What's New in Street Atlas 2009

[scotta]

* GPS NavMode - a new hands free full-screen view that you can view in 2-D or 3-D. GPS Radar results display on the screen.
* GPS snap-to-route option automatically locates the place on the route that is closest to your vehicle's current location.
* GeoTagger, a new toolbar feature, provides updated image tagging features - allows you to combine digital photos with GPS locations in a completely new way.
* Refine your route by choosing the type of route you are creating - for driving, cycling, or hiking - includes appropriate speed and time settings.
* Option to sort columns of data in the File area of the Draw tab.
* Advanced Find features for searching by category using keywords without having to narrow location.
* Includes $40 of Data Download Dollars for all available datasets, including new color high-resolution imagery. Datasets are now available for individual purchase, allowing you to mix and match a variety of data. Downloads require the use of NetLink and an Internet connection.
* Improved Handheld Export tab.
* Improved Info tab information for tracks.
* Supports small-screen devices, such as UMPCs, or Ultra Mobile Personal Computers.
* Supports the Windows Vista operating system, including recent model Intel chipset personal computers.
* Hundreds of thousands of new roads and road name updates.

[semi retired]

Hey Scotta Thats only 40.00 dollars of free downloads or at least thats what my certificate says

[xapie128]

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Another very nice improvement . . .

* Import a GPS log directly into a Routable Road or Track

Previous versions required two steps -- import the log as a draw object, then convert the draw object (line) to a road.
This kept the line too, so you had to also manually delete the line, so you could really call it three steps with older versions.

[Buz Steele]

* GPS snap-to-route option automatically locates the place on the route that is closest to your vehicle's current location.

Man, just think of the space in the ether that would have been saved if this feature had been implemented in versions past. Hopefully this will cut down on the complaints about the map or gps being 30 feet off. LOL

[Edit] Although it may bring up new complaints about being on the wrong road. Oh well, you just can't win for loosing, can you. Anyway, it is a great feature. Thanks DeLorme.

Buz

[west3man]

Thanks. The replies are helping me to understand what the new features mean.

Snap-to-route, for instance. Thanks to all.

[John Moran_2]

[Edit] Although it may bring up new complaints about being on the wrong road. Oh well, you just can't win for loosing, can you. Anyway, it is a great feature. Thanks DeLorme.
Buz

Does this have any effect on Turn Direction accuracy?
JM_2

[John Moran_2]

* GeoTagger, a new toolbar feature, provides updated image tagging features - allows you to combine digital photos with GPS locations in a completely new way.

Is there anything in the works to embed Geo located metadata directly into snapshot image *.jpg exif fields, "where it belongs"?

I see that another major player introducd this capability within the last week in the middle of a proxy battle. I had previously thought that lat/lon should also be added to XMP Tag fields, but that idea doen't seem so hot when you actually try it. Overwhelms all the other tags.
JM_2