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Microsoft Streets and Trips 2010 With GPS Locator

Expert's rating.

• Text to speech announces street names
• Good value for software package and current maps
• Short USB cable on GPS receiver
• Limited documentation

For trip planning, it’s always been hard to beat Microsoft Streets and Trips . And that remains true of the latest version, Streets and Trips 2010, even though many of its new features are less than compelling.

If you’re not familiar with it, Streets and Trips turns your laptop or netbook into a full-fledged GPS-navigation and trip-planning device. As with previous versions, Streets and Trips 2010 ships in two packages: a software-only version for $40; and a combo of software plus GPS locator for $70. Streets and Trips will work with most GPS receivers that are NMEA 2.0-compatible, so if you have such a receiver from a previous version, all you need is the software.

Microsoft hasn’t broken much new ground with the latest version of Streets and Trips. You do get updated maps for the U.S. and Canada, along with some welcome additions to points-of-interest categories. The major additions to the product, however, consist of a new “Send to GPS” feature as well as the ability to export route information in the standard GPX format. These are nice additions, but their usefulness is limited.

There are two ways to send directly to a GPS. You can updated the device via MSN Direct. However, the device must support MSN Direct and have an active subscription; Microsoft’s supported device list indicates that only a few models from Garmin, Nextar, and Pioneer can take advantage of this feature. You also can upgrade some GPS devices with a USB cable, using a computer with a live Internet connection. This method does not require an MSN Direct subscription, but it is limited only to Garmin devices and requires that you download and install an ActiveX control.

The GPX export feature worked as expected, but not all GPS devices support this format. I was able to successfully export a route and import it as a “Favorite” into a test Garmin nüvi 770.

Trip planning, however, is where Streets and Trips really shines. You merely enter one or more addresses or names of places, and you’re off. You can arrange multiple trip segments in any order, or let Streets and Trips optimize the route if you have three or more waypoints. Based on route preferences that you can customize, Streets and Trips calculates your route, complete with turn-by-turn directions and a map overview. You can even input the size of your gas tank, gas mileage, and the status of your tank at the beginning of the trip, and Streets and Trips will include a prompt for refueling. If you enter the current cost of gas, the estimated fuel cost of your trip appears at the bottom of the directions list.

After you complete your route planning and generate your route, you have multiple options for the screen display. You can choose to view only the map, the map plus a list of directions, or the map plus directions and a navigation pane. If the GPS receiver is enabled and receiving enough satellites, the navigation pane shows you the distance to your next upcoming turn, along with the direction of the turn. Optionally, you can turn on the GPS pane to display your current speed, direction, latitude, longitude, altitude, and time. Also, a full-screen mode will recover the space taken up by the menu bar.

I installed Streets and Trips on a netbook, a device that’s significantly smaller than the laptop that I normally use. Even its small size, however, wasn’t petite enough to make using Streets and Trips a viable alternative to a windshield-mounted GPS ; there’s just not enough space on the dashboard for a netbook. But for larger vehicles, perhaps an SUV with a console, or an RV, it could be an option.

In my tests, the netbook had to sit on the passenger seat, and that required me to take my eyes off of the road to see the distance-to-turn indicator. Streets and Trips does offer text-to-speech (TTS) capabilities (they were added in the 2009 version), so the software did announce upcoming turns, along with street names. But the USB extension cable supplied with the GPS receiver was only slightly longer than two feet, so the receiver frequently fell off the dashboard, and often lost satellite lock. A four-foot cable with a suction cup to hold it on the dashboard, such as was supplied with Streets and Trips 2009, would probably eliminate that problem.

The routes generated by Streets and Trips were very good, and were comparable to routes generated on dedicated GPS devices. The software provides multiple printing options including strip maps, turn-by-turn maps, and directions only. I’ve printed directions for an upcoming trip, and will take them with me–as a backup to my in-dash GPS.

