+4agers Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 (edited) I was messing around tonight with MapPoint and found this to be a pretty cool feature. I've been plotting my gpx files to this for a little while... but this will bring trip planning to the next level. Tan = 30 Min Drive time Yellow = 45 Min Drive time Orange = 1 Hour Drive time Edited April 16, 2004 by 4agers Quote Link to comment
Swagger Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 I was messing around tonight with MapPoint and found this to be a pretty cool feature. I've been plotting my gpx files to this for a little while... but this will bring trip planning to the next level. Tan = 30 Min Drive time Yellow = 45 Min Drive time Orange = 1 Hour Drive time Bahahaha! I just created a 45min zone (655 caches) centered on my home and then selected "add pushpins as stops." I had it calculate the route... Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Streets and Trips will do this as well. We were just planning our summer vacation last night and plopped in 6 hours and saw where we could drive to in that time. Quote Link to comment
+RuffRidr Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Streets and Trips will do this as well. We were just planning our summer vacation last night and plopped in 6 hours and saw where we could drive to in that time. Wow! I didn't know S&T could do that? I just checked, and you're right. Learn something new everyday, I guess. Thanks, --RuffRidr Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Where does S&T do this? I have 2003. Jamie Quote Link to comment
robertlipe Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Drive time zones were new in S&T 2004. Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Where does S&T do this? I have 2003. Must be time for an upgrade. Quote Link to comment
+4agers Posted April 16, 2004 Author Share Posted April 16, 2004 Ahhh... I was impressed since I upgraded from S&T 2003 to mappoint 2004. Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 655 caches for $110.18!? At an average of about $0.168 per cache, that's a bargain indeed! Quote Link to comment
+TeamK-9 Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 That's pretty nifty. How much does Streets & Trips and/or Mappoint cost now a days? Quote Link to comment
+IV_Warrior Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 How much does Streets & Trips and/or Mappoint cost now a days? BestBuy.com lists MS Streets & Trips 2004 for $39.99 and MS Mappoint 2004 for $299.99 Hmmm...think I'll stick with Streets & Trips......shop around/look for rebates and you can get Streets & Trips even cheaper than that. Quote Link to comment
+TeamK-9 Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 (edited) How much does Streets & Trips and/or Mappoint cost now a days? BestBuy.com lists MS Streets & Trips 2004 for $39.99 and MS Mappoint 2004 for $299.99 Hmmm...think I'll stick with Streets & Trips......shop around/look for rebates and you can get Streets & Trips even cheaper than that. Cause everyone knows how great IV Warrior is with smart shopping.... Especially when it comes to FRS radios with rebates... But that seems like a pretty good price... But I'm saving up for a new camera, so it's sort of out of my league. But does the online version do that? Edited April 19, 2004 by TeamK-9 Quote Link to comment
+Doc-Dean Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 How much does Streets & Trips and/or Mappoint cost now a days? BestBuy.com lists MS Streets & Trips 2004 for $39.99 and MS Mappoint 2004 for $299.99 Hmmm...think I'll stick with Streets & Trips......shop around/look for rebates and you can get Streets & Trips even cheaper than that. What the main differences between Streets & Trips and Mappoint?? Obviously there is a large $$ difference... Quote Link to comment
+RuffRidr Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 How much does Streets & Trips and/or Mappoint cost now a days? BestBuy.com lists MS Streets & Trips 2004 for $39.99 and MS Mappoint 2004 for $299.99 Hmmm...think I'll stick with Streets & Trips......shop around/look for rebates and you can get Streets & Trips even cheaper than that. What the main differences between Streets & Trips and Mappoint?? Obviously there is a large $$ difference... I believe Mappoint has an open API where you can write other programs to interface with it. --RuffRidr Quote Link to comment
+programmer64 Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Or you could just install someone elses disc! Quote Link to comment
+protocoldroid Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 a nifty way to make a little webpage for browsing caches with drive time zones with MS Streets & Trips 2004 is... in streets -> Tools > Create Drivetime Zone (check "zones under streets" and "fill zone"), then color the zone using the draw toolbar on the bottom of the screen, go ahead and create as many as you like... Then use GSAK and export a CSV File for Streets and Trips. in streets use, Data -> Data Import Wizard -> and import your CSV file, leaving the links to each page intact. You can then zoom the map to a level you'd like to see, then use, File -> Save as Webpage. Make sure to check "include hyperlinks" when saving as webpage, then open the saved webpage. You can click each one of your pushpins for each geocache and visit the cache page for that cache. Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Must be time for an upgrade. Doh! I just got 2003 about a year ago! That feature isn't all that useful to me, just kind of interesting. Jamie Quote Link to comment
