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REVIEW: AUTOMAP ROAD ATLAS trip & route planning software Automap, Inc
AUTOMAP was the first travel and highway route planner I encountered several
years ago and my first impression was that it was neat. It still is! Now
there are several good programs that essentially do the same thing. To the
best of my knowledge, AUTOMAP is the only route planner that is available
to those computer users who do not have access to a system with a CD-ROM
drive or wish to use it on a laptop.
The system requirements are MicroSoft Windows 3.0 or higher, 2MB of RAM and
5.5 MB of free space on your hard drive.
AUTOMAP's database contains 410,203 miles of highways and more than 120,000
cities and towns. You simply enter the starting point and your destination
and AUTOMAP will give you several options - shortest. quickest or alternate
routes. AUTOMAP will calculate the distances and driving times and will
print out a detailed map complete with driving instructions as well as the
costs associated with the trip. The database also includes telephone numbers
for local road conditions, weather information & tourist information as well
as statistics on state and city population, land areas, natural features,
recreation areas, laws of the road, etc. AUTOMAP allows you to zoom in on
any place and you can configure the program to add your own home or office
and use it as your starting point.
The feature I really like is using Windows to view different screens, so
you can see a large scale map, close-up, another totally different trip
and the detailed driving instructions.
From what I understand AUTOMAP has recently been acquired by MicroSoft. I
am not sure if any major changes are planned to it. I expect there may be
a CD-ROM version in the making, but I would hope that the powers-to-be would
also continue to make AUTOMAP available on diskettes as well.
%T Automap v 3.0 for Windows
%I Automap, Inc
%C Bellevue Washington
%D 1993
%O diskette-based
%K travel planner, route planner
(C) 1995
Michael Crestohl
Nahant Massachusetts USA
mc@shore.net
DISCLAIMER: I have no interest, financial or otherwise, in the success or
failure of the book or materials reviewed herewith, nor have I received any
compensation (other than a review copy requested by me) from anyone who has.
All opinions expressed are strictly my own.
Other Internet and Aviation book/software reviews by me can be obtained
by anonymous FTP from: x2ftp.oulu.fi in the /pub/books/crestohl directory.