Though I found the new features of Streets and Trips less than compelling, at $40, it’s worth upgrading just to get the latest maps. If you’re using Streets and Trips 2008 or older, the new version is definitely worth the upgrade for the text-to-speech feature–a must-have in my book for any navigation program or device.

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Microsoft's Streets & Trips makes a fine backseat driver, but you should leave this version at the rest stop. This trip planner delivers accurate and easy-to-understand driving directions and comes with some useful mapping tools, but it still suffers the same limitations of last year's version--namely, its lack of online integration. Plus, at $40, it's one of the more expensive options of its kind.

The Bottom Line

If you're on the road a lot, you might be better off with a dedicated GPS device, such as the Garmin StreetPilot III . As for finding quirky roadside attractions, you'll need to do some good, old-fashioned legwork online.

Streets & Trips 2004, like its predecessors, hogs disk space. But unless you want to keep the second CD in the drive every time you use Streets & Trips, we recommend installing the entire program instead of the minimum, even though it takes up 1GB.

The program's interface remains familiar, with three easy-to-navigate panes: a map of your highlighted route in the center, driving directions at the top, and a task pane on the left for route planning and finding nearby attractions. A toolbar atop the center screen includes shortcuts to planning tools and a slider for zooming in on your map. Another toolbar at the bottom houses drawing tools for marking maps. Neither toolbar is customizable.

To get started, simply enter starting and ending points, plus any intermediate stops. Click the Get Directions button, and your route pops up in seconds. If you decide to stop in Memphis instead of continuing on to Chattanooga, simply click the route on the map and drag it on top of Memphis; the program's Snap Routing feature automatically recalculates your journey. This program has an excellent range (it documents more than 6.7 million miles of roads in the United States and Canada), and in our tests, the directions were dead-on. The directions also note any bumps that may come up along the way by providing up-to-the-minute road construction information.

Streets & Trips 2004 introduces a few minor new features. One-way streets are now color-coded and marked--a useful addition, though we wish Microsoft had used a slightly brighter color. Business travelers will love the new options for calculating the amount and cost of fuel on a per-trip basis. You can also plug in your average driving speed for a more accurate driving-time estimate.

You can still mark favorite locales or interesting attractions with pushpin icons. You can also create your own pushpin images or add Web links to any pushpin's description.

Speaking of the Web, Streets and Trips 2004 still lacks content for evaluating destinations. If you're salivating for blackberry pie in the middle of Oregon, you can get numbers and addresses for local diners--but no pie-quality tips. A search for hotels offers the same disappointing result--no ratings, let alone built-in Web links for making reservations.

Streets & Trips offers fairly good printing options. You can now print a full-page map, but alas, there's still no preview option.

Microsoft upgraded the program's GPS support for Pocket Streets, the bundled application that lets you export maps to a Pocket PC device. If you have GPS gear connected to your Pocket PC handheld (the GPS must support NMEA 2.0 or later), you can see your location on the Streets & Trips map. You can also turn a map (or a map and driving directions) into a Web page and even set it to update every time you make a change to the map or route in Streets & Trips.

You'll get standard Microsoft service and support. There's a fairly thorough help file and decent built-in help (although we were irritated that we couldn't search for specific keywords from within the program). There are a few FAQs posted online, but if they don't help, you can try searching the Microsoft Knowledge Base. If you need help from a live human being, you can file an online help ticket or contact customer service by phone (available Monday through Friday, 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. PT).

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REDMOND, Wash. — July 1 7 , 2012 — Nobody wants to spend more money than necessary to fill the gas tank, and drivers want to get the most out of each gallon. Making efficient, customized travel plans is now easier than ever with today’s launch of Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013 , the new edition of the popular trip-planning software.

Current users of Streets & Trips will find the new 2013 version offers a sleek and clean look in high contrast designed for easier viewing, updated maps of the United States and Canada — including 150,000 new miles of roads since the 2011 version was released — and more than 2.5 million points of interest. Longtime fans will also find they can now turn all pushpin names on or off with a single click, and they can create larger drive times for more flexibility in trip planning.

