TomTom Route USA

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Runs on:
PalmOS 3.0 to 4.0
Languages:
English, German, French

See also: Map Detail, Free demo version
Free upgrade to version 3.0
TomTom RoutePlanner Europe
ROUTE is a sophisticated Road Map and Route Planning application. The USA version offers maps of all American states. It can display the major road networks on many different scales, and show you the best way to get from A to B. It is fast, easy to use, and makes full use of the features on your Palm™ organizer. You can even attach a GPS device, turning your Palm organizer into a true car navigation system.

"Great for distance and time calculations.
Many people don't realize this is the only GPS enabled palm app that can plot routes dynamically without needing to download from your PC. I found this invaluable traveling in europe with no laptop, where it picked up a surprizing number of small roads and towns. Now I'm going to use the US version for a trip down the California coast. The interface is suprisingly clean and easy to use. I'd say I've used the program for about 40 hours total, and am a good judge of it's capabilities. However, detail is not to the doorstep level, I admit, and route calculations ARE limited to one state. This is not a problem in Europe or the West Coast, where you are unlikely to cross much more than one state in a day... "
- customer review, Handango.com

"...Before you fetch the Rand McNally from the trunk of your car and plan this weekend's road trip to Napa, or anywhere your four wheels will take you,
install Route USA by TomTom.
Route is an excellent resource for detailed road map, automatic route planning, and for the price comes with an extensive set of maps for either the US or Europe..."
- Jim McCarthy, palmguru.com
Read these and other independent reviews

| Moving around on the map

The map will display features such as roads, streets, borders and place names. At the top of the screen the current map-scale is displayed in either miles or kilometers.

The map of France

Moving around the map is achieved by dragging the pen over the screen. The zoom bar (set at the right-hand side in this example) allows you to zoom in or out. With a tap on the map you can request the name of a place or a road.

| Finding places

Finding locations of towns, cities and places in Route is achieved using the "find" button at the bottom of the screen. Initially, you will be presented with your list of "favorite" locations, but as soon as you start writing a place name, the display will switch to a complete alphabetical list of all the locations in the country.

Finding a place - the list of favorites | Finding a place - writing the first letters of the name

| Planning a route

You select a departure or a destination by pointing it out on the map or by selecting it from the list of locations. Then you can plan the best route between them. ROUTE can plan either plan the quickest or the shortest route. If you don't like the route, it can even plan an alternative.
ROUTE will produce a list of driving instructions, detailing the roads that will take you from your departure to your destination as well as other locations that you will encounter on your journey.

The driving instructions.
In the top right, the choice between
different types of driving instructions.

In fact, Route can display driving instructions in several ways. At the top of the list is a control that allows you to select between four types of driving instructions:

- Normal - this shows the roads that lead to your destination as well as detailing important places that you will encounter on your journey.
- Places - this shows only the places that you will encounter on your journey - but it will show every place for which the name is known, not just the important ones.
- Roads - this only shows the roads that you will have to take to get to your destination.
- Complete - this shows every place and road segment that you will encounter on your way - even unnamed intersections.

You can tap on any line in the table to get additional details about that part of the route.

Details about one of the
driving instructions.

| The Route and the Map

Routes are also clearly displayed on the map. You can move a small indicator around which points out roads and locations on the route, while the status bar at the bottom displays information about it.

A planned route with the indicator
on the motorway exit "Porte de Saint-Cloud".

| Global Positioning Systems (GPS)

ROUTE supports most Global Positioning Systems (the so-called NMEA 0183v2 standard). If you attach such a device to your Palm™ organizer, you will be able to track your own position on the map. ROUTE will keep your position on-screen, redrawing the map whenever necessary.

The map, with the symbol indicating
your current position

| Technical Details

Languages | Requirements | Distribution | Suitable for

The application runs in English, French and German

For memory requirements, see the Memory Requirements for Maps

Available on
CD-ROM
Price: £39.99
and by
immediate download
Price: US$ 49.99

Palm m100, m105
Palm m125
Palm m500**, m505* **
Palm III, IIIx, IIIe, IIIxe, IIIc*
Palm V, Vx
Palm VII, VIIx
Visor, Visor Deluxe
Visor Neo
Visor Platinum
Visor Pro
Visor Edge
Visor Prism*
Sony CLIÉ**
Sony CLIÉ Color* **
Qualcomm pdQ
IBM Workpad
TRGPro
Symbol

* in colour
** will not run from your SD/MMC card or memory stick

Memory Requirements for Maps

Route USA makes use of the AND road network for the USA. It covers 176,000 locations, 1,500,000 important waypoints and 4,273,000 kilometers of roads. On the maps marked (1) you will find every road and location you would expect to find on a high-detail (1:250,000) road map. Maps marked (2) show roads and locations for normal-detail (1:400,000) road maps.
Click here for more information about the map detail.

Map | Memory required
Alabama(2) | 241k
Arkansas(1) | 546k
Arizona(1) | 113k
California(1) | 551k
Colorado(1) | 361k
Connecticut(1) | 475k
Delaware(1) | 126k
Florida(2) | 342k
Georgia(2) | 375k
Hawaii(1) | 54k
Iowa(2) | 173k
Idaho(1) | 136k
Illinois(2) | 241k
Indiana(2) | 202k
Kansas(2) | 151k
Kentucky(2) | 287k
Louisiana(1) | 543k
Massachusetts(1) | 490k
Maryland(1) | 592k
Maine(1) | 239k
Michigan(2) | 209k
Minnesota(2) | 293k
Missouri(2) | 399k
Mississippi(1) | 551k
Montana(1) | 286k
North Carolina(2) | 335k
North Dakota(1) | 437k
Nebraska(1) | 561k
New Hampshire(1) | 180k
New Jersey(1) | 426k
New Mexico(1) | 215k
Nevada(1) | 39k
New York(2) | 556k
Ohio(2) | 387k
Oklahoma(2) | 173k
Oregon(1) | 118k
Pennsylvania(2) | 458k
Rhode Island(1) | 69k
South Carolina(2) | 230k
South Dakota(1) | 401k
Tennessee(2) | 258k
Texas(2) | 383k
Utah(1) | 135k
Virginia(2) | 383k
Vermont(1) | 123k
Washington(1) | 402k
Wisconsin(2) | 354k
West Virginia(1) | 351k
Wyoming(1) | 144k

See also:
Map Detail, Europe version, Ordering

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