Hallo zusammen,
wie ich soeben von DeLorme erfahren habe, wird die erst für den Herbst 2007 erwartete Version 2008 des Street Atlas USA bereits in Kürze erscheinen. Die aus meiner Sicht wichtigste Änderung liegt darin, dass jetzt auch Mexiko dabei ist. Alle anderen Änderungen sind weniger bedeutend.
Die DVD-Version ist bereits vergriffen. Ich habe nur noch ein paar völlig identische CD-Versionen. Die CDs werden nur bei der Installation ein einziges Mal benutzt.
Hier die mir von DeLorme mitgeteilten Änderungen:
Here are the highlights of what’s new for both the regular and PLUS versions:
➤ NEW! Extensive map updates for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
➤ NEW! Highway and major road routing now available for Mexico
➤ NEW! Customer-submitted revisions researched and made (where appropriate)
➤ NEW! Truck Stop data with extended information about service offerings
➤ NEW! Translucent route highlights for seeing map data/symbols beneath routes
➤ NEW! Pinpointed locations, with updated names, for 150 pro sports and NASCAR venues
➤ NEW! 40+ new or updated GPS-accurate chains added to the four million places of interest, including Wal-Mart, Chili’s, Denny’s, Walgreens, Exxon/Mobil, and many more
➤ NEW! 900+ malls and access roads updated in USA & Canada
➤ NEW! 300 Airport access roads updated in USA & Canada
➤ NEW! More towns labeled at intermediate zoom levels 7.0 – 9.0
➤ NEW! Easier-to-read map features
➤ NEW! VIA routing button added to top tool bar
➤ NEW! Connect online for geographic social networking with other DeLorme customers using Eartha Community Atlas
➤ NEW! Map transfer to PDAs improved with support for Mexican maps
➤ NEW! High-resolution, recent imagery for many states available for purchase
➤ NEW! Support for multiple monitors
The PLUS version contains everything above and also:
➤ NEW! 150 million updated phone listings, all searchable and locatable on the maps, ideal for creating custom databases or for finding friends and services across the U.S. and Canada
➤ NEW! Ability to delete duplicate records in the phone data when there are multiple phone numbers for the same yellow-page locations
➤ NEW! U.S. National Grid support