“A new feature people are really going to love is the online ratings and reviews. Customer ratings and reviews on restaurants, hotels and more take the guesswork out of deciding where to go,” said Larry Petersen, software design engineer at Microsoft Corp. “Streets & Trips 2013 adds upgrades our customers have asked for, including 600,000 more points of interest than the previous version.”

The 2013 version of Streets & Trips is designed to help travelers plan the perfect trip start to finish — generate maps and directions, customize with start and stop times, and add notes such as reservation numbers or operating hours — all without an Internet connection.

For many truckers, RVers, family vacationers and other motorists, laptops have become an essential travel accessory. Microsoft Streets & Trips helps them efficiently plan and customize their travel before they hit the road. Whether the day calls for visiting an amusement park, winery, casino, national park or museum, there is a stop along the way for everyone when using Streets & Trips. One-click route optimization provides the most efficient route, and a fuel consumption manager helps consumers budget gasoline costs. Then, while on the road, Streets & Trips on a laptop helps travelers find necessities such as ATMs, hotels, auto services, restaurants and more, with no Internet connection required, helping plan for — or discover — plenty of fun and useful stops along the way.

“Microsoft Streets & Trips helps travelers tailor personalized itineraries with as much or as little detail as they prefer,” said Lori Stock, group product marketing manager for Streets & Trips at Microsoft. “It’s a great travel companion and easy-to-use laptop tool that really helps our customers’ travel inspirations become a reality. Everyone will appreciate how the software takes so many hassles and headaches out of the road trip while providing personalized options for creating memorable experiences.”

Availability

Microsoft Streets & Trips is available for purchase today, online at the Microsoft Store ( http://www.microsoftstore.com ) for an estimated retail price of US$39.99. Microsoft Streets & Trips with GPS Locator is available for US$69.99.** Consumers can give Streets & Trips a test drive by downloading a free 14-day trial version at http://www.microsoft.com/streets/travel .

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Microsoft Streets and Trips Alternative for 2024 - A Complete Guide [video included]

By christina carpio, posted in sales software / tools, featured, sales management.

Every salesperson has their favorite sales tool to efficiently get the job done. But in a rapidly-evolving industry, tools often get replaced by the next generation of software.

Back in the day, everyone's favorite sales tool was Microsoft Streets and Trips . It was one of the most popular mapping softwares, used by thousands of salespeople.

Wonder what happened to it and what the best alternatives are now? Let's find out!

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• What is the best Microsoft Streets and Trips alternative?
• Best Alternative to Streets and Trips - Optimized Routing and Scheduling

Best Alternative to Streets and Trips — Check-ins and Follow-up Reminders

• Best Alternative to Streets and Trips — Mobilize your CRM

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Released in 2000, Microsoft Streets and Trips was a mapping and routing software designed to build multi-stop routes.

It had six million miles of maps including details such as stores, restaurants, and gas stations. Its invention was a major milestone in the evolution of traveling resources.

Streets and Trips' users loved its route optimization  options  for multiple stops , which allowed them to choose their preferred route based on various criteria (freeway, scenic route, secondary roads, etc.). Plus, routes could be changed on the fly, with no need for Internet connection.

Streets and Trips showed relevant points of interest along the way. It also allowed users to add notes, phone numbers, and any other relevant information about their customers. These features were especially useful for field salespeople.

Yet despite its groundbreaking features and popularity, Streets and Trips had limitations . As you could only install it on PCs with a CD-ROM, Streets and Trips suffered from the technological restrictions of its time, such as a lack of updates. 

It also was a time well before the era of mobile devices, when a lot of pre-planning was necessary for scheduling routes. As such, Streets and Trips lacked many of the on-the-go capabilities that today’s field sales industry demands.

