Microsoft AutoRoute 2006

Microsoft AutoRoute 2006 is the customizable trip planning software that helps you get accurate directions, easily explore new areas and find the services you want and need along the way. With more personalized trip planning features than online mapping sites, and map coverage of 27 European countries, AutoRoute 2006 makes it easy to plan your trip, your way.

NEW! Voice Prompted Directions.Verbal turn-by-turn directions provide an easy-to-use, hands-free guidance solution.Personal Driving Profile. Plan your way with flexible trip planning options like custom start times, driving speeds, rest stops – even preferred types of roads! NEW! Dynamic Turn View with Rotate-able Maps. Easily see upcoming turns with an automatically magnified view.

ENHANCED! Updated maps. Trust the most accurate maps covering 3.4 million miles in 27 European countries.

As usual, the directions have a habit of being a little optimistic in their time estimates, and there's the infamous red herring turn that crops up from time to time. But when we compared the directions Autoroute was generating to a selection of free-to-use online sites, it compared quite well. While, to be truthful, there wasn't much difference, Microsoft's program did provide the more reliable directions overall. That's accompanied, of course, by a caveat that no computer route-planning program is infallible, including this one.