Apache Street Atlas USA 2005 User manual

Street Atlas USA 2005 User Guide

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Table Of Contents
GETTING STARTED WITH STREET ATLAS USA 2005....................................................................................1
WELCOME TO STREET ATLAS USA 2005...................................................................................................................1
WHAT'S NEW IN STREET ATLAS USA 2005...............................................................................................................1
LEARNING THE BASICS ..............................................................................................................................................2
Controlling the Map..............................................................................................................................................2
Map Files Tab.......................................................................................................................................................2
Route Tab..............................................................................................................................................................3
Print Tab...............................................................................................................................................................3
Draw Tab..............................................................................................................................................................4
GPS Tab................................................................................................................................................................4
Map Display Tab ..................................................................................................................................................4
Handheld Export Tab............................................................................................................................................5
HELPFUL TIPS ............................................................................................................................................................5
RUNNING STREET ATLAS USA 2005 .........................................................................................................................6
To Run Street Atlas USA 2005 with the Data CD.................................................................................................6
EXITING STREET ATLAS USA 2005 ...........................................................................................................................6
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ..............................................................................................................................6
SAVING STREET ATLAS USA 2005 DATA TO YOUR HARD DISK DRIVE ..................................................................13
To Save Street Atlas USA 2005 Data..................................................................................................................13
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS...........................................................................................................................................13
GLOSSARY ...............................................................................................................................................................16
TRAVEL CONDITION INFORMATION .........................................................................................................................19
TRAVEL CONTACTS .................................................................................................................................................22
Hotel Information ...............................................................................................................................................22
Car Rental Information.......................................................................................................................................24
Airline Information.............................................................................................................................................24
HELP..........................................................................................................................................................................25
HELP OVERVIEW......................................................................................................................................................25
On-Screen Help...................................................................................................................................................25
Help Menu ..........................................................................................................................................................25
Context-Sensitive Help........................................................................................................................................25
USING THE HELP SYSTEM ........................................................................................................................................25
HELP DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS...................................................................................................................26
STREET ATLAS USA 2005 USER GUIDE...................................................................................................................27
ON-SCREEN HELP ....................................................................................................................................................27
Pop-up Tutorials.................................................................................................................................................27
ToolTips..............................................................................................................................................................27
Information Boxes...............................................................................................................................................27
BASIC FUNCTIONS ................................................................................................................................................29
BASIC FUNCTIONS OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................29
To Control the Map.............................................................................................................................................29
To Use the Tabs ..................................................................................................................................................29
DRAG AND ZOOM.....................................................................................................................................................29
To Zoom In..........................................................................................................................................................29
To Zoom Out.......................................................................................................................................................29
PANNING/CENTERING THE MAP...............................................................................................................................30
CONTROL PANEL......................................................................................................................................................30
MAP ROTATION TOOL..............................................................................................................................................31
To Change the Map Rotation..............................................................................................................................31
USING THE OVERVIEW MAP.....................................................................................................................................32

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RIGHT-CLICK MOUSE OPTIONS................................................................................................................................32
To Use Right-Click Options for Map Features...................................................................................................32
To Use Right-Click Options in the Find Results List..........................................................................................34
MOVING OR DELETING MAPTAGS,MAPNOTES,AND TEXT LABELS........................................................................34
REORDERING THE TABS ...........................................................................................................................................35
To Reorder the Tabs ...........................................................................................................................................35
SHOWING OR HIDING TABS IN STREET ATLAS USA 2005........................................................................................35
To Show Tabs......................................................................................................................................................35
To Hide Tabs.......................................................................................................................................................36
