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(More customer reviews)One of the things I was really looking forward to as a new Palm owner was having maps on my Palm. I found Solus Pro 2.0 at a nearby store and picked it up, thinking it was just the thing. Well, I'm a bit disappointed, and here's why:
First, reading a map on your Palm is a lot harder than reading a printed map, for some reason. Expect to be disoriented a lot.
The maps on the CD work pretty well (I was using the San Francisco map). I could find places to go reasonably well. My biggest gripes are the speed (slooow), and the fact that street names don't always follow the street. For example, if I look up a street that runs the length of the city, and then zoom in on it, it's name is not necessarily displayed any longer. This was very frustrating when zoomed far in, as few if any of the streets I was looking for were labelled.
... I downloaded a map of the city I live in, and found it fairly useless. Zoomed out, it displays no streets. Zoomed in, many streets simply have no name. The size of the map is also very limited, and no location (businesses, restaurants, etc.) data is included.
Overall, this is a decent product for the maps that are included on the CD. I'd hesitate to recommend it's use outside of those areas. And I'm still looking for that ultimate mapping software package...
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Solus Pro 2.0 for PalmDeLorme Solus Pro version 2.0 provides vector-map technology for locating individual addresses, contacts, or specific points of interest by city, state, or zip code--directly from your Palm OS handheld. You can upload street-level maps and route directions from the DeLorme Solus MapMaker Web site, and Street Atlas USA Road Warrior Edition, or get topographic map data from 3-D TopoQuads.
Also, you can connect your Palm handheld to the slim Earthmate GPS Receiver (cable required, available separately) and see your position updated in real time on a map that's displayed on your handheld computer. You can check your speed, time, heading, latitude/longitude, and elevation. Add marks to indicate specific places along your route, then synchronize these marks with your DeLorme software to see their location on detailed maps.
Other features include:
Quick search by address, place name, and point of interest with vector-based maps
Color maps on the Palm IIIc
Increased GPS capabilities
Easy navigation with drill-down tab menus
Ability to locate contacts from your address book and route among them by using the Earthmate GPS receiver
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