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The routes generated by Streets and Trips were very good, and were comparable to routes generated on dedicated GPS devices. A four-foot cable with a suction cup to hold it on the dashboard, such as was supplied with Streets and Trips 2009, would probably eliminate that problem. But the USB extension cable supplied with the GPS receiver was only slightly longer than two feet, so the receiver frequently fell off the dashboard, and often lost satellite lock.

#Free alternative to microsoft streets and trips software

Streets and Trips does offer text-to-speech (TTS) capabilities (they were added in the 2009 version), so the software did announce upcoming turns, along with street names. In my tests, the netbook had to sit on the passenger seat, and that required me to take my eyes off of the road to see the distance-to-turn indicator. But for larger vehicles, perhaps an SUV with a console, or an RV, it could be an option. Even its small size, however, wasn’t petite enough to make using Streets and Trips a viable alternative to a windshield-mounted GPS there’s just not enough space on the dashboard for a netbook. I installed Streets and Trips on a netbook, a device that’s significantly smaller than the laptop that I normally use. Also, a full-screen mode will recover the space taken up by the menu bar. Optionally, you can turn on the GPS pane to display your current speed, direction, latitude, longitude, altitude, and time. If the GPS receiver is enabled and receiving enough satellites, the navigation pane shows you the distance to your next upcoming turn, along with the direction of the turn.

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You can choose to view only the map, the map plus a list of directions, or the map plus directions and a navigation pane. And I don't believe remote access to a program violates the single-user provisions in the EULA.After you complete your route planning and generate your route, you have multiple options for the screen display. Software like that lets you access your home computer remotely, including software on it. That was paid, there are free alternatives, but I don't know any. have you tried remote desktop access software? GoToMyPC was one that was being advertised pretty heavily a few years ago, but I haven't heard anything since. easier to do it this way if it'll work through my work firewall. Livin TargetI do appreciate the ideas, But, with my work being involved I don't want to take a chance on legalities.

I agree 100%, but Microsoft doesn't see it that way. Livin TargetIf it works as well from my work computer as it has from my laptop I should be able to use the prog from work since when I'm gone from home no one can access my computer anyway.

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Someone was talking about Windows 7 in a virtual machine on a Mac. Not my idea actually, I got the idea from posts on the Ars Technica forum.

I copied a virtual machine from my laptop to my desktop, but I couldn't run it

#Free alternative to microsoft streets and trips portable

Unfortunately, you need a big provider like Google or Yahoo or Microsoft or AOL (MapQuest) to provide good maps, and none of them except perhaps Google want anything to do with portable apps (not just this site but the concept in general, it threatens their interests). What you want to do is possible in a few ways and maybe in the barely legal way. Others riding with me can't tell I've never made the trip before.

I go to go on a trip and I pull up the trip on Google, and examine all the turns and whatnot. They're talking about doing it again with better cameras at some point. Google sent cars with camera kits mounted on top out on probably 95% or more of the roads (USA, but also UK as well, maybe others) and you can visually see almost any point at the street level. I've never used Streets & Trips, but for being free, the Google service has helped me out on a few trips. For a free service, Google Maps is good, and it's gotten a lot better. Not sure how Yahoo Maps is, but I never liked MapQuest.