RESIZING THE MAP AND TAB AREAS .......................................................................................................................36
To Resize the Map and Tab Area Using the Resize Buttons ...............................................................................37
To Resize the Map and Tab Area Using the Drag Method.................................................................................37
To Resize the Map and Tab Area Using Function Keys .....................................................................................37
DATA ZOOM LEVEL .................................................................................................................................................37
To Change the Data Zoom Level Using the Data Zoom Level Tool...................................................................38
ZOOMING IN AND OUT .............................................................................................................................................38
To Zoom In/Out Using the Zoom Tools ..............................................................................................................38
FIND...........................................................................................................................................................................39
FIND OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................................................39
USING QUICKSEARCH..............................................................................................................................................39
To Search for a Place, Address, ZIP Code, or Coordinate.................................................................................39
USING POI SEARCH .................................................................................................................................................40
To Find a Point of Interest..................................................................................................................................40
MAPTAGS:MOVING,HIDING,AND DELETING .........................................................................................................40
To Move a MapTag.............................................................................................................................................40
To Hide MapTags ...............................................................................................................................................41
To Delete MapTags.............................................................................................................................................41
USING ADVANCED SEARCH .....................................................................................................................................41
To Use Advanced Search....................................................................................................................................41
KEYWORDS FOR CATEGORY SEARCHES ...................................................................................................................43
Keyword Samples................................................................................................................................................43
Notes on Category Searches...............................................................................................................................45
TIPS ON VIEWING FIND RESULTS .............................................................................................................................45
FINDING POINTS OF INTEREST (POIS)NEAR YOUR CURRENT LOCATION ................................................................46
To Find POIs Near Your Location......................................................................................................................46
PRINT.........................................................................................................................................................................49
PRINT OVERVIEW.....................................................................................................................................................49
PRINTING A MAP......................................................................................................................................................49
To Print a Map....................................................................................................................................................49
E-MAILING YOUR PRINT AREA ................................................................................................................................50
To E-mail Your Print Area..................................................................................................................................50
SAVING A MAP AS A BITMAP OR JPEG IMAGE.........................................................................................................51
To Save a Map as a Bitmap or JPEG .................................................................................................................51
COPYING YOUR MAP TO THE CLIPBOARD................................................................................................................52
MANUALLY ASSEMBLING A MULTIPAGE MAP.........................................................................................................52
To Manually Assemble a Multipage Map ...........................................................................................................52
PRINTING A ROUTE AND DIRECTIONS ......................................................................................................................55
To Print a Route..................................................................................................................................................55
SAVING ROUTE DIRECTIONS AS TEXT......................................................................................................................56
To Save Your Route Directions...........................................................................................................................56
E-MAILING YOUR ROUTE DIRECTIONS.....................................................................................................................56
To E-mail Your Route Directions........................................................................................................................56
MAP FILES ...............................................................................................................................................................57

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MAP FILES OVERVIEW.............................................................................................................................................57
What is a Map File?............................................................................................................................................57
What is Exchange?..............................................................................................................................................57
CREATING AND DELETING MAP FILES .....................................................................................................................57
To Create a New Map File..................................................................................................................................57
To Delete a Map File..........................................................................................................................................57
OPENING A MAP FILE...............................................................................................................................................58
To Open a Map File............................................................................................................................................58
SENDING A HANDHELD MAP TO A POCKET PC DEVICE ...........................................................................................58
To Send a Handheld Map ...................................................................................................................................58
SENDING ROUTE INFORMATION TO YOUR POCKET PC DEVICE ...............................................................................58
To Send Route Points..........................................................................................................................................58
To Send Route Directions...................................................................................................................................58
SENDING DRAW POINTS TO YOUR POCKET PC DEVICE ...........................................................................................59
To Send Draw Points..........................................................................................................................................59
SENDING A GPS LOG TO YOUR POCKET PC DEVICE................................................................................................59
To Send a GPS Log.............................................................................................................................................59
SENDING WAYPOINTS TO YOUR POCKET PC DEVICE ..............................................................................................59
To Send Waypoints..............................................................................................................................................59
