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    Microsoft Discontinue AutoRoute, Streets & Trips And MapPoint

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by I58SR, Jul 23, 2014.

  1. I58SR

    I58SR Notebook Consultant

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  2. Azrial

    Azrial Notebook Deity

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    Wow, that is hard to believe!
     
    Azrial, Jul 23, 2014
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    canuckcam Notebook Evangelist

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    Well that sucks... that leaves Delorme as the sole company providing PC-based GPS mapping (I think...) They have great maps but their interface seems to be designed by engineers.
     
    canuckcam, Jul 24, 2014
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    capt.dogfish The Curmudgeon

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    It's not the end of the world, the maps will be useful for the next decade or so at least. Bing maps my axx. Get used to it, in our "connected" world they don't want you to be able to function without buying something, in this case data. You have noticed ,I suspect, that M$ and Adobe and others are rapidly moving their products off the shelves and onto the cloud. Somehow I don't see this as designed to protect the consumer. Mrs. Dogfish actually saw a "Bing Maps" photo car in the wild the other day.
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    capt.dogfish, Jul 24, 2014
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    Toughbook Drop and Give Me 20!

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    Yeah... I loved iGuidance but they went away too!
     
    Toughbook, Jul 24, 2014
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    CF-28 Frankenstein Notebook Geek

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    Good to know there is another company out there. I have a wi-fi hotspot available on my phone so using the ublox software with Google maps activated has been working for me.
     
    CF-28 Frankenstein, Jul 24, 2014
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    One of the hand's down best was packaged with the Garmin GPS18 in the early 2000's Garmin nRoute. If you can still find a copy and you use a Garmin elsewhere you can still upload new maps to it.
     
    va6ems, Jul 24, 2014
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    How does nroute compare to Garmin MobilePC?
     
    Shawn, Jul 24, 2014
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    ADOR Evil Mad Scientist

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    I know there is a way to strip out google maps for offline use as well.
     
    ADOR, Jul 24, 2014
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