I had the 2010 version and the maps for a city in CA were so far out of date it was pathetic. It was lacking even some major streets that had been in place more than 5 years. It refused to plot a trip from Hanford, CA to the 17 Mile drive in Monterey. Claimed there were no roads but yet you could see a route in its display.
Street Atlas 2013 was originally supposed to be available 10/15, which subsequently was delayed to 10/22.
After 10/23 came and went last week, with their website still showing 'expected to ship 10/22/2012' I called to ask when Street Atlas 2013 was actually going to be available. The Delorme sales rep told me they were expecting it 10/22 but it hadn't shown up yet, and that he didn't have an updated ETA. I also asked the Delorme rep if there had been any significant improvements to the interface in SA2013, and he told me it was basically just a data update, and that they "are pretty happy with the interface the way it is." So unless whoever is in charge of SA decides to completely revamp it for Windows 8, I guess we can conclude that Street Atlas is already being treated like an end-of-life product (same as they have for several years now, at least since 2010, or whatever point prior to that when they added the nav functions).
Street Atlas has more features than its main competitor (Streets & Trips), but SA also has many more flaws too, including (as others have commented) poor quality/out-of-date map data, and that's on top of the extremely non-standard, clunky interface, that is much harder to use than it should be, even after you get used to it. I have SA2010, and it definitely has the problems mentioned above, along with some pretty odd routing quirks.
I used to be a fan of Street Atlas USA, but as others have indicated, Delorme has not kept up with features and map updates, so I will not be updating my 2010 version.
One nice thing you can do with Street Atlas USA maps is making your own map corrections, including adding routable roads.
Thanks for the info. I
Thanks for the info. I haven't used that product in more than 5 years when I had it on my laptop.
My Last Version
My last version of De Lorme was 2004. GPS's are so much better & you can use online map info too.
I think they lost they're market.
Fred
i had the 2010
My last version of De Lorme was 2004.
I think they lost they're market.
Fred
I had the 2010 version and the maps for a city in CA were so far out of date it was pathetic. It was lacking even some major streets that had been in place more than 5 years. It refused to plot a trip from Hanford, CA to the 17 Mile drive in Monterey. Claimed there were no roads but yet you could see a route in its display.
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Delorme rep told me 2013 is just a data update
Street Atlas 2013 was originally supposed to be available 10/15, which subsequently was delayed to 10/22.
After 10/23 came and went last week, with their website still showing 'expected to ship 10/22/2012' I called to ask when Street Atlas 2013 was actually going to be available. The Delorme sales rep told me they were expecting it 10/22 but it hadn't shown up yet, and that he didn't have an updated ETA. I also asked the Delorme rep if there had been any significant improvements to the interface in SA2013, and he told me it was basically just a data update, and that they "are pretty happy with the interface the way it is." So unless whoever is in charge of SA decides to completely revamp it for Windows 8, I guess we can conclude that Street Atlas is already being treated like an end-of-life product (same as they have for several years now, at least since 2010, or whatever point prior to that when they added the nav functions).
Street Atlas has more features than its main competitor (Streets & Trips), but SA also has many more flaws too, including (as others have commented) poor quality/out-of-date map data, and that's on top of the extremely non-standard, clunky interface, that is much harder to use than it should be, even after you get used to it. I have SA2010, and it definitely has the problems mentioned above, along with some pretty odd routing quirks.
Still no lane guidance.
I used to be a fan of Street Atlas USA, but as others have indicated, Delorme has not kept up with features and map updates, so I will not be updating my 2010 version.
One nice thing you can do with Street Atlas USA maps is making your own map corrections, including adding routable roads.
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