RECEIVING A ROUTE FROM YOUR POCKET PC DEVICE ...........................................................................................60
To Receive a Route From Your Pocket PC Device.............................................................................................60
RECEIVING WAYPOINTS FROM YOUR POCKET PC DEVICE......................................................................................60
To Receive Waypoints From Your Pocket PC Device.........................................................................................60
RECEIVING A GPS LOG FROM YOUR POCKET PC DEVICE .......................................................................................60
To Receive GPS Logs From Your Pocket PC Device .........................................................................................60
SENDING A HANDHELD MAP TO A PALM OS® DEVICE............................................................................................61
To Send a Handheld Map ...................................................................................................................................61
SENDING ROUTE INFORMATION TO YOUR PALM OS® DEVICE................................................................................61
To Send Route Points..........................................................................................................................................61
To Send Route Directions...................................................................................................................................61
SENDING DRAW POINTS TO YOUR PALM OS® DEVICE ...........................................................................................62
To Send Draw Points..........................................................................................................................................62
SENDING WAYPOINTS TO YOUR PALM OS® DEVICE...............................................................................................62
To Send Waypoints..............................................................................................................................................62
RECEIVING A ROUTE FROM YOUR PALM OS® DEVICE ...........................................................................................62
To Receive a Route From Your Palm OS Device................................................................................................62
RECEIVING WAYPOINTS FROM YOUR PALM OS® DEVICE ......................................................................................63
To Receive Waypoints From Your Palm OS Device...........................................................................................63
RECEIVING A GPS LOG FROM YOUR PALM OS DEVICE ..........................................................................................63
To Receive GPS Logs From Your Palm OS Device............................................................................................63
DRAW ........................................................................................................................................................................65
DRAW OVERVIEW....................................................................................................................................................65
HIDDEN DRAW TOOLS .............................................................................................................................................65
To View the Hidden Draw Tools.........................................................................................................................65
EXPORTING DRAW OBJECTS AS A TEXT FILE...........................................................................................................66
To Export Draw Objects as a Text File ..............................................................................................................66
IMPORTING FILES AS DRAW OBJECTS ......................................................................................................................66
To Import Files ...................................................................................................................................................66
FORMATTING A TEXT FILE TO IMPORT AS A DRAW OBJECT FILE.............................................................................67
FINDING A SYMBOL BY ITS NAME............................................................................................................................68
To Find a Symbol by Its Name............................................................................................................................68
COPYING AND PLACING DRAW OBJECTS .................................................................................................................68
To Copy Draw Objects .......................................................................................................................................68
MOVING DRAW OBJECTS.........................................................................................................................................69
To Move Draw Objects.......................................................................................................................................69

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DELETING DRAW OBJECTS ......................................................................................................................................69
To Delete One Draw Object ...............................................................................................................................69
To Delete Multiple Draw Objects.......................................................................................................................70
To Delete All Draw Objects................................................................................................................................70
SNAPPING DRAW OBJECTS.......................................................................................................................................70
To Snap a Draw Object to the Coordinates of Another Object...........................................................................70
To Snap the Central Shape Point of an Arc to Another Object...........................................................................71
ADDING POINTS TO DRAW OBJECTS ........................................................................................................................71
To Add Points to Draw Objects..........................................................................................................................71
DELETING POINTS AND LINE SEGMENTS FROM DRAW OBJECTS ..............................................................................71
To Delete Points and Line Segments from Draw Objects...................................................................................71
LABELING A DRAW OBJECT .....................................................................................................................................72
To Label a Draw Object .....................................................................................................................................72
ROUTABLE ROADS:DRAWING,EDITING,AND PLACING ..........................................................................................72
To Draw Routable Roads....................................................................................................................................72
To Edit a Routable Road Line.............................................................................................................................73
To Place a Routable Road at a Specific Location...............................................................................................73
EDITING A TRACK ....................................................................................................................................................74
To Edit a Track...................................................................................................................................................74
LINES:DRAWING,EDITING,AND PLACING ..............................................................................................................74
To Draw a Line...................................................................................................................................................74
To Edit a Line .....................................................................................................................................................75
To Place a Line at a Specific Location ...............................................................................................................76
ARCS:DRAWING,EDITING,AND PLACING ...............................................................................................................76
To Draw an Arc ..................................................................................................................................................76
To Edit an Arc.....................................................................................................................................................77
To Place an Arc at a Specific Location...............................................................................................................77
SPLINES:DRAWING,EDITING,AND PLACING...........................................................................................................77
