![]() Novem09:40 EST #1 A reader e-mailed me directly, pointing to MacGPS Pro.If you’re interested, write to us Comments (25) No reason it couldn’t reach and surpass the user experience.Ĭopyright © 2006 Lee Bennett, Reviewing in ATPM Never be able to approach the selling price that Streets and Trips usersĮnjoy (Microsoft could quite justifiably charge more for it), but I see On the Windows platform and aspiring to be even better. Mentality, RouteBuddy should be looking at the best equivalent product That’s not a universal truth, but we still like to think it. We Mac users like to think that Mac software is superior, right? OK, MapSource, is only available for Windows. But that is moot since Streets and Trips, like Really am suggesting that Streets and Trips is substantially better (andĬheaper) than RouteBuddy. That’s right, your conclusion is correct. Only application that can sync maps into my Garmin GPSMAP 60CS, and Iįeel that it outperforms RouteBuddy, MapSource pales in comparison to I’ll also admit that even though MapSource is the But I can’t helpīut be harsh when I found myself wishing I had an old PC laptop so IĬould use Garmin’s Windows-only MapSource application while on the road Too high and that I’m being too harsh in this review. Feel free to delete the rough start and end points Next, double-click the route and use the panel that appears to addĪnd rearrange your previously created waypoints, including correct startĪnd end points. Don’t even worry about being accurate with Out and create a general estimate of your route just with temporary Part of your route, including the beginning and ending points, then zoom Standalone waypoints in advance that will be points you want to pass as Here’s the best way I found to fine-tune a route: first, define You may find yourself going from Orlando to some nowhere spot in the A few pixels worth of scroll bar drag and, whooooosh, Regardless of whether you have a mouse, the only way to scroll the mapĪround while in the middle of defining a route is with the window scrollīars, clicking the arrows or the scroll area to move one bit at a time.īeware of dragging the scroll widgets. PowerBook that predates the trackpad scroll feature, you’re out of luck. ![]() Using a mouse, but if you aren’t using a mouse and have an older Yes, you can zoom with the Command–Scroll Wheel feature Those tools, you’ll completely lose your route setup, forcing you to Tool and hand slider while defining the route. The worst part about route creation is the inability to use the zoom Residential streets and return to the same highway not far from where it In one case, it even had me leaving a highway to go through Routes that I created often took me through completely out-of-the-way The quality of the route can leave something to be desired, too. Even Garmin’s MapSource on my very old and slow To calculate which roads to follow after marking a route is no faster Creating a route is an exercise in patience.
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