Re: Garmin MapSource 6.6 Beta is available now

Joe wrote: 
My perception is MapSource hasn't improved much.  In fact, I picked up
Delorme's Street Atlas USA about a year ago, but due to some annoyances with
that, just installed Microsoft's Maps and Streets.  Garmin dropping the
autorouting wasn't a big winner for me, though autorouting was iffy at best.
 Delorme is a definite autorouting improvement, but there's other quirks I
find annoying.

Garmin removed real-time tracking from MapSource since they have nRoute which provides that function. Auto-routing is still supported by both products. I've been happier with the auto-routing by MapSource & nRoute (using CitySelect-NA maps) than I was with DeLorme. But I haven't updated the DeLorme maps for awhile so the assessment may be unfair.

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