Microsoft MapPoint 2006 helps business
users to visualize, analyze, and communicate data. MapPoint 2006 includes
updated geographic and demographic data, plus new features including advanced
GPS functionality, text and voice-prompted driving guidance for Windows XP
users, Location Finder, and more. MapPoint 2006 with GPS Locator combines
complete business mapping and analysis software with the latest Global
Positioning System (GPS) receiver. You'll always know where you are and where
your next turn is - in real time. Getting to meetings and customers is easy;
just plug it into your laptop and go!
Map business data. Create and view sales territories, analyze trends, and
evaluate performance by geography.
Identify new business opportunities. Combine business data with demographics to
target potential customers and focus decisions.
Analyze business data. Create custom territories and evaluate performance.
Tell a story, visually. Insert maps into Microsoft Word documents and Microsoft
PowerPoint presentations to get the attention of colleagues and customers.
Tap into existing data sources. Create maps from data stored in current versions
of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft SQL Server,
or other database sources.
Dramatically improve decision-making by bringing clarity to tabular data.
Seamlessly integrate location into the work you do in Microsoft Office programs.
Optimize time away from the office.
Completely Refreshed Data: Use updated geographic and demographic data sets in
MapPoint to display trends and illustrate key points on maps.
Voice and Text Directions for Windows XP Users: New Driving Guidance finds your
location from a connected GPS device and combines it with a route you have
created to give you voice-prompted driving directions.
Microsoft Location Finder: New Location Finder uses your computer's wireless
network capability and a database of known Wi-Fi access points to display your
location on maps, even if you do not have a GPS device.
New Map Style for Low-light Conditions: New Map style for low-light conditions
makes it easier to view maps on your laptop computer.
Pocket Streets: Microsoft Pocket Streets makes it easy for you to create custom
maps in MapPoint and then export them for use on your Microsoft Windows
Mobile-based Smartphone or Pocket PC.
Data Mapping Wizard: Create maps with your own data. Step-by-step instructions
guide you through applying your sales information and demographic variables to
custom map types.
Territories Wizard: Group common areas and overlay key information to create
customized maps of any region.
Drive-time Zones: Turn simple routes into an analysis tool by generating
drive-time zones to and from destinations.
Import/Link Data Wizard: Step-by-step instructions help you import or link
information from Excel, Access, and Outlook to a MapPoint-based map.
Custom & Multisymbol Pushpins: Create your own pushpin icons and use them on
your data maps. Or, choose multiple symbols that best represent a series of
data.
Customized Output: Choose from five different map styles for printouts,
including strip maps and turn-by-turn directions.
Map Annotations: Add custom directions or highlight important areas on your maps
by using the familiar tools on the drawing toolbar.
Drawing Tools: Create maps that fit your needs. Personalize your map with radius
circles, ovals, scribbles, and freeform shapes.
Save as Web Page: Make your maps more accessible to co-workers without MapPoint.
Output to Word and PowerPoint: Easily copy and paste your maps into
presentations and proposals.
