Street Atlas USA Handheld Edition

I have to agree with the previous reviews. The PC app is difficult to use, does not employ a standard UI, and makes bulk loading of map data to the PDA normal memory, much less extended memory, as tedious as you can get. I would throw the app out, and start from scratch. On the PDA side, there is no overview map that i could find. You could only access maps by name which is not WYSIWYG at all. It does scroll fast and the maps look great, however. I'm suprised at the total lack of basic necessary features. Delorme could learn a great deal just by looking at Garmin's Mapsource applications and their very well designed cartographic GPS units. Until they address the ability to quilt together map sections, provide bulk downloading, and many other features, i'd wait on this one.

The maps themselves are very good. Very good detail and lots of points of interests are displayed. They're easier to read than another programs I tried. But, the software that powers them needs alot of work. On your PC, you pick which section of the map you want to put on your PDA. If you want a routeable, detailed map of any area, you can only save areas of 6x6 miles. I wanted several hundred square miles of maps. I had to block in that whole section, one 6x6 square at a time. I drive a truck around Central Indiana. So, I have around 50 map blocks on my PDA. To put them on my flash card, I had to move them all one block at a time. Just moving the files would cause my Palm M125 to Lock up about 1 out of every 10 times a file was moved. Keep your paperclip ready. I finally have all the maps I need for a days work saved on flash. Now the program runs slow. And I mean SLOW!!! When you do a street name search, it scans the whole database for States that are included. Then Citys, then Zipcodes. I could have pulled out my paper map, looked it up, and have been halfway there before it was able to narrow down the search. You're welcome to hit search as soon as you get the name typed in. But, then it will search the whole database for that street. And that will take twice as long. Go to all that trouble and sometimes you'll get no match at all. That happened to me and I went to the map where I thought that street might be. And there it was. Molly Ln was right there on my screen. But, when I tried to search again. It still got no matches. Another thing I don't like is that you can't search addresses. (501 Main) only street names (Main). You have to figure out for yourself where on Main 501 is. If you can find Main when you're looking at the map. The Name doesn't always appear. The street labels a attached to a single point if you scroll past that point, you don't know which streets you are looking at. Tap on the street and it will tell you the name. That helps only slightly, when you're looking at grid of streets, most with no name. To counteract this, I found that doing a route from a known place to the unknown steet is easier to follow. But, wait! FATAL ALERT Any time any map is on the flash card, and I did a route. It would lock up. Once the card was removed and a map was in main memory, it routed just fine.If you keep your mapping area small and off the memory card the software is pretty good. If you are a power map user, look elsewhere.

This is the worst mapping software I have ever used (and I have used most of those available). There is a position error of 200-500 feet everywhere but on major thoroughfares and DeLorme Tech support (???) can only say it's a problem with the map translations (???). I notice there is no 2007 version! I have found the same position errors in their laptop version. Microsoft Streets & Trips is dead-on in position everywhere... DeLorme should be totally embarassed since their only products are in this field! And they charge a lot more than Microsoft does... pathetic!

I have used the regular PC Versions of Street Atlas for years and love it. This software for a PDA need to be pulled from the market by Delorm before it gives all their software a bad name. They are trying to load too much secondary travel info into the PDA and not what is really needed. Which is easy to use maps or areas that can be easly loaded and navigated. Something like their Street Atlas for PC's Ver. 01. Who needs the names of hotels, places of interest, and eating establishments on a PDA. All you want to do is find out where you are and where you are going.

This program is awesome!!! You install the software on your PC and choose how much you want to sync to your PDA. You can sync detailed maps or just highways and interstates. My wife works at a flower shop and sometimes delivers. Type in the address and it will take you their.Syncing the the maps can be a little difficult the first time but I didn't even need to look at the instructions. I highly recomend this product.