Product Description

Earthmate® GPS LT-40 Plus
Includes Street Atlas USA® 2009 Plus


Turn Your Laptop PC or UMPC into a GPS Business Navigator

Experience the power of business mapping and voice-guided GPS at an unbeatable price. Just plug the Earthmate GPS LT-40 into the USB port of your laptop PC or UMPC, and secure the receiver on your vehicle's dash. Use the included Street Atlas USA Plus DVD software to plan sales and delivery routes, locate prospects, and import aerial imagery you can use in your routes and GPS tracking.

• NEW! Hundreds of thousands of new roads and updated road names
  
• NEW! Support for ultra-mobile personal computers (UMPCs)
  
• NEW! NavMode with optional 3-D perspective and larger, more accessible user controls

• Street-level detail for the U.S. and Canada, highways and main roads in Mexico
  
• Over 4 million places of interest in U.S. and Canada
  
• Easy, automatic routing
  
• GPS ready, with voice-guided navigation
  
• Versatile, flexible editing and print capabilities
  
• Application included for mapping, routing, and GPS navigation with Palm OS, Windows Mobile devices
  
• Incorporate aerial imagery into your maps and routes - download $40 worth fee
  
• Share customized maps, routes, and directions with others via a secure Web link
  
• Support for multiple monitors

• Put your contact manager listings on the map
  
  • Import and edit an unlimited number
    
  • Display their map locations, for strategic planning, routing, more
  
  
• Print large-format wall maps
  
• Link photos, documents and URLs to the maps
  
• Get 150 million U.S. and Canadian residential and business phone listings FREE - newly updated
  
  • Import up to 1,000 at a time
    
  • Query by Yellow Page headings and create your own data

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3583 in Software
• Brand: DeLorme US Software
• Model: AE-7962-203
• Released on: 2008-03-17
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
• Format: DVD-ROM
• Dimensions: .79" h x 2.36" w x 3.15" l, 1.00 pounds

Features

• USB-powered GPS receiver includes super-high sensitivity STMicroelectronics GPS chipset; DeLorme ConstantLock technology for superior signal retention in challenging GPS environments
• Voice-guided navigation, automatic back-on-track, GPS Radar to locate travel services, NavMode with optional 3-D perspective and larger, more accessible user controls; link photos, documents and URLs to the maps; print large-format wall maps
• Locate over 4 million places of interest; GPS-navigate with total confidence anywhere in the U.S. or Canada, and on major roads in Mexico
• Easy, automatic routing; plan side trips, avoid congested areas, choose back roads; put your contact manager listings on the map and display their map locations, for strategic planning, routing, and more

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Experience the power of business mapping and voice-guided GPS at an unbeatable price. Just plug the Earthmate GPS LT-40 into the USB port of your laptop PC or UMPC, and secure the receiver on your vehicle's dash. Use the included Street Atlas USA PLUS DVD software to plan sales and delivery routes, locate prospects, and import aerial imagery you can use in your routes and GPS tracking.

Turn your laptop PC or UMPC into a powerful GPS navigator.

• NEW! Hundreds of thousands of new roads and updated road names
• NEW! Support for ultra-mobile personal computers (UMPCs)
• NEW! NavMode with optional 3-D perspective and larger, more accessible user controls

Indispensable Business Mapping Solutions

• Put your contact manager listings on the map
  • Import and edit an unlimited number
  • Display their map locations, for strategic planning, routing, more
• Print large-format wall maps
• Link photos, documents and URLs to the maps
• Get 150 million U.S. and Canadian residential and business phone listings FREE--newly updated
  • Import up to 1,000 at a time
  • Query by Yellow Page headings and create your own databases
  • Right-click on a street and get all its phone listings
• Ability to delete duplicate records from Yellow Page phone search results

Street Atlas USA 2009 PLUS DVD Software Included
When you're driving in the car and you get lost, don't you ever wish you didn't have to deal with a bulky atlas? Or when you're walking around in an unfamiliar city, don't you wish you didn't have to deal with a huge map? Now you don't have to with Street Atlas USA 2009 PLUS. You can put these maps on your GPS, PDA, PC or even your UMPC. Know where you're going with street-level detail of the U.S. and Canada, and also highways and main roads in Mexico. There are over 4 million places of interest in the U.S. and Canada for when you're looking for something specific.

An affordable yet powerful set of mapping tools that allow businesses and advanced mapping enthusiasts to visualize their data on detailed DeLorme maps. Import and geo-locate your own text files from Excel, ACT!, and other database programs. Updated street-level detail for the U.S. and Canada, major roads for Mexico. Use the 150 million included phone listings to create databases (e.g., supermarkets within a radius), or find friends or services. Create driving routes automatically, with user controls to take the roads you prefer--avoid congestion or take scenic drives. Locate 4 million places of interest--restaurants, lodgings, attractions, truck stops, sports venues, and businesses of all kinds. Add custom detail. Insert photos, documents, and Web links into your map files. Use MapShare to easily share maps, routes, and directions via secure Web link. Print a variety of map packages, including large-format plots. GPS-ready with voice navigation and other high-end features.

