what can I get

For me it's a voice guidance only.
Anything that needs use of my hands, should be done through tactile response without looking, like adjusting the heater toggle etc.

It's interesting that higher pitch female voice in smartphone navigator is better heard over the ambient noise than male voice. Must be the nature planned it this way - the need to get noticed :)

Bill.Satellite wrote:
YOU CANNOT use a mouse and not take your eyes off the road. You MUST look at the screen and that requires taking your eyes off the road. The mouse is a GREAT option as long as the passenger is the one using it. While GPS units are great, they can all also be considered a distraction if you are looking at the screen. I nearly got in an accident when I was trying to locate a POI and the traffic ahead came to an unexpected stop. That GPS was located almost directly in front of me and I still missed the stopped traffic (thanks Janet!).

But Bill, you CAN NOT use any on screen guidance device with out looking at it. But yes, I can scroll the the mouse wheel with out taking my off the road. IE Scroll a few clicks, move eyes to see the screen. Geesh!

Richard

I was rear-ended and shoved into the vehicle in front of me (we were waiting in on the approach to an entrance ramp) and the vehicle was totaled although less than one year old. The driver was distracted by their GPS which they immediately admitted. Taking your eyes off the road for any reason is dangerous. Fortunately in this case, no one was injured.

When towing I always stick the GPS to the rear view mirror. It's useless anyways and my eyes are use to scanning up there once in a while.

All the talk about safety is a known number one priority and a larger computer screen easier to glance at then adjusting your eyes to a small gps device or smart phone. But as i am driving down the road my wife reads the directions and the computer also has voice directions. We also have a gps but cannot program a route of our preference like we can on the computer nor can we find something a little further out because the gps just shows a small area. I guess if you only plan on going to what you program in if you know it and not see anything else you can just follow gps but I have had a gps give wrong directions when i am sitting there looking at my destination.

RLS7201 wrote:
Delorme Street Atlas USA is Windows software. 2015 being the last published version. The OP is looking for replacement software for his laptop. I too would like to find windows based mapping software that is up to date. Much easier looking at a laptop screen on the dash of my MH, then looking at a small screen GPS or phone. And no data required. With my mouse on the dog house center console, I can zoom with out distraction.

Richard

I'm still using Street Atlas as my GPS. Roads change but not that often. I'm like you I like a larger screen. I'm using my front overhead 40 inch HGTV as my monitor. My wife controls everything with a wireless keyboard with built in mouse.

I like to plan all fuel stops, WalMart stops, POI stops and overnight stops for every trip we do. Typically our trips are a few thousand miles. Street Atlas is the only software I have found that can do this. I've tried Co-Pilot for Windows. It's worthless, I rather us a paper map.