ġ4 years later, it suddenly disappeared from the market. In the late 90s, it was acquired by Microsoftand distributed in North America as Streets and Tripsin 2000. Massively popular, it was eventually downloaded by half of the computers in the UK. With tools and features to help you create custom routes, set driving preferences, plan breaks, and calculate travel costs, this trip planning software makes.īut before Waze, Google Maps, and even TomTom existed - there were five friends from Surrey, England that built an overnight success software called Autoroute. It is an old product and not worth anything. This program should not have been be sold. I want a map program like Microsoft's 'Streets and Trips' for a PC which I just bought in Staple's for $14.95, but even they don't carry a map program for a MAC. It simply says it is too old to be used with the operating system.
This not just revolutionized personal navigation - it transformed the way industries like field sales operated.
With the introduction of MapQuest in 1996, online personal mapping slowly became accessible to the public. It’s 2020 and nearly everyone has access to a personal GPS on their mobile device - but let’s not forget that digital maps are a recent invention.
