Street Atlas USA 2004 Handheld

2 2 out of 5 stars | 10 ratings

Price: 7.66

Last update: 08-16-2024


About this item

Create address-to-address routes anywhere in the U.S. directly on your handheld computer
Includes street-level maps for the entire U.S., from rural roads to detailed city streets
Includes Canadian primary and secondary roads
Quickly locate on detailed maps your address book contacts
Store the maps on removable-media devices

Top reviews from the United States

Tim Batross
1.0 out of 5 stars CD Too old
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2021
The cd was made in 2004 and my current PC would not recognize the data cd
Brian
2.0 out of 5 stars Product is "Adequate" But Needs Some Work
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2003
I purchased DeLorme's Street Atlas 2004 Handheld USA for my Sony Clie (NR70V Hi-Res) as I travel extensively cross-country for my job. I was interested in a Palm OS Street navigation software that could give me point-to-point turn-by-turn driving instructions while on the road.
Overall, I found this GPS solution to be "Adequate," but needing a bit more development before it is ready for the road-warrior. Here are the pros and cons that I found while using the software:
Cons: User interface to create and download maps to the Palm is not intuitive and does not follow standards. When I finally figured out how to create a map of my surrounding city and suburbs and get it on my Clie, I was suprised to see that the map file size was 3MB in size. I'm wondering if a cross-country map would even fit on my handheld! The "Find" street/place feature on the Palm does not seem to work right - it is slow and it finds addresses that have nothing to do with what was searched. Geolocating to a found address is also slow taking 2 minutes to locate and position to an address. Creating a point-to-point driving route on the Palm takes almost 10 minutes for a cross-town 10 mile trip (probably not useable to create cross-country routes on the Palm). Product does not support Sony's Hi-Res screen and text/buttons are "choppy." Maps while driving do not show most street names - 1 or 2 streets are shown with names if your lucky. There is no Zoom option on the screen - you have to push the up/down arrow to zoom. In Sony's NR70V model these buttons are not accessible while cradled. Screen Redraws are slow when moving from one grid to another. Next turn instructions are slow to display after your previous turn (5-8 seconds) - this will be a problem if you have turns back-to-back on your route.
Pros: GPS tracking of your vehicle along the map is accurate. Routes can be created on your computer and downloaded to the Palm. DeLorme will most likely release updated versions (free upgrades, I hope!)
Note: Also purchase an accessory cable that charges your Palm and powers the Earthmate GPS device - they run around $50 (Do a search on "Earthmate Data Cable with Auto Charger" to find this item on the internet.
Kenjhee
3.0 out of 5 stars Not the worst, could use improvement
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2003
Most of the other reviewers comments are pretty accurate, However, there is a way to zoom, at least on my Palm m515. It's not intuitive, in fact I only found out after bothering to read thru the online Help text, but you zoom in and out using the Palm's UP and DOWN buttons. At higher resolutions street names do appear on-screen.
I do agree that the user interface could be more intuitive, and that comment applies to both the desktop and palmtop sides of the program. That said, this software certainly beats completely useless programs such as Rand McNally's Street Finder, which came as free software with my Navman GPS unit, and is worth every penny I paid for it.
Mesotech
4.0 out of 5 stars Best option I know of.
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2003
I have used many Delorme products, (Map-n-Go, Street Atlas, and now Handheld). The above comments about the interface are correct. You have to sync Maps, then Routes. The onboard "compute route" takes FOREVER on my M125, but I'm glad it's available. Beats Rand-McNally, you have to connect to the Net to compute a route with them. SW will give you Lat/Long and speed. If you have a paper map and are lost this is VERY usefull. With a GPS attachment this is very nice SW.
"ddyersf"
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't let the "Handheld" in the title fool you.
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2004
Bought this and was hoping that it would live up to it's name, a Street Atlas to be used on a handheld. Don't believe it. It's just a map viewer.
When I'm out driving and I need to find an address, I need a handheld app that will let me search for it. This won't. That functionality is only on the desktop half of the software, when I'm sitting at home. If I could foresee in advance all the addresses I would need to use when I'm away from home, I could search and save maps and routes in advance. Then sync them with the handheld, and then I could use them. Who uses map software like that?
The worse thing about this lack of functionality is how they hide that from you. It's not clear in the documentation available BEFORE you buy it. Worst of all, it's not really available in the documentation AFTER you buy it. You have to wrestle through a very poorly designed user interface to try to figure out what the software does and doesn't do. Not only is it not functional for me, it took me over an hour of my time and all that money to find that out.
Save your money. If you need a true handheld street atlas, keep looking.
Clie NX80V Users
1.0 out of 5 stars Do Not Purchase - Major Flaws
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2004
I unfortunately purchased the Delorme USA 2004 Handheld Street Atlas. I can't believe Delorme would release such a third rate product.
What is good. The maps are ok, some pretty good POI, but I found them to not be placed correctly on the maps, in some cases up to a mile off.
What is bad. Quite a bit. The maps are slow to load, you can't re-calculate a route if you take a wrong turn (which makes the program pretty much completely worthless), Locations can't be saved on the PDA, so you need to re-type them every time you want to make a route, the app does not take advantage of the Clie long screen. Street level detail is lacking when zoomed in at the lowest level - simple things like street names. When traveling, the cursor that indicates your location is usually off - this once again depends on finding the correct zoom level.
Door to Door directions is a bit misleading if you ask me. Searching is horrendous. It does not allow for saved searches, so once again, you need to type stuff over again and again.
I hope the 30 day guarantee still applies. I wish I read these reviews before I bought this.

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