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Marvin Hlavac  
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 More options Oct 21 2009, 9:30 am
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From: "Marvin Hlavac" <hla...@rogersREMOVE.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:30:12 -0400
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Subject: Microsoft AutoRoute 2010 to start selling in November
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AutoRoute 2010 will launch on Nov. 17th:
http://www.laptopgpsworld.com/microsoft-streets-trips/2643-microsoft-...

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Marvin Hlavac
Laptop GPS World
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Steve Firth  
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 More options Oct 21 2009, 3:45 pm
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Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:45:19 +0100
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Richard Cole <ispc...@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote:
> I much prefer MapPoint

I don't know why, it's awful.

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Steve Firth  
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 More options Oct 21 2009, 6:01 pm
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Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:01:49 +0100
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Richard Cole <ispc...@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:45:19 +0100, %ste...@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth)
> wrote:

> >Richard Cole <ispc...@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote:

> >> I much prefer MapPoint

> >I don't know why, it's awful.

> I can analyze data directly onto maps!

Very poor maps designed by a blind watchmaker. Enlarge a view of
MapPoint map... oh look the captions remain in tiny unreadable type. It
doesn't matter how much the view is enlarged, street names, motorway
junction numbers and road numbers will remain tiny and largely
unreadable. The base maps themselves are also poor quality, not a patch
on Ordnance Survey or Admiralty Charts. And what's this fetish that
Microsoft have about pubs and shopping centres?

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Steve Firth  
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 More options Oct 22 2009, 3:23 pm
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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:23:33 +0100
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Richard Cole <ispc...@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote:
> Font size is user adjustable under Tools|options|Map tab then Map Font Size

Not under any version of Mapsource that I have tried.

> POIs are again selectable.

Yes, I suspect that like all Microsofties you can't see wood for trees.

> The base map is the Navteq / Tele Atlas map see help | credits (listed
> below)

And? It's still rubbish.

> The real beauty of MapPoint for me is that it is part of my MSDN licence
> software, so it's a no cost option. :-)

So of the maps you get for free it's the best one, eh?

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Steve Firth  
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 More options Oct 22 2009, 4:06 pm
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Richard Cole <ispc...@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote:
> Have you found any software for it yet?

Lots, you'll see poor quality imitations of it produced by Microsoft. I
believe they've just launched another one this week... It's like OSX
except it's broken, ugly and designed by dimwits for dimwits to use.

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Marvin Hlavac  
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 More options Oct 22 2009, 6:13 pm
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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:13:38 -0400
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    >> Font size is user adjustable under Tools|options|Map tab then
    >> Map Font Size
    >
    > Not under any version of Mapsource that I have tried.

I don't see the connection here between Garmin MapSource and Microsoft
AutoRoute (or MapPoint). Map font size is user-adjustable in AutoRoute (and
MapPoint), exactly as described above.

    >> The base map is the Navteq / Tele Atlas map see help | credits
    >> (listed below)
    >
    > And? It's still rubbish.

Navteq / Teleatlas are the top two map data providers. I'm not aware of more
reliable source of navigable map data, are you?

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