Microsoft® Streets & Trips 2013 (1-User) [DVD]

Explore the sights of the United States and Canada with Microsoft Streets & Trips. Plan a fun family vacation, optimize your business travel, or plan a trip around a hobby from amusement parks to historical sites. Tailor your trip to your personal style, such as preferred road types, start and stop times and more. Streets & Trips makes your travels an adventure with over 2.5 million points of interest to help you find interesting stops along the way—no Internet required. Get lost in the adventure not trying to find it.

Maps, Directions and Inspirations
A road trip is about more than “just getting there”. Adventure awaits and Streets & Trips can help you coordinate your adventure from start to finish – including multiple destinations, rest stops, scenic detours, fuel stops and more—all with no Internet connection required. Explore the United States and Canada with updated maps and over 150,000 new miles of roads. Calculate your mileage, fuel costs, and arrival times and compare different routes you’re considering before you leave. Free construction updates will help you avoid delays – and maybe find a new favorite spot along a detour route.

Get even more when you are connected to the Internet. See customer ratings and reviews to take the guesswork out of where to go, and then take a peek at that location using Bing maps bird’s eye aerial imagery when you are online. Share your itinerary and trip details with friends and family and you just might inspire your friends and family to take their own trip.

Tailored to You
Do you prefer speedy and efficient highways or more leisurely backroads? Either way, you can tailor your trip to your preferences. Easily set preferred driving speeds, road types, driving times and more. Try one-click optimization and you might save time and money on fuel.

Create a trip tailored around your favorite hobby whether you are a history buff, BBQ enthusiast, or NASCAR fan. Use the more than 2.5 million included points of interest to find interesting stops or easily add your custom points of interest. See friends or family along the way by adding your Microsoft Outlook contacts. Keep track of the details by personalizing your maps with notes about planned stops, reservation details, phone numbers, and more.

Navigation on the Go
Find your way easily with detailed, turn-by-turn directions and easy to read night map. Or consider this– Streets & Trips is a great companion to GPS devices. Use Streets & Trips to plan the perfect trip, including multiple stops, points-of-interest, and start and stop time. Then share the route to a Garmin device for easy navigation along the way.

Why Streets & Trips?
Streets & Trips helps you plan or make changes to your trip – even if there is no Internet access or cell phone signals. Maps, routes, and directions are always at your fingertips and you don’t have to wonder what other routes you could take. With Streets & Trips, you can plan nearly unlimited stops, easily compare route options, and change routes by dragging and dropping without worrying about connecting to the Internet.

• Updated maps of the United States and Canada with 150,000 new miles of roads
• New: Updated look and more 2.5 million points of interest including national parks, casinos, hotels, campgrounds and so much more
• New: See customer ratings and reviews when you are online
• Routes and directions can be changed on the go – no Internet access needed
• View the quickest routes with one-click optimization and calculate fuel costs before you go
• Share trip details such as route information and stops with friends and family
• Customize your trip with preferences such as driving times and speeds, start and stop times and road preferences
• Personalize your maps by adding notes for planned stops, reservation details, phone numbers and more
• Easy to read night map display for navigating in low light
• Get Bing aerial map views and search results when connected to the Internet
• Easily add personalized points of interest such as historical sites, low clearance, or the best BBQ spots
• GPS Ready - connect your GPS device to your laptop to get spoken directions, automatic re-routing and large on-screen directions or share your trip with your Garmin device for the on-the-go navigation

Footnotes
The NPD Group/U.S. Retail Tracking May 1999-March 2012.
Internet connection required to download construction updates.
GPS device sold separately. To share your route with your Garmin device you must export a GPX file to a GPX compatible GPS device. Not all GPS devices are supported.

System Requirements
Windows 7, Windows Vista®, Windows Server® 2008 (32 bit) or Windows XP (32 bit)
1 GB RAM for 32 bit OS, 2 GB RAM for 64 bit OS, 256MB RAM for Windows XP
Available hard-disk space: 2.0 GB 
For installation: DVD drive or high speed Internet access
1024 X 768 or higher resolution monitor

Additional items or services are required to use certain features: 
Microsoft Outlook® 2007 or 2010 required to use Send To features 
Broadband Internet service (connect time charges may apply)
GPS device that supports NMEA 2.0 or later and USB port 
Internet Explorer® (will not displace your primary browser)

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