GPS on a laptop?

[mushrooms]

I recently got Microsoft Streets And Trips and although it's decent, it's not the best interface for GPSing on a laptop. I want something clean and smooth and with a 3D view. I WISH Navigon would make a laptop version of their software. looks soo smooth..

Is there anything else out there that works on a laptop that's easy to read while driving?

 

[SarverSystems]

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I use some antiquated Delorme software. It works, but the roads are tiny, and it's slow.

 

[jmroberts70]

Got the DeLorme GPS package for my laptop last year and have been very happy with it. I personally think that the interface is a bit stupid but once you get familiar, it's not that bad. I recently got the Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 to try out their software on my DeLorme GPS receiver and boy what a pain in the a$$ that was. Firstly, the Microsoft interface has some advantages, like a "night vision" color scheme that's a lot better to use at night than DeLorme's "high contrast" color scheme. But the general layout, quirky GPS interface problems, among other limitations (like not being able to show several map views at the same time) really leave me quite dissapointed with Microsoft this time. At the moment, DeLorme is the king of this.

Now getting the interface to create a "birds eye" view for you may be the next trick. I'm not aware of any mapping software that will do that on a laptop yet. I sure hope I'm wrong though! Give me a couple of weeks and I'm hoping to do a review of some of these platforms for you guys...