The DeLorme Earthmate LT-40 GPS and Street Atlas USA 2009 PLUS turn your laptop PC or UMPC into a powerful GPS navigator, with voice-guided navigation, automatic back-on-track, GPS Radar to locate travel services, and other top-end features. DeLorme’s newest USB-powered GPS receiver includes a new super-high-sensitivity chipset, support for ultra mobile personal computers, superior on-screen GPS displays, and updated Street Atlas USA 2009 DVD software included. New STMicroelectronics GPS chipset delivers faster satellite acquisition, and DeLorme ConstantLock technology means surefire signal retention even in challenging GPS environments. GPS tracking is easier than ever with NavMode, including optional 3-D perspective and larger, more accessible user controls. Locate over 4 million places of interest (hotels, restaurants, attractions, sports venues, and businesses of all types – most with phone numbers included). Create routes automatically with user controls to ensure you take the roads you want. Calculate fuel usage and costs, and GPS-navigate with total confidence anywhere in the U.S. or Canada, and on major roads in Mexico.
Earthmate GPS LT-40 device specifications:
- NMEA-compliant 16-channel receiver
- WAAS-enabled (SBAS)
- Low-power baseband and RF chip set (RF chip based on the ultra-low-power silicon-germanium BiCMOS process)
- Cold start (avg.): 39 seconds
- Warm start (avg.): 34 seconds
- Hot start (avg.): < 3 seconds
- Supply requirements: 90mA (through USB connector)
- Maximum Velocity: 1000 knots
- Advanced high-sensitivity algorithms for superior tracking in urban environments
- Initial acquisition sensitivity down to -149dBm
- Weak signal tracking down to -159dBm
- Proprietary Kalman filter for enhanced position accuracy
- Superior noise rejection for high EMI environments
- STMicroelectronics new high-sensitivity chipset featuring DeLorme ConstantLock technologies for outstanding time-to-first-fix and signal-retention performance
New StreetAtlas USA Features for 2009:
- NEW! Extensive map and places-of-interest updates for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
- NEW! NavMode puts large easy-to-read GPS controls within your reach (antenna sold separately)
- NEW! 150 million updated phone listings, all searchable and locatable on the maps, ideal for creating custom databases or for finding friends and services across the U.S. and Canada
- NEW! National Grid System support
- NEW! 3-D viewing option for realistic GPS tracking
- NEW! GPS snap-to-route option automatically locates the place on the route that is closest to your vehicle’s current location.
- NEW! Refine your route by choosing the type of route you are creating – for driving, cycling, or hiking – including appropriate speed and time settings.
- NEW! Option to sort columns of data in the File area of the Draw tab.
- NEW! Advanced Find features for searching by category using keywords without having to narrow location.
- NEW! Improved Handheld Export Tab
Core Functions
Map Controls
The maps can be controlled using a variety of methods, including the traditional push-button zooming, which drills in/out while keeping the map exactly centered. Also, holding down the left mouse button enables you to drag and zoom, left-to-right, across the map, and moving the mouse in the same manner but in the opposite direction zooms out.
Find
DeLorme employs several powerful search capabilities within the software. The first is a simple box called QuickSearch where you type common requests including towns, cities, lat/lons, ZIP codes, street addresses, colleges, and many more to receive the quickest possible matches. The places-of-interest search offers more advanced parameters and the advanced search is used when locating exact matches requires additional customer input.
Draw
Add MapNotes; draw your own circles, polygons, and squares; measure the area of your draw objects - even draw in your own roads and route on them - these are amazingly powerful draw tools for the money.
Phone
The Phone tab along the bottom portion of the interface allows you to create custom searches for finding either residential or business phone numbers and locations. You can search by yellow-page heading and find all the diesel repair shops and then select only the ones you’d like to display on the map. You can use the phone listings in conjunction with the XData tab to create and save custom data files for frequent retrieval.
Info
Right-click on the map to learn more about what’s underneath your cursor. Lat/Lon, names of streets and bodies of water - even local radio station information - can be viewed in this manner. Moreover, the bottom toolbar of the software displays a continuously updated readout of what’s underneath your cursor.
