DeLorme announced the release of its Earthmate GPS LT-40, a next generation GPS for laptop PCs. The LT-40 features the STMicroelectronics Teseo chipset for superior signal acquisition, retention, and positional accuracy, even in challenging urban GPS environments.
This launch also debuts Street Atlas USA(r) 2009 DVD mapping software, for family and everyday use, and the more feature-rich Street Atlas USA 2009 PLUS DVD, aimed at business and advanced users. In addition to the U.S., each also covers Canada (street-level detail) and Mexico (main roads).
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DeLorme, the leading digital mapping, software, and GPS provider, today announced the release of its Earthmate GPS LT-40,
a next generation GPS for laptop PCs. The LT-40 features the
STMicroelectronics Teseo chipset for superior signal acquisition,
retention, and positional accuracy, even in challenging urban GPS
environments.
This launch also debuts Street Atlas USA?? 2009 DVD mapping software, for family and everyday use, and the more feature-rich Street Atlas USA 2009 PLUS DVD,
aimed at business and advanced users. In addition to the U.S., each
also covers Canada (street-level detail) and Mexico (main roads).
Breakthrough New Low Price Expands the Market
Both software titles, along with the LT-40, support
the new generation of ultra-mobile personal computers (UMPCs). This is
in keeping with DeLorme's commitment to supporting the latest hardware
advances.
New NavMode Option
New with Earthmate GPS LT-40 is the NavMode option,
a "cockpit view" featuring improved deployment of navigation
information and user controls.
NavMode also delivers an optional 3-D perspective
that displays a more horizontal look at the streets and roads ahead
(built on DeLorme's renowned 3-D mapping engine).
ConstantLock Signal Retention
A primary strength of the LT-40 is its new
high-sensitivity, Teseo-driven ConstantLock signal retention. Signals
as weak as -159dBm are routinely acquired and maintained without
sacrificing positional accuracy.
With STMicroelectronics' and DeLorme's
groundbreaking Kalman filtering, the LT-40 maintains its fix even amid
tall buildings, and in high radio frequency (RF) areas (e.g. close
proximity to cell phone towers). The LT-40 is WAAS-enabled for accuracy
within three meters, and has a redesigned RF front end. It uses
STMicroelectronics' Galileo-ready STA5620 chipset based on advanced low
power BiCMOS SiGe technology.
Preferred by Serious Users
While after-market GPS personal navigation devices
(PNDs) have been growing rapidly in popularity, a sizeable segment of
serious users still prefer the large-screen perspective and powerful
mapping software that a laptop enables. "The LT-40 is a very practical
GPS solution for anyone with a laptop PC," said Caleb Mason, Director
of Marketing at DeLorme. "It offers advanced GPS capabilities at a very
low cost--just $69.95 with Street Atlas USA?? 2009 software included.
"Our research is telling us that
many GPS power users who are already traveling with a laptop PC prefer
the large screen for GPS navigation, because it displays so much more
geographic area; they also want the ability to plan trips and utilize
the full computing power of a laptop, compared to the more limited
trip-planning capabilities that installed GPS systems and after-market
PNDs can provide."
Broad Array of Planning and Navigation Features
Indeed, the LT-40 and included Street Atlas USA 2009
software deliver a broad array of high-end trip-planning and navigation
features, including automatic road routing, over 4 million searchable
places of interest, interactive voice technology, (spoken directions
with street and road names and numbers, and responses to a user's
spoken questions and commands), automatic back-on- track routing if
detours or side trips take the user off course, and GPS radar to locate
nearby restaurants, lodgings, and other places of interest while
traveling.
In addition to the LT-40, DeLorme is also offering the Earthmate GPS LT-40 PLUS, which comes with Street Atlas USA 2009 PLUS DVD software.
Street Atlas USA and Street Atlas USA PLUS
With the 2009 release, both versions of Street Atlas
USA include UMPC support, plus hundreds of thousands of added roads and
updated road names. In addition, countless sports venues-- professional,
college, and NASCAR-- have been added to the data.
The Street Atlas USA software products are what
drive all the navigation, travel planning, routing, and GPS management
capabilities available to LT-40 users. In addition to those touched on
above, they include a wide variety of map customizing features and
flexible print options.
Import Usable Aerial Imagery
Users can also access usable aerial imagery via the
software's NetLink tab. Unlike what's available online, DeLorme imagery
can be used for GPS tracking, and users can add Map Notes or other
custom edits to the imagery--for example, to label landmarks. Users also
have the option to overlay DeLorme road data.
Street Atlas USA 2009 PLUS Capabilities
Street Atlas USA PLUS DVD users will find all of
the detail and capabilities available in the regular version; PLUS
users also receive 150 million residential and business phone listings
for the U.S. and Canada; and the ability to import and geo-locate data
from programs such ACT!, Excel spreadsheets, and other programs. PLUS
also enables large-format printing and the ability to embed links to
photos, documents, and Web URLs in the map data.
The Earthmate GPS LT-40, Street Atlas USA 2009 DVD
and Street Atlas USA 2009 PLUS DVD are all available at electronics
stores throughout the U.S. and Canada. They can also be purchased
direct from DeLorme at www.delorme.com, or by calling 800-561-5105. The Earthmate GPS LT-40 PLUS can be purchased at U.S. retailers, and direct from DeLorme.
