Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008 software is the best-selling travel and map software.

Microsoft Streets and Trip 2008 software has updated mapping information for the United States and Canada that's accurate and easy-to-use, letting you travel with complete confidence.

Online or off, Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008 software gives you the latest maps that give you the most accurate, detailed door to door directions at your fingertips. Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008  allows you optimize your travel efficiencies by calculating mileage, time, and expenses in advance, even avoiding delays due to construction by downloading free updates from the Web. An updated navigation mode makes it easier than ever to know where you are, so that you can estimate drive time quickly and precisely, and enhanced customizable trip planning options will help you to plan stops, scenic detours, and fuel stops. You can even add multiple destinations; and quickly alter your route at a moment's notice.

Microsoft Streets & Trips 2008 offers the latest available maps of nearly 6 million miles of routable roads and highways throughout the United States and Canada. While you're driving, verbal turn-by-turn directions let you concentrate on the road while the software guides you. Customizable trip planning features allow you to plan multiple stops, find nearby places to visit, calculate drive time, and more.

Updated features let you identify one-way streets at a glance, and a robust keyword search lets you quickly find business and other points of interest quickly by entering in single search terms. Do you need a cup of coffee now? Simply type in the word "coffee" and Streets & Maps offers you the nearest coffee houses. Best of all, the search results automatically refresh as you continue to drive, so you will always have the most relevant information at your fingertips.

Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008 Features:

• Use the new perspective map view to get a view more like you would see through your windshield.
• Full Screen display with simple, easy to locate navigation buttons. Change to the special Night Map display with a single click of the button from the full screen map view.
• Locate gas stations, restaurants, and other points of interest closest to you as you go.
• Reverse your route with the click of a button. Quickly and easily retrace your route to get back home.
• Connect a GPS receiver into your computer's USB port and travel cable-free with the USB adapter. The GPS RECEIVER IS NOT INCLUDED- SOLD SEPERATELY.

System Requirements of Microsoft® Streets & Trips 2008:

• PC with Pentium II or higher processor; Pentium III recommended
• Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, or later operating system required
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 browser software or later, Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 included (will not displace your primary browser)
• For Windows Vista: 1 GB of RAM
• For Windows XP: 128 MB of RAM (256 MB recommended)
• For Windows Server 2003: 256 MB of RAM
• Running additional applications simultaneously may require additional memory
• Available hard-disk space: 1.6 GB. Some users may require up to an extra 100MB for System Files Update (hard disk usage will vary depending on configuration)
• A DVD-ROM drive
• Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution monitor with 256 colors
• Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, GPS functionality requires a GPS device that supports NMEA 2.0 or later (GPS unit not included) compatible pointing device

Additional items or services required to use certain features:

• For Voice Output: Windows XP or later and compatible soundcard
• Microsoft Exchange, Internet SMTP/POP3, IMAP4, or MAPI-compliant messaging software required to use Send To as attachment; Microsoft Office Outlook 2000 or later required to use Send To as picture
• 14,400-baud or higher recommended
• Broadband Internet service strongly recommended for Live Search
• Some Internet functionality may require Internet access and payment of a separate fee to an Internet service provider; local and/or long-distance telephone toll charges may apply
• GPS functionality requires a GPS device that supports NMEA 2.0 or later (GPS unit not included)
• A free COM port below 20 required for GPS