Review by AmazonLover

I have been using Delorme Street Atlas since 2002 or so. My wife and I have always been pleased with having the larger screen and greater navigation control of a GPS program on our notebook as opposed to a small dashmount GPS. If you currently have Delorme 2007 or newer I would not advise upgrading because this version doesn’t offer any needed enhancements that we use nor have I seen much of an update to road data.

I love having the Plus version over the regular version because having all that directory information at my fingertips can really make traveling a lot easier. If the kids say they are hungry, you ask Street Atlas where the closest restaurant you love is on your route and it will spit out a list of options. Then you can call ahead and set up reservations because Delorme gives you the phone numbers as well as the address to the restaurant.

I have used both Delorme and Microsofts mapping programs and I am much happier with Delorme due to the ease of use of GPS navigation. Also, I have found that Delorme’s routes are much more intuitive to road conditions and always seemed to get us to our destination faster than Microsoft.

However, with that said, if you already are fully used to the Microsoft version of Streets and Maps then I don’t think I would advise you to switch to Delorme because their buttons and controls are completely different and you would be very frustrated trying to relearn how to manipulate the program.