Microsoft MapPoint 2009 Academic

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Business Mapping is made simple with Microsoft MapPoint 2009 North America Maps.

Microsoft MapPoint 2009 gives you the power to visualize business data and communicate insights with instant impact. Before you hit the road, plug in your stops and MapPoint plots the most efficient course with turn-by-turn driving directions. MapPoint 2009 with GPS Locator adds routing and directions to easily plan your trips and track your location in real-time.

FEATURES:

• Updated maps--New geographic and demographic data

• Data mapping--Use maps to visualize the meaning of your data

• Custom territories--Define your own delivery or sales areas

• Programming--Build custom solutions and Office add-ins

• Go mobile--Send addresses and phone numbers to your mobile device*

Microsoft MapPoint 2009 gives you the power to visualize business data, communicate insights with instant impact, and integrate maps into the work you do in Microsoft Office. MapPoint 2009 with GPS Locator adds routing and directions to easily plan your trips and track your location in real-time.

MapPoint 2009 makes it easy for organizations to visualize their business in a whole new way:

• Map business data.
  Create and view sales territories, analyze trends, and evaluate performance by geography.
• Identify new business opportunities.
  Combine business data with included demographics to target potential customers and focus decisions.

MapPoint 2009 helps you streamline your travel:

• Arrive on time.
  Detailed directions--voice* and text-prompted--make it easy to follow your route.
• Optimize your trip.
  Quickly calculate mileage, drive time, and expenses in advance.
• Easy-to-see navigation.
  Track your route in real-time in Full Screen display.* Change to the special Night Map display with a single click.

MapPoint 2009 makes it easy to use maps in combination with your Microsoft Office documents:

• Tell a story, visually
  Insert maps into Word documents and PowerPoint presentations to illustrate everything from sales performance and customer locations to new business opportunities.
• Tap into existing data sources
  Create maps from data stored in current versions of Office Excel, Office Access, Office Outlook, Microsoft SQL Server, or other database sources.
• Extend your business.
  Take advantage of the extensible MapPoint object model to build custom business solutions such as fleet tracking and business intelligence.
• Map business data.
  Create and view sales territories, analyze trends, and evaluate performance by geography.

• Refreshed data.
  Use updated geographic and demographic data sets in MapPoint to display trends and illustrate key points on maps.


• Optimize your trip.
  Quickly calculate mileage, drive time, and expenses in advance.


• Send to mobile.
  Send point-of-interest and ''business card'' details such as addresses and phone numbers to your mobile device.


• Advanced GPS features.
  New full-screen navigation mode with driving guidance tracks your route and provides turn-by-turn directions--including spoken street names.


• Zoom with a view.
  Use the new Navigation view option* to see a perspective map road view of your route.


• Enhanced Live Search.
  Quickly find listings when online and add them to a route. Use descriptive words such as ''coffee'' and ''restaurant'' to find points near your location.


• Updated user interface.
  Streamlined redesign simplifies tasks and improves usability while driving.

Microsoft MapPoint 2009 : Overview

Microsoft MapPoint 2009 : System Requirements

To use Microsoft MapPoint 2009, you need:

• PC with 300-MHz or faster processor clock speed
• Windows Vista with Service Pack 1, Windows XP with Service Pack 2, or Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 (64-bit versions of Windows XP and Windows Server excluded)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 browser software or later, Internet Explorer 7.0 included (will not displace your primary browser)
• For Windows Vista: 1 GB of RAM
• For Windows Server 2003: 256 MB of RAM
• Running additional applications simultaneously may require additional memory
• Available hard-disk space: 1.9 GB; some users may require up to an extra 100 MB for System Files Update (hard-disk usage will vary depending on configuration)
• DVD-ROM drive
• Super VGA (1024x768) or higher resolution monitor with 256 colors
• Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing device

Additional items or services required to use certain features:

• For Voice Output: Any of the operating systems listed in the above system requirements and a compatible soundcard
• Microsoft Exchange, Internet SMTP/POP3, IMAP4, or MAPI-compliant messaging software required to use Send to Mobile and Send To as attachment; Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or Office Outlook 2007 required to use Send To as picture
• 14400 baud or higher recommended
• Broadband Internet service strongly recommended for Online Search
• Some Internet functionality may require Internet access and payment of a separate fee to an Internet service provider; local and/or long-distance telephone toll charges may apply
• GPS functionality requires a GPS device that supports NMEA 2.0 or later
• An available COM port
• An available USB port

Microsoft MapPoint 2009 : System Requirements

Product information, specifications, and compatibility are for advisory purposes only, and is the buyers full responsibility to verify with the manufacturer prior to ordering.