Still, Microsoft Streets and Trips enjoyed tremendous popularity with salespeople . We had become dependent on its user-friendly interface and extensive maps to plan and optimize our daily sales routines.

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Unfortunately, Microsoft Streets and Trips is no longer available for download . As the saying goes — all good things must come to an end.

Streets and Trips struggled to remain competitive in the rapidly-evolving digital mapping industry. Microsoft switched their focus to search engine Bing, with the hope that their mapping service Bing Maps could compete with the powerhouse of the industry, Google Maps.

Lost in the shuffle, Microsoft Streets and Trips 2013 was the last version available to the public, leaving many field salespeople without one of their most trusted resources for outside sales.

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Since it was discontinued, salespeople have wondered how they can update their favorite mapping software. 

And it’s a good question — will Microsoft Streets and Trips work on their newer operating systems?

Even if you figure out a way to make Streets and Trips work on your current software, its download options are unavailable , making it impossible to update.

This left many outside sales professionals stranded, looking for the best Streets and Trips replacement .

What is the best Microsoft Streets and Trips alternative?

After Microsoft Streets and Trips and other popular software of the time such as Microsoft MapPoint were discontinued, it left many asking, what will replace Microsoft Streets and Trips?

The answer is  Badger Maps , an app developed specifically with today’s field salespeople in mind.

Badger Maps is the best alternative to Microsoft Streets and Trips for outside sales. It’s user-friendly, easily customizable, and updated regularly with new features.

Badger Maps offers the advanced features that sales reps and managers loved in Microsoft Streets and Trips – things like routing, data visualization, check-ins, detailed follow-ups , and more.

The difference is that Badger Maps is optimized for modern-day selling, making it an invaluable tool for all field salespeople.

What makes Badger Maps the Best Alternative To Streets and Trips?

Created specifically for the outside sales community, Badger Maps allows for route optimization, customer check-ins , and a variety of other features to maximize time in the field .

One of Badger Maps greatest advantages is its user-friendliness, making it the best Microsoft Streets and Trips alternative. Badger Maps even offers new users free onboarding with Account Specialists who will walk you through the app’s features. You can quickly start optimizing your sales routes with unlimited stops and start increasing your sales.

The #1 route planner for field sales in all app stores, Badger Maps is designed to solve the main problems outside salespeople face in the field . From planning out their route to keeping track of check-ins in order to better manage their customer relationships, Badger Maps is the all-in-one app for field sales efficiency.

Available on iOS, Android, and PC, Badger Maps can be with you anywhere in the field. It gives you easy access to customer data and optimized routes, which is perhaps its biggest upgrade from Streets and Trips. But it’s not just the most convenient mapping software for salespeople searching for an alternative to Microsoft Streets and Trips — it’s also the most effective

It’s a great Microsoft MapPoint and BatchGeo alternative as well.

The best part about Badger Maps? Its selection of innovative mapping and routing features, designed to maximize field sales productivity. This includes:

• Optimized routing and scheduling
• Check-ins and follow-up reminders
• Improved customer data visualization and filtering
• Lead generation on-the-go
• Integrated team view
• Advanced reporting
• Bi-directional CRM integration

“It took me 2 days to plan routes with Streets and Trips. With Badger Maps, it takes 3 hours for a new rep to plan his initial visits of all 110 store locations.”

Matthew Brooks

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Best Alternative to Streets and Trips — Optimized Routing and Scheduling

Badger Maps makes it easy to optimize your route and plan your schedule - all in one tool. Using Badger Maps as a multi-stop route planner  saves you hours in weekly planning, as it automatically generates the fastest route to all your appointments. As a result, you’ll spend more time in the field and close 20-25% more deals.

In Route Mode, Badger Maps gives you turn-by-turn directions and live traffic updates to keep you on the fastest track. Additionally, you can cut down planning time by saving routes for at a later time. 

