destination are displayed while navigating.
• NEW! See your next turn with just a glance with new, easier-to-read maps and directions.

AutoRoute Makes Trip Planning Easy

• Route Planner - Use the route planner to help you plan your trip. You can create multiple stops - and even add stops or change your route along the way. For trips with multiple stops, let AutoRoute optimise the route to get you there even faster. Don't worry, if you miss a turn, AutoRoute with GPS Locator will automatically re-reroute you to get you back on track - plus with spoken turn-by-turn directions navigating is easy.


• Customisable Driving Preferences and Maps - AutoRoute provides you with the flexibility to choose how you would like to travel. Change your preferred road types, petrol costs, driving speeds, and frequency of stops. Then customise your maps with imported symbols, icons, pictures, graphics or logos.


• Find Nearby Places - See what there is to do along the way. With more than a million points of interest, including hotels, historical sites, post offices, pharmacies, restaurants, cash machines , nightclubs, golf courses, railway stations, and much more. No matter what you or your family wants to do, you can make the most of your trip.


• All of your travel notes in one place - Personalised notes can be added to your maps. With addresses, phone numbers and other notes alongside your planned stops, you'll have all the information you need in one handy place.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

To use Microsoft AutoRoute 2010, you need:

• PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed
• Windows Vista with 1 GB RAM, Windows XP with 256 MB RAM, Windows Server 2008 with 512 MB RAM or Windows Server 2003 with 256 MB RAM (64-bit versions of Windows XP and Windows Server excluded); service packs for operating systems recommended
• Certain features require Internet Explorer. If not present, Internet Explorer will be installed but will not displace your primary browser.
• Available hard-disk space: 2.0 GB (some users may require up to an extra 300 MB)
• For installation of software: DVD drive or high speed Internet access
• Super VGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution monitor
• Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or a compatible pointing device

Additional items or services required to use certain features:

• For Voice Output: any of the operating systems listed in the above system requirements and a compatible soundcard
• Microsoft compatible email software such as Microsoft Office Outlook required to use Send to Mobile and Send To as attachment; Office Outlook 2003 or Office Outlook 2007 required to use Send To as picture
• Broadband Internet service recommended for certain features, which may require payment of a separate fee to an Internet service provider; local and/or long-distance telephone toll charges may apply
• GPS functionality requires a GPS device that supports NMEA 2.0 or later and an available USB port
• Voice directions require a SAPI compliant text to speech engine

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