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Turn Your Laptop Into a GPS

Microsoft has given its MapPoint software quite an overhaul for the 2006 edition, adding full GPS support and enabling the importation of data for doing regional analysis.

The previous release of MapPoint was a desktop professional experience and somewhat similar to Microsoft’s Streets & Trips consumer mapping tool. This release is geared toward the mobile user and for performing business analysis based on regional data.

"This brings location-based data to the working professional both in the office and on the go, to provide you all the tools you need to examine your business data and provide you with trip data while on the go," Alex Daley, technical evangelist for Microsoft, told internetnews.com.

By Andy Patrizio

Full Story: http://www.internetnews.com/wireless/article.php/3603001

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