Use new NavMode for a 3-D perspective.

NEW in Street Atlas USA 2009 and Street Atlas USA 2009 PLUS:

• Support for Ultra-Mobile Personal Computers (UMPCs)
• Hundreds of thousands of new roads and road name updates
• Improved features when GPS tracking, including 3-D perspective and larger, more accessible user controls

Street Atlas USA 2009 PLUS

• All the features and capabilities found in standard version
• Put Your contact manager listings on the map
  • Import and edit an unlimited number
  • Display their map locations, for strategic planning, routing, more
• Print large-format wall maps
• Link photos, documents and URLs to the maps
• Get 150 million U.S. and Canadia residential and business phone listings FREE--newly updated
  • Import up to 1,000 at a time
  • Query by Yellow Page headings and create your own databases
  • Right-click on a street and get all its phone listings
• Ability to delete duplicate records from Yellow Page phone search results
• Street-level detail for the U.S. and Canada, highways and main roads in Mexico
• Over 4 million places of interest in U.S. and Canada
• Easy, automatic routing
• GPS ready, with voice-guided navigation
• Versatile, flexible editing and print capabilities
• Application included for mapping, routing, and GPS navigation with Palm OS, Windows Mobile devices
• Incorporate aerial imagery into your maps and routes--download $40 worth free
• Share customized maps, routes, and directions with others via a secure Web link
• GPS-accurate placement for individual locations in 90+ chains in the U.S. and Canada
• Truck stop data with extended information about service offerings
• 900+ malls and access roads
• Airport access roads
• Major sports venues college, professional, NASCAR
• Translucent route highlights to better display underlying map data
• Support for multiple monitors

Sample Maps -- Click to Enlarge

Customer Reviews

DeLorme StreetAtlas
Street Atlas 2009 is the 4th version of this program I've bought. Right from the very first version I was impressed with the completeness of the maps. Even dirt roads in campgrounds and in the desert are included. The maps are far more accurate and inclusive than any of the on-line maps and with the addition of the GPS receiver, you have a laptop GPS!

My only complaint is with the interface on this version. They have removed the menu bar and replaced it with arcane hieroglyphics (icons). Now when I need to find something, I have to hover over every icon to let the hint come up so I can read what it does. Very hard when you are trying to find a particular function. I don't use the program daily, therefore I can't remember them. However, I can read, so the old menus worked great. They were well organized and it took little or no thought to find what you were looking for.

Great software
I bought this software for the use on my EeePC 904H (8.9" LCD), and here are my thoughts:
Pro:
1. Fast satellite tracking even for the use of first time. Detection was instantaneous upon insertion of the unit into the USB bus (of course, you got to load the software first before inserting the hardware)
2. Accurate route maps (used in Washington DC Metro area)
3. Good interface. Large bold characters and window size can be enlarged or shrunken to fit your personal preference. Also shows next step in the direction following the current. Direction is repeated many times which provided good assurance.
4. Like the zoom in/out feature a lot. More levels of zoom since it will be used on a laptop screen which is larger than the conventional 2.5" portable unit.

Con:
1. The audio is only as good as your laptop's speakers. My EeePC's speakers are weak and therefore in a moving vehicle, the audio might not be very audible. Since your laptop should have a headphone jack, you can consider using an earbud if you so choose.
2. No touch screen so difficult to use while not in complete stop. While this might be a hardware issue, but consider if you spend about 30 dollars more you can get a dedicated portable device, this might be something to think about whether you want to acquire this software.
3. since most likely, you will use this software on a UMPC or regular laptop, and you won't have a laptop stand installed in your vehicle, you will find yourself move your eyes off to the passanger seat to look the screen. A dedicated unit will let you keep your eyes on the road better since it will be installed on your windshield.

In summary, the user experience will be highly dependent on the hardware you use it on. The hardware issue will be a non-factor in my opinion if you have a passenger acting as a navigator. The software in itself is wonderful. Very easy to use and accurate. Highly recommend.

DeLorme Earthmate GPS LT-40
The receiver is amazing. This GPS is so sensitive it picks up enough sats to get a 3D lock inside my house or even at work inside an office building. The software on the other had isn't as great. The software will do most everything you could want a mapping program to do it just takes a while to figure out how to do it. You have to go to too many separate screens for things that should be on just one or two. Overall I'm happy with my purchase and recommend this good laptop add-on. Great to have a big 15inch screen instead of a tiny 4inch gps screen for traveling. This program does most everything an expensive gps does but better with a real keyboard instead of a tiny touch screen when used on a laptop. Best deal out there for $69.