To Draw a Spline................................................................................................................................................78
To Edit a Spline...................................................................................................................................................78
To Place a Spline at a Specific Location ............................................................................................................79
JOINING AND BREAKING LINEAR OBJECTS...............................................................................................................79
To Join................................................................................................................................................................79
To Break..............................................................................................................................................................79
CIRCLES:DRAWING,EDITING,AND PLACING ..........................................................................................................80
To Draw a Circle................................................................................................................................................80
To Edit a Circle...................................................................................................................................................80
To Place a Circle at a Specific Location ............................................................................................................80
RECTANGLES:DRAWING,EDITING,AND PLACING...................................................................................................81
To Draw a Rectangle..........................................................................................................................................81
To Edit a Rectangle.............................................................................................................................................81
To Place a Rectangle at a Specific Location ......................................................................................................81
POLYGONS:DRAWING,EDITING,AND PLACING.......................................................................................................82
To Draw a Polygon.............................................................................................................................................82
To Edit a Polygon...............................................................................................................................................82
To Place a Polygon at a Specific Location.........................................................................................................83
WAYPOINTS:ADDING,EDITING,AND PLACING .......................................................................................................83
To Add a Waypoint .............................................................................................................................................83
To Edit the Name of a Waypoint.........................................................................................................................84
To Place a Waypoint at a Specific Location.......................................................................................................84
SYMBOLS:ADDING,EDITING,AND PLACING ...........................................................................................................84
To Add a Symbol.................................................................................................................................................85
To Edit the Name of a Symbol.............................................................................................................................85
To Place a Symbol at a Specific Location...........................................................................................................85
MAPNOTES:ADDING,EDITING,AND PLACING ........................................................................................................85
To Add a MapNote to the Map............................................................................................................................86

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To Edit a MapNote..............................................................................................................................................86
To Place a MapNote at a Specific Location........................................................................................................86
TEXT LABELS:ADDING,EDITING,AND PLACING.....................................................................................................87
To Add a Text Label to the Map..........................................................................................................................87
To Edit a Text Label............................................................................................................................................87
To Place a Text Label at a Specific Location .....................................................................................................87
GPS.............................................................................................................................................................................89
GPS OVERVIEW.......................................................................................................................................................89
What is GPS?......................................................................................................................................................89
How Does GPS Work?........................................................................................................................................89
GPS Position Accuracy.......................................................................................................................................89
GETTING STARTED WITH YOUR GPS CONNECTION.................................................................................................90
To View Your Current GPS Settings...................................................................................................................90
INITIALIZING GPS....................................................................................................................................................90
To Initialize Your GPS Receiver.........................................................................................................................90
GPS SETTINGS FOR THIRD-PARTY DEVICES ............................................................................................................92
To Use Recommended Settings for Your Third-Party Receiver..........................................................................92
TRACKING AND MONITORING OVERVIEW................................................................................................................94
To Start GPS Tracking........................................................................................................................................94
To Stop GPS Tracking ........................................................................................................................................94
MONITORING YOUR GPS STATUS............................................................................................................................94
To Monitor Your GPS Status ..............................................................................................................................94
Speed and Heading.............................................................................................................................................94
Bearing ...............................................................................................................................................................95
Coordinates/Elevation........................................................................................................................................95
GPS Status..........................................................................................................................................................95
Satellite Info........................................................................................................................................................95
Dilution of Precision...........................................................................................................................................95
Satellite Listing...................................................................................................................................................95
Almanac..............................................................................................................................................................96
Skyview ...............................................................................................................................................................96
TRACKING YOUR ROUTE DIRECTIONS .....................................................................................................................96
To Track a Route.................................................................................................................................................96
