microsoft street and trips

[jeeppartsman]

has anyone used microsoft street and trips to track a cruise?

[Christen99]

We haven't used it to track a cruise, but my DH wants to use it for our upcoming cruise. Because he is what I call a "professional geek" (he's an IT professional), we rarely travel without the laptop. We are also taking the GPS so that we can take it with us while in port. This is the same man that had me help him string cat-5 in our new house when I was due to give birth just a short week later because he was afraid that after the baby came we'd never get it done. Yes our house has a wired network as well as wireless because "you just never know", and a ratio of computers to people that is 2:1

[jeeppartsman]

can you let me know if it works at sea?

[Cruisetini]

I have a pda phone and always download the online street maps to my cell phone for walking tours on our own. Always available when needed and no cell signal is necessary!

[kimgvlsc]

We used it in Alaska last year and it worked really well! We have friends cruising in a few weeks and they are going to use it on their cruise to the Bahamas.

[SirBeavis]

I used Autoroute (European Version of Streets and Trips) last year in the Med. It worked OK, but you needed to be on the balcony for the GPS to pick up a signal.

 

It is amazing how the many times a ship will go in circles during the night near a port!

 

Also the icon was a car, kind of amusing when in the middle of water.