Microsoft Streets and Trips' route optimization feature was cutting-edge. Yet Streets and Trips did not live to see the age of smartphones and was only available on the computer. Badger Maps, on the other hand, is a mobile first app available across all Android and iOS devices and the web, so you can carry your routes and customer information anywhere, even in the field.

With Badger Maps Check-ins feature, you can keep track of all your client interactions as they take place. 

When you create a check-in, you can log your interaction (meeting, phone call, etc.), and add time-stamped notes of the interaction to stay organized.

If you use a CRM, all the notes you make when in the field will automatically sync. This way, you have all your meeting notes on-the-go and you'll never misplace valuable customer information. With Badger Maps, what happens in the field also happens in the office.

While Microsoft Streets and Trips was an extremely useful software, it was created for a more general market. Badger Maps is an app dedicated to salespeople, so we know the  importance of follow-ups . Studies have shown that 80% of deals need five or more follow-ups to close.We make sure you never miss a single one

The Follow-ups feature lets you add a date for your next follow-up and set an appointment reminder. With Follow-ups to keep you on track, you will never miss an opportunity simply because you forget to contact a prospect.

Best Alternative to Streets and Trips - Mobilize your CRM

Sales teams can mobilize their CRM with Badger Maps , allowing them to access and update customer info directly from the field. This enables field teams to sync and leverage data in their CRM, all from their phone. Badger Maps can integrate with leading CRMs such as HubSpot, Salesforce , Microsoft Dynamics , Zoho , Insightly , NetSuite , and many more.

By integrating Badger Maps with your CRM, sales reps working in the field can visualize all of their data on an engaging and interactive map. This shows reps exactly where their customers are and how best to prioritize them. 

With Badger Maps Bi-directional Integration, sales teams will be able to see all their activity in Badger Maps instantly in their CRM too.

These vital CRM capabilities make Badger Maps the best Streets and Trips replacement for field teams.

“CRM usage increased more than 50% once our sales team adopted Badger”

Regional Sales Manager, Danaher

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With Badger Maps Data Visualization and Filtering features,  territory management  is painless.

The Colorize and Filter features give you a smarter view of your territory. It makes it easy to view your priority accounts, mass update information, and plan your future sales calls. Filters are fully customizable, allowing you to visualize customers based on any criteria you find useful.

Using Badger Maps colorize and filter features is as easy as editing pushpins in Microsoft Streets and Trips. Badger Maps advantage is that once you colorize and filter, you can immediately make your next move. Using the Lasso tool, you can quickly select all the pins you want to create a route for or mass update, with no tedious steps in between.

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Ever had a customer cancel a meeting at the last minute? With Badger Maps  lead generation tool  ' Places ', you’ll always have a back-up plan.

'Places' helps salespeople cut back on idle time and find new opportunities around every corner. Whether your meeting was canceled or you have time to spare, you can simply go to the Places tool, search by business category, and instantly view new leads in your selected area.

Since Streets and Trips wasn’t made with a salesperson's needs in mind, it lacked this important feature. Street and Trips was limited to showing business reviews and ratings. Badger Maps built on what Streets and Trips started and added this crucial tool to maximize every salesperson's potential.

Teamwork is a huge part of many people’s sales process. One of Badger Maps most popular features, “My Team,” allows you to link different Badger Maps accounts together into teams.

Both sales reps and managers can benefit from using My Team. Team View allows reps to see their account status, view their territories, and access team activity reports.

Managers can use Manager View to access all team member check-ins, territories, routes, and activity reports. Having this information allows managers to get an accurate view of what’s going on in the field and catch problems before they arise. Managers can also directly edit their team members’ territories and routes. 

Badger Maps knows the importance of collaboration, so the feature is customizable for field sales teams of any size.

The best part? Badger Maps has a free team pilot program so that you can see how it works for your entire team. 

With Badger Maps, it's easy to know what goes on in the field. Every time you make a check-in, Badger Maps saves the information in a check-in report. The report includes account information, a timestamp, and the notes of that visit.

