Rating: 
Summary: Pretty awful...
Review: I recently switched to Mac from PC and so I'm coming from a background of MS Streets and Trips, and Autroute.In comparison to the MS offerings, the Rt66 product are, well, kind of a joke. I purchased both the US and European versions (they're the only game in town for Mac.) The maps are drawn (slowly) in such a way that they are quite unclear. They are also kind of incomplete. It couldn't find my old house (11 years old) only the street. It doesn't even know the 4 year old subdivision I live in exists. Smaller towns are really hard to find. I searched for Carrie, Idaho (near Sun Valley) and the search engine came up empty. So I scrolled over to where I know it is and finally found the name of the town spread out over a general area and superimposed with another word in the same font. From an overview position on the map, there was no indication at all where exactly the town was. I knew, though, so I zoomed in on the area. It took until I was at a 2000 foot distance before the streets began showing up. Street names didn't appear until 500 feet. If that doesn't mean anything to you, think about reading a map with your nose an inch from it. So, in a nutshell, if you know exactly where a town is and are familiar with all the streets, you may be able to find it on their map. How useful... How did MS Streets do? It found Carrie immediately, displayed it clearly, and showed all the streets from an impressive distance. Overall, a pretty dismal product. I'm looking into a Windows emulator to allow me to run Streets and Autoroute, but I'm guessing that it'll be too much trouble and I'll just suffer with these. If anyone out there is a programmer--here's a nice opportunity for you...
Rating:
Summary: Pretty awful...
Review: I recently switched to Mac from PC and so I'm coming from a background of MS Streets and Trips, and Autroute. In comparison to the MS offerings, the Rt66 product are, well, kind of a joke. I purchased both the US and European versions (they're the only game in town for Mac.) The maps are drawn (slowly) in such a way that they are quite unclear. They are also kind of incomplete. It couldn't find my old house (11 years old) only the street. It doesn't even know the 4 year old subdivision I live in exists. Smaller towns are really hard to find. I searched for Carrie, Idaho (near Sun Valley) and the search engine came up empty. So I scrolled over to where I know it is and finally found the name of the town spread out over a general area and superimposed with another word in the same font. From an overview position on the map, there was no indication at all where exactly the town was. I knew, though, so I zoomed in on the area. It took until I was at a 2000 foot distance before the streets began showing up. Street names didn't appear until 500 feet. If that doesn't mean anything to you, think about reading a map with your nose an inch from it. So, in a nutshell, if you know exactly where a town is and are familiar with all the streets, you may be able to find it on their map. How useful... How did MS Streets do? It found Carrie immediately, displayed it clearly, and showed all the streets from an impressive distance. Overall, a pretty dismal product. I'm looking into a Windows emulator to allow me to run Streets and Autoroute, but I'm guessing that it'll be too much trouble and I'll just suffer with these. If anyone out there is a programmer--here's a nice opportunity for you...
Rating: 
Summary: 3 thumbs down
Review: i was a user of MS streets and trips, and belive that it was the one thing MS did correctly and i am shocked to say that not only is the mac competition (RT66) lacking, but simply not worth using. RT66 makers should be ashamed and do not deserve to be among mac and its usual integrity.
Rating:
Summary: 3 thumbs down
Review: i was a user of MS streets and trips, and belive that it was the one thing MS did correctly and i am shocked to say that not only is the mac competition (RT66) lacking, but simply not worth using. RT66 makers should be ashamed and do not deserve to be among mac and its usual integrity.
Rating:
Summary: Greatly disappointed
Review: I'm having the same sort of problem. Redraw time is glacially slow. Zooming in will white out the screen, or maybe it's just still redrawing. If your idea of fun is watching the spinning beachball, then this product is for you. Damn DeLorme for discontinuing Street Atlas for the Mac.
Rating: 
Summary: Question for those who own this software
Review: I'm looking for a mapping program that allows me to upload a lot of addresses (say, 100) via a comma delimited file (or some other standard format), and then will generate a map w/ stars (or other indicators) for each of the addresses I've entered. Essentially, the software version of having a map on the wall w/ pins in it. I've used Streetfinder on a PC, but I'd prefer to have a Mac-based solution. Does Route USA fulfill this functionality?
Rating: 
Summary: Its not great but not bad.....
Review: Like many of the other reviews I found the software to run a little slow. I haven't had any problems with crashes. Works with my Garmin GPS. User interface takes a little getting used to. It is a good start but updates are needed. I am also just glad to have a product for the MAC, so I will support Route 66 for that. Hopefully we will see continued improvement.
Rating:
Summary: it just doesn't cut it... ugh.
Review: On the good side, the dozen or so places that I located were correct. That is three more than Street Atlas could locate. The software installed easily and seems to run fine. On the down side, I have not yet been able to interface with my GPS and the instructions are perfectly worthless. Also, the routing is unbelievably bad. For two locations not far from Interstate Highways, Route 66 returns driving routes that jump on and off the Interstate Highways, for all routing options. No one would ever drive the routes it suggests. The Mac community needs a great map and routing program. As it stands today (including the build 3 software release), Route 66 is not it.
Rating:
Summary: Do not buy! Even though it is the only GPS software for OS X
Review: Pros: Mac OS X native support
Cons:
1) Streets that should exist and have existed for many years do not appear in your application (out of date maps)
2) Addresses on this streets are not in the map database while other addresses appear with no streets if you run the curser over the area
3) printing of driving directions only print a picture of the route not step by step directions
4) sometimes while driving, the GPS location marker disappears from the map
5) the refresh rate of the GPS marker on the map is slow to update.
6) no speech support
7) the step by step directions that appear in the application do not progress based on GPS position.
One last note, you can not return the product to the company for any reason. I tried because of the 7 issues above any was sent the following email.
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On Feb 18, 2005, at 5:06 AM, ROUTE 66 Customer Support wrote:
Dear customer,
Unfortunately I have to inform you that ROUTE 66 does not make refunds for the purchased products.
Kind regards,
ROUTE 66 Customer Support
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This goes to show you how much the company really stands behind their products.
Rating:
Summary: Needs improvment
Review: Route 66 is an okay product in my experience. I have been on a few roadtrips and it has helped out, especially when using it with a USB GPS device.
There are major problems though. The program is a bit buggy at times, and runs slower than it should. It also isn't the best at plotting directions, I've had better luck with MapQuest. Also it comes with no written documentation, which is a major pain.
Personally if you don't have a GPS with a laptop, I wouldn't buy this.
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