That's what it is best at, and it will work for you forever that way, or at
least as long as you have an operating system that will support it.  It just
didn't make sense for MS to try to maintain the map database now that
everyone has maps and GPS on their phone.

It was my GPS way back in the early 2000s when I was doing in-home sales.  I
could plan an efficient route and never get lost at night with the GPS
function.  All on a laptop screen big enough to see everything!

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Rob
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 8:02 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: The 'new' MS Streets & Trips

I bought the 2013 version (from the MS store) as it's going to be the last
one & I wanted as much update as I could get. I have not done any traveling
with it, just planning & I don't see much difference.

I did get my push pins onto the new default template map (New North American
Map then saved as a .stt). I had to copy & paste them one at a time, it was
not that hard as they knew where they had to go & I did it a state at a time
and there were not that many. I did have to get help to give myself
permission to change the template.

"My" push pins are places (hot dog stands, national monuments, civil war
battle fields, beaches, etc.) & people I don't want to miss if I'm going to
be in the area. When I plan a route I can see where I am in relation to "my"
places.

When I loaded it on my PC I left the old version intact, since I have moved
my push pins I have been using the new one instead of the old one. The old
planned trips I'd saved will still load.

I had the money & they were still selling it. It's done & I'm set for the
next how ever many years I want to keep planning trips on my PC without
being hooked up to the internet.

Rob
vwrobb@gmail.com
Volkswagen Enthusiast ....