London Master Atlas (Mobile)

Overview:

From the publishers of London''''''''s best selling paperback street atlas comes this publication designed for a Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC (version 2002 or later). and Pocket A-Z Viewer (included). The map covers 3743 sq km (1445 sq miles) of London, the same area as the current London Master Atlas (casebound) and extends beyond the Greater London and the M25 area to Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Potters Bar, Waltham Cross, Epping, Brentwood, Thurrock, Stanford-le-Hope, Gravesend, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Westerham, Oxted, Redhill, Reigate, Leatherhead, Great Bookham, Woking, Egham, Windsor, Slough, Chalfont St. Peter, Chorleywood and Bovingdon.. Major buildings are colour-coded to indicate places of interest and other buildings that are open to the public.KEY FEATURESGPSConnect a GPS receiver to show your location as well as direction and speed of travel.Automatic map selectionIf multiple maps are stored covering the same area, the largest scale map is selected automatically.High quality mapsDetailed colour maps taken from the original paper version have been used.Moving around the mapSimply click and drag the stylus on the screen to move the map.Favourite PlacesYou can save positions on a map, allowing quick return later, or set a location as your home allowing the map to always start from that location.Zooming in and outEnlarge or reduce the map by using the magnifying glass symbols on the toolbar.Fully IndexedLookup or search over 353,000 entries for a street, district name, station, postcode, junction, hospital or selected place of interest in the index and it''s position will be shown on-screen.Extra Index InformationThe index shows additional information, such as postal districts for streets and telephone numbers for hospitals. Stations in the index show whether a mainline rail or underground connection is available. If a street is too small to be shown on the map, it will still be included in the index, with a note showing its location.Direction FinderYou can use the Pocket A-Z to show the direction of travel from one location to another. Place the ''person'' icon at the start location on the map then place a ''flag'' icon at the destination. Then by clicking the ''show direction'' icon an arrow appears indicating the direction of travel required as the crow flies between the two points. If the map is re-centred whilst traveling, the arrow will re-adjust to show the new direction to the destination.Additional maps are also available covering other towns and cities throughout the UK. These can be installed along-side this publication and stored on storage cards to provide a useful library of maps which can be added and removed as required.System RequirementsWindows Mobile-based Pocket PC (version 2002 or later). London map requires approx 100Mb storage space. Installer requires PC with Windows 2000, XP or Windows Vista and a connection to a Pocket PC. It is recommended that you have a broadband Internet connection to download this map, USB 2.0 connection between desktop PC and Pocket PC and a high speed storage card in your Pocket PC.

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