DeLorme Street Atlas USA 2009 (Model:AO-7943-203)

I have used several brands of mapping software and the Delorme Street Atlas 2009 is by far the worst I have ever used. I can't believe that they even sell this thing. It has a very difficult user interface, doesn't work well on mobile devices, and maps are outdated. Save your money--DON'T BUY THIS!

I had the 8.0 version and being dissappointed that updates are no longer available, I thought it was time to upgrade. The old version is easier to use and the new version does not do anything more htat is truly useful. Worth the purchase price but not quite what I expected by reading the sales info.

The user interface in the DeLorme Street Atlas USA 2009 is so bad that it hurts to use it! I was pleased with the accuracy of the GPS tracking, though, so I'll give it one gold star for that. But it was just too frustrating to use the DeLorme software that came with the GPS bundle that I bought. With skepticism, but high hopes, I downloaded a 60 day trial of the Microsoft Map Point 2009 to see if it might be easier to use - and is it ever! It had a much more intuitive feel - I was able to make my route in less than a minute after installing the software! The Delorme made it very difficult to do trip planning offline from the GPS as it did not recognize the standard address, city, state nomenclature. Why not??? When I tried this same nomenclature with the Microsoft product, it instantly came up with my location. After a few more minutes of tinkering in the Microsoft software, I had it configured it to calculate trip costs and even tell me when I was getting low on fuel based upon my own preferences (no waiting the gas light!) I am thrilled to have an alternative to the DeLorme product and my next trip will be less stressful now that I have a decent product to use! (I noticed that Microsoft also has a Streets and Trips 2009, which is cheaper than the s/w trial that I downloaded, but with the same programming and interface, minus some business tools). I'll buy that one once my trail has ended. Try this: Microsoft Streets & Trips 2009 instead of the DeLorme version! Go to [...] to find a 60 free trial download if you want to try before you buy like I did. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.