+BeachBuddies Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Hmm... I think that feature *might* be in the 2003 version also. I'm not certain which version I have (it's copyright 2003, version 11.00.18.1900). It might be the 2004 version though. Anyway, it's hard to find that feature -- it wasn't on my Tools menu. Here's what I did: Create a Route Start Point. Right-click on the "1" (on the map), and pick "Create Drive Time Zone". This will let you enter the number of minutes. You can do that multiple times, and change the color and stack-order (so the larger zones are on the bottom) using the menus at the bottom of the application. Pretty cool, definitely a feature I didn't know about, thanks for pointing it out! Quote Link to comment
jsw Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Picked up S & Trips for $24 couple of months ago at Sam's. Still same price last time I looked. Even better would be to go to Best Buy/C. City and Price match for 110%......... Quote Link to comment
Swagger Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 How much does Streets & Trips and/or Mappoint cost now a days? BestBuy.com lists MS Streets & Trips 2004 for $39.99 and MS Mappoint 2004 for $299.99 Or you can get your employer to buy you an MSDN Universal subscription and get it (10 licenses even) for nothing. Quote Link to comment
Swagger Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 How much does Streets & Trips and/or Mappoint cost now a days? BestBuy.com lists MS Streets & Trips 2004 for $39.99 and MS Mappoint 2004 for $299.99 Hmmm...think I'll stick with Streets & Trips......shop around/look for rebates and you can get Streets & Trips even cheaper than that. What the main differences between Streets & Trips and Mappoint?? Obviously there is a large $$ difference... http://www.microsoft.com/streets/info/default.asp http://www.microsoft.com/mappoint/2004/benefits.mspx MP is business oriented, with features that the average consumer wouldn't need (including the API already mentioned by RuffRidr). Quote Link to comment
+finderskeepers37087 Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 I picked up a copy of Streets and Maps tonight at Offficemax for $29.98. The OfficeMax website shows a $10.00 Instant Rebate off the regular price of $39.98. I had the printed copy from the website with me to get the instant rebate. It didn't show up at the register as being available. There is an additional mail-in rebate of $10.00 from Microsoft. So, my final price should be $19.98. I downloaded Geobuddy to convert my loc files to csv which S&T can read. Quote Link to comment
+Cache on the spot Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 (edited) Wow! You guys are great! The Drive Time Maps are awesome! I have S&T 2003 and not in a million years would I have figured out by myself how to it. I would have given up trying after about a half an hour. Costco still has S&T for $15.95 after the rebate which is what I paid. Thanks Pat Cache on the spot Edited April 25, 2004 by Cache on the spot Quote Link to comment
+treemoss2 Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 MS S & T says you can use the pocket version for your PPC. Is there a version for Palm OS? Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I have S&T 2003 and not in a million years would I have figured out by myself how to it. I would have given up trying after about a half an hour. Ok.. I have S&T 2003, but I still can't find this feature. Could someone walk me through it very carefully? Jamie Quote Link to comment
+K-9 Cachers Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Could someone tell me if there is any way for Microsoft Streets and Trips to work with a Sony CLIE? I installed Microsoft ActiveSync on my computer, but then when it tried to detect my Sony, it couldn't find it. I don't know if this is because Sony is not a Microsoft driven PDA. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment
+trippy1976 Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 I downloaded Geobuddy to convert my loc files to csv which S&T can read. Now *there's* a blast from the very distant past. Haven't used/seen/heard of Geobuddy for over a year! Quote Link to comment
Swagger Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 MS S & T says you can use the pocket version for your PPC. Is there a version for Palm OS? I hear it'll be available at the same time as Office for Linux and Exchange for Solaris. Unless a court tells them to, they're not likely to be writing any software for a competing operating system... Quote Link to comment
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