Delorme Street atlas?

I just bought it for my son and installed it o his computer and i saw the new feature of the sattalite images i think it would be great and its hard to use on line programs all the time if you are cutting across country all the time so i think he will use it allot.

 

I finally got my CoPilot Truck for my PDA! It's not perfect....but if you need 53' routing, HAZMAT routing, want to be able to see the Chicken Coups a few miles b4 you get there, not to mention all the truckstops and rest areas.....this program might be for you. It uses both practical and shortest miles....you choose. Gives you turn-by-turn instructions. Both written and spoken. On the laptop this thing looks cool....on the PPC it does a good job....but could use some graphics updates. It IS NOT VGA! But, so far....I've thrown out my Odyssey Mobile....and really seriously thinkin' about gettin' rid of my DestinatoPN....both of which were setup using the Q3 2004 datasets.....OLD maps are no good.....unless you're treasure hunting.

I'd take a look @ the CoPilot series of GPS softwares.....I think they will get the job done.

And it's nice knowing you won't be ruoted through a neighborhood full of kids running around like wild animals. You can't say that about DeLorme....or Garmin....or any of the other "Consumer" driven products. PC Miler and CoPilot are the only "Driver Specific" programs out there that I know of.

 

I went on a trip from Hayward, CA to Sugar Land, TX using DeLorme Street Atlas 2008, and changed some of the speeds in the preferred route (advance setting tab) from 60 MPH to 70 MPH for limited access roads knowing that along 10, speed limits can go as high as 80 MPH. It routed me to mexico, then going North to fort woth TX, before reaching my destination. Click on the use defaults and it went back to just normally driving in the USA..

I learned never to mess with the factory default settings...lol

PS- I watched Bourne Ultimatum last weekend with my cousins, and one scene involved some guy using a laptop with what appears to be DeLorme Street Atlas with high contrast display settings. Can anyone verify this?

 

I have used Delorme to confirm routes, write down rest stops and things to look for along the way. It got me out of more than a dozen sticky situations. Once in a while, the roads aren't there, then I try Maptuit over the qualcomm. Maptuit has been a pain in the butt since it's integration so I write down 3 directions. The simple customer dir, the Delorme Rte (fastest drive time NOT shortest rte, and maptuit). If the Maptuit saves over 50 miles per say 500 then I go into Delorme and find all the turns.
Delorme has been very helpful with drive time, always overestimating (assuming you will get gas 10 times instead of fueling once or twice but better to overestimate). It's always nice to see exact miles, zoom in on the interchanges to see what lane. And it's quick. And when you are about to pass main st in dallas and the road is closed ahead, it is good to be able to take a quick look and see the road you need was to the right.
The BEST thing I can say also is that for 5 months, I used it to rte myself as I learned the highways. If I saw a preplan, I routed myself that way and took off toward that area. After a while, I knew which way to head to get to the nearest rest area or see how far I could go before the weigh station. It's just easier to get all that info all at once than dig through atlas, etc. Most truck stops show up now also, but that was never a problem. But it's nice to zoom in and see oh yeah that's right by a truckstop. When you are tired, you might not realize how far you can go and what your options are. I can usually get the most miles and hours by taking notes and using them during that last driving hour. I still have (24 hr period) days in a 62 mph truck where I move 780 miles without going over hrs.

 

got the DeLorme 2005 edition,Sacremento does not exist on quick search or advanced search-but if i type in Rocklin and scroll west the streets are there but the software will not pull up Sacremento addresses.could the software be corrupt just like the California legislature??

 

I am using Delorme's Street Atlas USA 2008 and have only had a couple instances where it got me in trouble. I pulled a '53 refer through a residential area trying to find a terminal i had never been to, only to realize I passed the road it told me to turn on. I have used it in the LA area of southern California with absolutely no trouble. I haven't had any trouble with low clearances yet either.

 

Pc miler is the best(if you can get a bootleg copy) but it cost's alot because it's a compleat package.. My dad is a small fleet owner and he uses it to route his trucks. I have never used it in a truck becase i am a local driver but i downloaded it into the gps/computer in my car(it does not work the same as gps in the car(no voice) put it does display turn by turn) i am always testing it and making sure that you could take a truck where it tells me to go. so far it's been 100% accurate.
The coolest thing about it is that it as a couple diferent optiones where you can pick the type of route you want Pure highway or senic, or you can chose the truck route only and it will not take you down a no truck route. a few bad things about it is that because i downloaded it's considered a copy and does not update itself, but it's an easy fix i just copy my dads updated verion and redownload it in my car. The realy bad thing (and from what i understand none of them do) it does not list the low bridges.
But they are coming out with an update that does somtime in 08..

 

Actually there is another "Driver Specific" Program that is very helpful and has more features than some of the others. Its called Promiles. They have many different versions for routing, fuel, and others......definitely worth checking out, my Uncle is an O/O and has used them for years for routing because he hauls nothing but Hazmat which it also helps with as far as restricted routes and crap. Good luck with what you choose but I have to give this program 2 thumbs up.


Oh and Merry Christmas to all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

i use my personal 2D mapping program, also know as the randmcnally road atlas

 

I use the MCRA in conjunction and along with my GPS mapping program on the PC. I know where the Low Clearances are if any for a given route and I know how much further to a given destination or maneuver. I like the PC telling me how far to go before my next turn(sure beats missing the turn all together, which I have done a few times.) Also, If I do miss a turn my PC reroutes without using U-turns to safely guide me to my intended destination. Your MCRA can't tell you how far to go to take a truck friendly route to get back on track.