03-06-2003, 12:00 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Remember, Microsoft Has Tons of Maps
One of our readers, Sweetpete, has a useful reminder for those of us who use Pocket Streets 2003: Microsoft offers downloadable maps from their Web site. You can still create your own maps using Map Point, Streets and Trips or AutoRoute, of course, but you might check these out first and see if they suit your needs.
In all, the site has maps for 318 major cities in the United States & Canada, and 277 major cities in Greater Europe. To download the maps, just go here and search by country, state or region.
I sometimes still create my own maps, simply because I can constrain the exact regions I want to include. But more often than not, I'll grab one of these ready-made maps. I don't want to necessarily open up a huge debate of the various mapping applications out there, but I would be interested to know if there's anything out there that's any easier than Pocket Streets or that includes more information about local attractions or sites.
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03-06-2003, 01:14 PM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 4,396
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Re: Remember, Microsoft Has Tons of Maps
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Originally Posted by Brad Adrian
One of our readers, Sweetpete, has a useful reminder for those of us who use Pocket Streets 2003: Microsoft offers downloadable maps from their Web site. You can still create your own maps using Map Point, Streets and Trips or AutoRoute, of course, but you might check these out first and see if they suit your needs.
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Interesting. I posted the link for Pocket Streets maps in the "Pocket Streets Map of Dublin" thread yesterday, but Sweetpete gets the credit? What gives? :lol:
Oddly, there weren't maps of Ireland at all there.
Steve
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03-06-2003, 01:48 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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Re: Remember, Microsoft Has Tons of Maps
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03-06-2003, 02:26 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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I use MS Streets and Trips 2003 but I also use Mapololis. I have found that a search for a street location to be dead on using Mapopolis while MS will often miss by several blocks or more. I have a CF card for my Axim containing maps for both systems as each has some advantages.
I supscribed to Mapopolis for one year for $24.95 then downloaded the entire country by state to give me a database on my PC for any county in the USA.
Mapopolis was designed for PDA use and works really slick.
I create my own MS maps so I can include exactly the area I want. MS also includes an extensive point of interest collection which Mapopolis does not have (you can get it but it is rather expensive). MS has the better system for generating map areas to download to the PDA that allows the user to slice out the exact area desired (on a PC) while Mapopolis is organized by counties.
I used to prepare for a trip by printing maps from the PC. I initially thought that maps on a PDA would be difficult to use and of little value. Boy, was I wrong! It is so easy to select "Locate Contact" and see a marker showing exactly where I want to get to.
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03-06-2003, 02:34 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 248
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Upgrade
I used to use the 2002 version. However, when I upgraded from 2001 to 2002 I lost all of my pushpins and such. It was ratehr irritating. Has anyone noticed if the 2003 upgrade recognizes 2002 pushpins? I'm interested in a map application I can customize on a more permanent basis.
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03-06-2003, 02:36 PM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: Remember, Microsoft Has Tons of Maps
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Originally Posted by Marlof Bregonje
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Hehehe, I know. That's why I was laughing. :-)
The real reason for my post was the note about Microsoft not having any maps of Ireland. There are maps of English, Scottish and Welsh cities, but no Irish cities that I saw.
Maybe with St. Patrick's Day coming up, Microsoft will fix that. :beer:
Steve
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03-06-2003, 02:48 PM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: Upgrade
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Originally Posted by don dre
I used to use the 2002 version. However, when I upgraded from 2001 to 2002 I lost all of my pushpins and such. It was ratehr irritating. Has anyone noticed if the 2003 upgrade recognizes 2002 pushpins? I'm interested in a map application I can customize on a more permanent basis.
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As far as I know, every upgrade of Pocket Streets requires you to create new maps, and therefore new pushpin files. I don't know why they do that, but it really sucks.
I went from 2001 to 2003, though, so I don't know for sure.
Steve
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03-06-2003, 03:04 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Re: Remember, Microsoft Has Tons of Maps
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Hehehe, I know. That's why I was laughing. :-)
The real reason for my post was the note about Microsoft not having any maps of Ireland. There are maps of English, Scottish and Welsh cities, but no Irish cities that I saw.
Maybe with St. Patrick's Day coming up, Microsoft will fix that. :beer:
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Even though MS has mapping data for the whole of europe they have only published a subset of countries and cities, the Republic of Ireland is not featured on their list, neither is Sweden, Norway, Portugal etc etc. There may well be contractual reasons why MS is not allowed to publish certain maps for free. You can of course purchase Autoroute Europe and download a map for Dublin... 
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03-06-2003, 03:39 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Is there an advantage to downloading the pre-made maps as opposed to just creating your own in the desktop version??? Are there any differences in the map styles? I've always created my own -- figured the online versions were for people who didn't use the desktop app...
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03-06-2003, 03:45 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Microsoft is a pain sometimes. I got a Dell Axim and it had MS Streets 2002.
I generated some maps with MS 2001 and tried to use them on the PDA but got am error that said I could not use 2001 maps with a 2002 PDA program. I thought that I would download the handheld map program from the 2001 PC version but it balked, saying I could not use a 2001 map program on Pocket PC 2002. :evil:
I finally bought a 2003 MS Streets but I may never buy another one. :x
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