Customer Reviews:
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 Difficult if you aren't carefull January 12, 2007
William J. Law (Plainfield, IL United States)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Hi all. This software both SUCKS and is GREAT. The diffuclty is in Overpasses and off ramps. It gets easily confused with you being "On Route" and "Off Route". OFTEN it would tell us to turn right, or "Take Local Road", and we would miss our turn. What was GREAT about the software was being able to locate yourself on the map, and tell what you really needed to do. Navigation is a little clunky, and takes some getting use to. We used this software in Germany and a little bit of Switzerland. The other options was a Garmin with Europe Maps, for Hundreds of dollars, or this simple program. We utilized the "Microsoft GPS received" that comes with their US product. It did allow for printing of maps, and was worth the price paid. HOWEVER do not think that you can simply jump in the car and use this as a 100% navigation aid.
Inferior to North American version January 18, 2007
Richard Bartels (Surrey, BC Canada)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Microsoft AutoRoute Europe 2007 provides the same mapping services and Microsoft's Streets & Trips (North American) application, but with annoying bugs. Exploring an area (zooming, selecting, panning) has caused me to crash often. Some restaurants remain displayed even though I have unchecked the restaurants box on Show/Hide places. Some minor roads that show up on Internet mapping sites for Europe, such as Mappy or ViaMichelin, aren't included in AutoRoute. And I have had it advise me to leave a controlled-access major highway where no exit existed to follow a phantom "local road" into downtown Cordoba.
 Autoroute Review July 17, 2007
James D. Linley (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Just got back from a little driving tour through Spain and France. Although I've been there a few times before, this is the first time with a map program. I've become addicted to Streets and Trips here in the U.S. so I thought I'd try this for our latest trip. I used Autoroute with the GPS receiver I got from Streets and Trips and instead of the usual getting lost as soon as you get off the main road and flopping around, Autoroute shows exactly where you are and recalculates a new route. My 16 year old son was my copilot and easily handled the program. I especially liked the female British accent drive instruction feature, nice touch. Although there were a few map errors, as in Streets and Trips, the program was invaluable. As anyone that travels in Europe will tell you, the signage is atrocious especially in urban areas, and this is definitely the answer. Highly recommend it.
"Beam me up Scotty!" May 13, 2007
D. Levy (Fairfax, VA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I felt a little like the navigator on the Starship Enterprise sitting in the backseat of our rental car peering into my laptop screen during our recent trip to the UK. But this is a great solution for GPS navigating and trip planning!
The mapping is easy - not only does it work on addresses but AutoRoute also comes with built in names of places and landmarks. Even a Park and Ride carpark outside Bath was already there, as were the names of the National Trust properties we visited. Finding the way to change settings was a little mysterious, but once I had the hang of it, I appreciate the ability to follow and anticipate by zooming in and out. The built in voice was pleasant and economical in giving directions - but having a full screen gave so much more information than a standalone GPS device. How can a small screen show the English roundabout? The GPS device itself consistently held onto 8-10 satellites while on the side window of the car.
The cost of this package and an adaptor for the power supply for the car still was less expensive than a standalone GPS, while being far better than a rental car GPS if available. And it provided another justication for hauling my laptop around Europe!
 Almost as good as Streets and Trips, but not quite. May 13, 2007
D. Killian (Connecticut, USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a good, basic routing program. The interface is similar to Microsoft Streets and Trips but the data base is lacking. There is a serious deficiency when it comes to street names in the less urban areas. This program will serve you well in traveling major roads between cities and it will serve you well in locating streets in urban centers. but if you need to find your way around the countryside, it won't be of much help.
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