Every Friday, check-in reports are automatically sent to your inbox. Users can also export their report at any time, allowing them to view their progress without manually going through each account.

For reps, these reports provide the ability to track performance and keep notes of the work they've completed over a given period of time

For managers, reports help  identify sales curves and trends  and build an incentive program for reps.

Report generation was nonexistent in Microsoft Streets and Trips. This resulted in hours spent tending to tiresome administrative duties. Badger Maps automatically generates reports each week, saving you time and helping you be more productive than ever.

With so many mapping tools available, it makes sense to explore your options to be certain you choose the right one for your needs. Here are a few additional mapping tools that are worth looking into:

• Price : Free
• Best fo r: Road Trips, Simple Routing

Launched in 1996, MapQuest was the first commercial web mapping service. This reliable software is used to create simple routes, locate businesses, and book hotels. 

MapQuest limits how many stops you can add to optimized routes, which makes it better suited for road trips and other simple routes.

Roadtrippers

• Price : Free or Plus for $35.99/year
• Best for: Road Trips, Sightseeing 

Roadtrippers is a web-based software application and mobile app designed to help travelers plan epic road trips. With Roadtrippers you can plan trips, discover unique destinations along your route, read reviews of points of interests, and calculate gas cost. 

This app is perfect for adventurers looking to enjoy the journey and not just the destination.

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• Best for: Sales/Data Visualization 

Mapline is a web-based mapping tool for territory and data visualization. By importing your data to Mapline, you can get a customized view of your customer base and use the analytical tools to plan your next steps. Additionally, you can use Mapline to create territories and build routes.

Xactly AlignStar

• Price:  Contact for pricing information
• Best for : Sales Territory Management 

Xactly AlignStar is a territory management tool that allows you to visualize and adjust territories with no hassle. Through data analysis, AlignStar enables you to rebalance territories based on your parameters, and discover new sales opportunities for your reps.

AlignStar is geared towards sales managers and does not have features, such a route planning, that sales reps may be looking for.

Try out the Best Microsoft Streets and Trips Alternative

For outside salespeople, Badger Maps is the best Microsoft Streets and Trips alternative. Offering many of the same tools that came with Microsoft Streets and Trips, field salespeople throughout the industry have made the switch to Badger Maps — and are loving the updated features.

Support and onboarding for new users is just a call or email away. So make the change to Badger Maps today, and empower yourself with the #1 route planner for field sales on the market.  Start your free trial today!

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Microsoft Streets and Trips 2022 Alternative

Jul 31, 2020

It’s 2022 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. With the introduction of MapQuest in 1996, online personal mapping slowly became accessible to the public. This not just revolutionized personal navigation — it transformed the way industries like field sales operated.

But before Waze, Google Maps, and even TomTom existed — there were five friends from Surrey, England that built an overnight success software called Autoroute. Massively popular, it was eventually downloaded by half of the computers in the UK. In the late 90s, it was acquired by Microsoft and distributed in North America as Streets and Trips in 2000 .

14 years later, it suddenly disappeared from the market. So what happened?

What Was Microsoft Streets and Trips?

Microsoft Streets and Trips was a mapping and routing program that helped lay the foundation for personal GPS systems. Now discontinued, it was a computer program that mapped out streets, businesses and places of interest — as well as displayed pins on a map and built multi-stop routes from place to place.

In later versions, it introduced features we are familiar with like weather considerations, traffic monitoring and construction updates.

With an extremely user-friendly interface for its time, Microsoft Streets and Trips featured ground-breaking technology that contained more than six million miles of map.

The most impressive feature was Streets and Trips’ ability to update route information in real time. The software would identify roads that were under construction and provide information on how to avoid them.

This combination of business data and route optimization was a success within sales departments. It provided a comprehensive solution that offered territory creation, route optimization , management efficiency, and territory mapping — effectively revolutionizing the sales industry.

