Microsoft AutoRoute is a discontinued travel planning program,
and the European version of
Microsoft Streets & Trips
Microsoft Streets & Trips, known in other countries as Microsoft AutoRoute, is a discontinued mapping program developed and distributed by Microsoft. Functionally, the last version is a subset of Microsoft MapPoint targeted at the average consumer ...
. It covers the
United Kingdom
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and all of
Europe
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, including
European Russia
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, as well as
Armenia
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,
Azerbaijan
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,
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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,
Cyprus
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and all of
Turkey
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. AutoRoute was produced in several European languages besides English, and in two separate editions: AutoRoute and AutoRoute GPS.
History
Microsoft AutoRoute was originally based on Automap, route planning software created by British software company NextBase Limited. NextBase was founded by five friends working from a house in
Esher
Esher ( ) is a town in Surrey, England, to the east of the River Mole.
Esher is an outlying suburb of London near the London-Surrey Border, and with Esher Commons at its southern end, the town marks one limit of the Greater London Built-Up Ar ...
, England, before eventually moving to an industrial park in
Staines. NextBase's first product was AutoRoute, which launched in 1988, and was eventually followed by AutoRoute Plus, MapBase, NextBase World Explorer, MapVision, Automap Road Atlas, Automap Streets and Automap Pro.
AutoRoute
As Microsoft states, AutoRoute is "customisable travel planning software that helps you get accurate directions, easily explore new areas and find the services you want and need along the way. You can create journey schedules, and drag and drop part of a route onto another section of road to create a detour. Points of interest are easy to browse and add to your journey. On or off-line, AutoRoute gives you detailed door to door directions and more than 5 million miles of navigable roads and motorways throughout Europe at your fingertips." The software covers 37 countries in Eastern and Western Europe.
AutoRoute GPS
This version "includes the same software and functionality as AutoRoute, but adds a sleek, compact GPS receiver so you can plan your journey and track your location in real-time. AutoRoute with GPS Locator has many trip planning tools plus updated maps, so you'll always know exactly where you are and where to turn next."
AutoRoute GPS homepage
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Discontinued Microsoft software
Route planning software