AUTOMATIC PAN .....................................................................................................................................................97
To Pan the Map Automatically ...........................................................................................................................97
LOGGING..................................................................................................................................................................97
To Log Your Route..............................................................................................................................................97
PLAYING BACK A LOG FILE .....................................................................................................................................98
To Play Back a Log File .....................................................................................................................................98
SENDING ROUTE INFORMATION TO A GPS DEVICE..................................................................................................98
To Send Route Points..........................................................................................................................................98
To Send Route Directions...................................................................................................................................99
SENDING DRAW DATA TO YOUR GPS DEVICE ........................................................................................................99
To Send Draw Data to Your GPS Device...........................................................................................................99
SENDING WAYPOINTS TO YOUR GPS DEVICE..........................................................................................................99
To Send Waypoints..............................................................................................................................................99
SENDING TRACKS TO YOUR GPS DEVICE..............................................................................................................100
To Send Tracks..................................................................................................................................................100
RECEIVING A ROUTE FROM YOUR GPS DEVICE ....................................................................................................100
To Receive a Route ...........................................................................................................................................100
RECEIVING A TRACK FROM YOUR GPS DEVICE ....................................................................................................101
To Receive a Track as Draw Data....................................................................................................................101
To Receive a Track as a Road...........................................................................................................................101
To Receive a Track ...........................................................................................................................................102
RECEIVING WAYPOINTS FROM YOUR GPS DEVICE ...............................................................................................102

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To Receive Waypoints as Draw Data ...............................................................................................................102
To Receive Waypoints as a Waypoint File........................................................................................................102
ROUTE.....................................................................................................................................................................105
ROUTE OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................105
CREATING A ROUTE ...............................................................................................................................................105
To Create a Route.............................................................................................................................................105
ADDING AND INSERTING STOPS AND VIAS.............................................................................................................106
To Add a Stop or Via To Your Route ................................................................................................................106
To Insert a Stop or Via Into Your Route ...........................................................................................................106
CHANGING THE PROPERTIES OF A STOP ALONG YOUR ROUTE...............................................................................107
To Change the Properties of a Stop..................................................................................................................107
VIEWING ROUTE DIRECTIONS................................................................................................................................107
To View the Route Directions...........................................................................................................................107
TRACKING YOUR ROUTE DIRECTIONS ...................................................................................................................108
To Track a Route...............................................................................................................................................108
EDITING A ROUTE ..................................................................................................................................................108
To Edit a Route.................................................................................................................................................108
SETTING YOUR ROUTING PREFERENCES ................................................................................................................109
To Set Your Routing Preferences......................................................................................................................109
EDITING ROADS .....................................................................................................................................................110
To Edit a Road..................................................................................................................................................110
LABELING A WAYPOINT WITH A MAPNOTE ...........................................................................................................110
To Label a Waypoint.........................................................................................................................................110
CLEARING A ROUTE ...............................................................................................................................................110
To Clear a Route...............................................................................................................................................111
To Clear a Route Using Right-Click Functionality...........................................................................................111
SETTING YOUR END OF DAY AND FUEL BREAK PREFERENCES..............................................................................111
To Set Your End of Day and Fuel Stop Preferences.........................................................................................111
ESTIMATING THE FUEL COST OF YOUR ROUTE......................................................................................................111
To Estimate the Fuel Cost of Your Route..........................................................................................................112
INFO.........................................................................................................................................................................113
GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT MAP FEATURES...................................................................................................113
To Get Information About a Map Feature Using Right-Click Functionality....................................................113
To Copy Map Feature Information into Another Program...............................................................................113
VOICE......................................................................................................................................................................115
VOICE OVERVIEW..................................................................................................................................................115
To Use Speech and Text-to-Speech Recognition...............................................................................................115
ACTIVATING AND MONITORING VOICE RECOGNITION...........................................................................................115
To Activate and Monitor the Speech Recognition Feature ...............................................................................116
TRAINING THE SPEECH RECOGNITION ENGINE.......................................................................................................116
To Train the Engine to Recognize Your Speech Patterns .................................................................................116
