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Review by A Customer
Microsoft MapPoint is good for two types of users: those who need a ‘super’ GPS, and those who need to create maps to go with their presentations and analysis.
With a GPS puck (not included), MS MapPoint becomes a great GPS for salesmen, delivery men, and others who need to map out their day in order to visit several points in an efficient manner. Most GPS devices fail in this regard (they work great from point A to B, and could include a detour, but forget about going to ten locations). It would be great if MS had a self-contained GPS device (not a laptop) which could be programed with the information generated from MapPoint (by using a PC as the user interface, it makes data entry far easier than a small touch screen).
As for the maps it generates, we are currently analysing a coal mine and our ‘pitch’ book was much more comprehensive as a result of using MapPoint (over copying and pasting GoogleMaps and the like).