Voice
Voice for issuing routing and GPS commands while tracking. This feature is only available on a laptop computer, PDA, or UMPC - NOT the PN-20 or PN-40! Ask common questions such as “How far to my next turn?” and the software answers. Microphone recommended for optimal usage. The software also reads upcoming turn information, including the time to turn, time to finish, and name of the street to turn onto. New voice settings allow you to select how far in advance of your turn you’d like to be prompted. Voice can also be turned off if you prefer.
Netlink and Aerial Imagery
NetLink is your online link to DeLorme for $40 of free aerial imagery now included with the Street Atlas USA 2009 versions. Select your areas of interest and download only those grids to the software. Toggle the imagery on and off in a single-screen view. Add notes and draw objects to the imagery to customize lifelike views from space.
Data Included
Street Atlas USA 2009 DVD contains the DeLorme produced and managed United States and Canadian street-level network. DeLorme highways and major roads for Mexico also included. The four million U.S. places of interest are updated annually based on phone book information and DeLorme’s own research into exit services. Canadian POIs are also included, many with phone numbers.
Importing
XData
The XData Import Wizard is the key to viewing your own data on the map, automatically placed. Easily import your own data from ACT!, Goldmine, Excel, text files, or databases. Select different symbols to represent the locations of your information. Or, create your own custom symbols to use on the map; any 24x24-pixel bitmap image can be easily added as a draw symbol using the intuitive XSym module. Street Atlas USA 2009 PLUS best matches your records with a specific address, ZIP code, or latitude/longitude coordinate on the map. NEW tools allow you to symbolize the level of accuracy of your geocoded data.
- Quickly and easily view the location of each record with a mouse click
- Add lines, shapes, and text to mark a sales territory or a property boundary
- Highlight a region to show the untapped market and sales potential
- Use symbols to mark different accounts or your competition
- See the city streets and surrounding population centers near your customer locations
- View concentrations of customers or accounts in specific geographic regions
- Find new accounts or customers by seeing your business in a new geographic light
Data
Street Atlas USA 2009 PLUS contains the DeLorme produced and managed United States and Canadian street-level network, as well as highways and major roads for Mexico. The included 4 million U.S. places of interest (POIs) are updated annually based on phone book information and DeLorme’s own research into exit services. Canadian POIs are also included, many with phone numbers. When you factor in the 150 million included phone listings for the U.S. and Canada, you have one of the most extensive POI databases available anywhere.
Street Atlas USA 2009 PLUS DVD allows you to import your own data from text, Excel, Outlook, and other sources. It does not, however, allow 3rd-party supplementary data to be imported.
Minimum System Requirements
Windows
- Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic/Home Premium/Ultimate/Business with 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
- Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 1 and later) with 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)
- Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 3 and higher) with 64 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)
Macintosh
- Compatible with Intel-based Macintosh computers running Boot Camp for Windows XP
Palm OS
- Palm OS 3.5 and later, including Palm OS 5.0 and later devices with high-density displays (spoken prompts available on most devices with Palm OS 5.2 or later)
- Application memory required: 700 KB (without spoken prompts) or 1.3 MB (with spoken prompts)
- Map memory required: 2 MB
Windows CE
- Windows Mobile 2003, Windows Mobile 5.0 and later with an ARM processor and a touch screen (including the portrait, landscape, and high-resolution configurations of Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition and later)
- Application memory required: 1.6 MB
- Map memory required: 2 MB
- Note: The Motorola Q and other SmartPhones without a touchscreen are not supported.
Hardware
- Intel Pentium 900 MHz or higher processor (1.8 GHz recommended)
- Available on a single DVD-ROM. 700MB of available hard-disk space required (1.8GB if all map data is loaded to hard drive)
- DVD-ROM Drive
- 3D-capable video card with 32MB VRAM (64MB VRAM recommended)
Internet Browser
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and later
NOTE: Item # AE-007962-203 replaces item # AE-007819-101 by updating the mapping software.
