
12-17-2006, 02:53 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 425
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Yes, pretty cool program. So far I have only used it for its traffic maps (can be very helpful where I live, in the Los Angeles area), and they are pretty good.
One suggestion though. It would be nice if one could set it so it automatically goes to a specific traffic map on startup. (Or is there now a way to do that, that I have not discovered? A registry tweak, perhaps?)
For instance, if one is driving, and gets stuck in a traffic jam, and wants to look at the travel map, now there are too many steps necessary to get there, to accomplish while driving. One has to start the program, go to the city one wants the map for, choose to show traffic, then zoom in to the part of the city one wants the map for, etc., etc. Way too many steps. It sure would be nice if one could set it so that all one has to do is start the program, and it will go right to the requested traffic map, without all those intermediate steps.
So for now, I find it more convenient to use Map4PDA or Virtual Earth Mobile, for traffic maps. They will remember where you were, and go right back to where you left off, when you restart the program. Windows Live Search has a nice traffic map implementation, except for the fact that it seems not to remember at all where you last were, and I see no way to set it to go right there on startup. (Yes I know, Google Mobile Maps also has traffic maps. But being a Java application, I find it far less convenient than the two Windows Mobile apps I mentioned.)
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