But in 2013, Microsoft chose to discontinue the product; and then in 2015, it ended its Streets and Trips support lines.

Is Microsoft Streets and Trips Still Available?

Microsoft Streets and Trips was discontinued as part of Microsoft’s concerted effort to invest their resources into Bing, a web search engine meant to rival Google.

It was Microsoft’s hope that Bing Maps would eventually compete with Google Maps, but that hasn’t exactly panned out so far .

In the end, Streets and Trips released a goodbye message urging their customers to use Bing Maps instead. In doing so, they lost sight of the enterprise market that used Streets and Trips for sales. Bing Maps was not a direct replacement and was inherently a consumer product.

Is There a Microsoft Streets and Trips Replacement?

Yes — in 2016 we built Map My Customers to replicate the best of what Streets and Trips had to offer, while adding in modern features that make it mobile-friendly and super insightful.

We knew that when Streets and Trips vanished, enterprises and businesses had no suitable alternative.

Most sales reps had wound up resorting to free mapping softwares  like Google Maps and manually entering each data point themselves.

This led to a lot of frustrated customers, including (of course) ourselves…

It was 2015, and we were stuck running our sales routes like it was 1988. It was inefficient, boring, and in the end — it just didn’t make any sense.

That’s why we created a new software that does everything (and more) of what Microsoft Streets and Trips was capable of:

• Route Optimization  —  Reduce planning and travel time with our leading routing algorithms
• Data Visualization  —  Visualize sales opportunities and customers displayed as clickable pins on a map
• Lead Generation  — Identify new customers and create additional appointments while on the road
• Planning and Contact Management — Log activities like cold calls and meetings, track check-ins and sync it all to your calendar
• Management and Reporting  — Manage territories, track rep activity and surface sales data unique to the field

Unlike Microsoft Streets and Trips, MMC is built for the phone — meaning you can see your routes, schedule and customer notes from anywhere. On the web, we have dashboards to organize and analyze your team’s data and easily transfer data between team members or your CRM — all with a modern user interface.

Above all — here at Map My Customers, we promise not to disappear.

How Map My Customers Can Replace Microsoft Streets and Trips

Microsoft Streets and Trips was a powerful tool, but it wasn’t really built with the salesperson in mind. Map My Customers is unique because it’s the tool that’s purpose-built for outside sales. In fact, I first built this app specifically for my father , a career field sales professional in the flooring industry.

Because of this, we understand exactly what sales reps need. Here, I break down the top 5 aspects of what makes Map My Customers so useful for reps and teams in the field:

Microsoft Streets and Trips Alternative for Sales Route Planning and Optimization

Just like Microsoft Streets & Trips, one of the keystone features of Map My Customers is the ability to create detailed multi-stop routes . Creating these routes is simple and allows sales reps to build their most efficient day.

Map My Customers visualizes all of your customers as pins on a map. You can add those pins to a route in a few short taps or by using our lasso tool to mass-add relevant pins.

Similar to Microsoft Streets and Trips, our route optimization takes into account real-time factoring such as traffic congestion, required stops throughout the road, weather conditions, traffic accidents and more. Since our platform is powered by Google Maps ( proven by CNBC to be more accurate than Apple Maps ) you can rest assured knowing that the route directions you receive will always be the fastest route possible.

Once your route is built, you can also follow turn-by-turn navigation via a mobile GPS of your choice — including Apple Maps or Waze.

Creating a route on our platform is actually much easier and faster to do than on Microsoft Streets and Trips. In fact, many of our customers praise our platform for saving them countless hours that would have been spent on driving and planning routes. Some customers have even cut their weekly planning time in half and reduced their weekly driving time by 200 miles .

When you build a route with Map My Customers  — you also get a stop-by-stop itinerary where you can further dictate additional information about stops, including customers involved, the length of the visit and the total distance traveled. Once you build your optimized route, you can sync your itinerary to your calendar (like Google Calendar or Outlook) and add it to your Saved Routes.