VOICE COMMANDS ................................................................................................................................................117
Navigation Commands......................................................................................................................................117
Map Commands................................................................................................................................................118
GPS Commands................................................................................................................................................118
Voice Tab Commands.......................................................................................................................................118
SPEECH RECOGNITION TIPS....................................................................................................................................119
CHANGING VOICE OUTPUT ....................................................................................................................................119
To Change the Voice Output.............................................................................................................................120
VOICE PREFERENCES .............................................................................................................................................120
To View and Update Input Preferences............................................................................................................120
To View and Update Output Preferences..........................................................................................................121

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MAP DISPLAY .......................................................................................................................................................123
MAP DISPLAY OVERVIEW......................................................................................................................................123
SETTING MAP FEATURE PREFERENCES ..................................................................................................................123
To Set Basic Map Feature Preferences.............................................................................................................123
To Set Custom Points of Interest.......................................................................................................................123
MAP FEATURE OPTION DESCRIPTIONS...................................................................................................................124
Points of Interest (Major) .................................................................................................................................124
Points of Interest (Minor) .................................................................................................................................124
ZIP Codes .........................................................................................................................................................124
One Ways..........................................................................................................................................................124
County Borders.................................................................................................................................................124
Exits ..................................................................................................................................................................124
Grids.................................................................................................................................................................124
Places (Minor)..................................................................................................................................................125
Roads (Minor)...................................................................................................................................................125
Town Borders....................................................................................................................................................125
Urban Area Color.............................................................................................................................................125
International Labels..........................................................................................................................................125
Map Center Crosshair ......................................................................................................................................125
CHANGING THE MAP DISPLAY ...............................................................................................................................125
To Change the Map Colors...............................................................................................................................125
To Change the Map Magnification...................................................................................................................125
To Change the Data Zoom Level for Large POI Symbols ................................................................................125
SETTING UNITS OF MEASURE PREFERENCES..........................................................................................................126
Coordinate Preferences....................................................................................................................................126
Distance Preferences........................................................................................................................................126
Bearing Preferences .........................................................................................................................................127
HANDHELD EXPORT ..........................................................................................................................................129
HANDHELD EXPORT OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................129
EXPORTING A MAP TO A HANDHELD COMPUTER...................................................................................................129
To Export a Map...............................................................................................................................................129
NETLINK.................................................................................................................................................................131
NETLINK OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................................131
USING THE HOME PAGE .........................................................................................................................................131
USING THE SOFTWARE PAGE .................................................................................................................................131
USING THE SUPPORT PAGE.....................................................................................................................................131
LEGAL INFORMATION.......................................................................................................................................133
STREET ATLAS USA 2005 SINGLE-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT............................................................................133
LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS............................................................................................................133
THE LICENSED SYSTEM................................................................................................................................133
YOUR USE OF THE SYSTEM..........................................................................................................................133
PROHIBITIONS ON USE.................................................................................................................................134
WARNING, WARRANTIES, DISCLAIMER......................................................................................................134
TERMINATION AND TRANSFER....................................................................................................................135
OTHER .............................................................................................................................................................135
U.S. GOVERNMENT RIGHTS IN COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE.....................................................................135
Table of DeLorme Publishing Company, Inc, Software Key License Provisions .............................................135
IMPORTANT NOTICES.............................................................................................................................................136
Patent and Copyright Notice ............................................................................................................................136
U.S. Government Rights in Commercial Software............................................................................................136
APACHE SOFTWARE LICENSE,VERSION 1.1...........................................................................................................136