Want to change your route? Simply drag and drop each stop and rearrange it in the order you want it to be in. You can easily add or remove stops as well.

Even better, routing is available on our web app, iPhone, iPad and Android devices.

See a hands-on product tour of Map My Customers

Microsoft streets and trips alternative for sales data visualization.

As we mentioned above, when you import your customers into Map My Customers they are displayed as pins on a map. This is helpful for routing, but it’s also an important way to visualize and fully understand your sales territory like never before.

In a single field of view, you can see every customer, prospect or contact displayed — making it the perfect visual for the field sales rep (and part of what was so great about Microsoft Streets and Trips).

Unlike Microsoft Streets and Trips, however, Map My Customers takes data visualization to new heights. For example, our heat mapping tool can help you to understand the geospatial factors that influence your deals.

You can also use Map My Customers to curate a specific view of certain customers. With Grouping and Filtering, you can segment your customers based on tier, priority, and product type — as well as by radius (in miles) or custom fields.

Map My Customers brings a more insightful view of your territory than Microsoft Streets and Trips ever could. Once you’ve segmented and visualized customers appropriately, you can build a new route or click in to the customers to learn more about them, make a call, or send them an email.

Microsoft Streets and Trips Alternative for Lead Generation

As a rep in the field, it’s also important to be able to keep your pipeline consistently full and have new deals coming in. With Map My Customers, you can find new leads easily and quickly with our Lead Generation tool.

Find places of businesses nearby to build a day of cold calls to generate new business. Or, if you find yourself with a gap in your schedule due to a cancellation — use the Lead Generation tool to find a nearby opportunity.

Although Microsoft Streets and Trips did not have a true Lead Generation tool, they had a similar business search similar to Google Maps that posted reviews and additional details about opportunities.

With Map My Customers, you can easily find new opportunities relevant to you — and instantly add them as a saved prospect or give them a quick call.

Microsoft Streets and Trips Alternative for Sales Planning and Contact Management

Whereas Microsoft Streets and Trips mostly existed as a tool for routing, Map My Customers also acts as a mobile contact management and planning tool .

This means that beyond routing, you can do all of your administrative work from your mobile device as you go about your day. Some customers have spent up to 50% less time doing that admin work, meaning they’re spending more time selling.

Before you hit the road, use Map My Customers to pick out your highest priority customers and build your itinerary for the day or week.

As you go about your day taking meetings and making cold calls, you can log notes about your customers, add files, and schedule follow-ups as necessary. You can even use our Cadence Management tool to indicate when you need to follow up with an account.

The best part about this is that you can also share this information with your entire team, which encourages clean and consistent data management practices across your entire organization.

Microsoft Streets and Trips Alternative for Sales Team Management and Reporting

Another way Map My Customers goes beyond Streets and Trips is with leading field team management functionality. As a manager, you are able to see your sales team’s activities and successes displayed in several ways.

With our Field Dashboard, you can see recently added companies, recent activities (like calls or emails) and active deals. Plus, you can actively compare the performance of your reps by number of activities logged and by type of activity.

You can also click in to an individual rep to see more about what their day is like and check in on them.

In addition, easily define sales territories and assign them to a rep so you can get a true birds’-eye view of your organization’s sales landscape.

Within Reports, you can access tables of more granular information, activity logs, and added customers. This data can be exported or integrated with CRMs like Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho and Microsoft Dynamics.

Replace Streets & Trips Today

Streets and Trips was a revolutionary product, but it was limited in some of its features. One of the biggest advantages of Map My Customers is that we are both a web and mobile solution. You can easily create routes on the web and have it be available and accessible from your mobile device (iOS or Android) and vice versa.

We’ve taken the best of MapPoint and Streets and Trips and improved them for the needs of the modern outside sales rep. If you haven’t jumped onboard with Map My Customers, you can begin here with a hands-on product tour!

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