# Microsoft AutoRoute

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{{short description|Discontinued software by Microsoft}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Microsoft AutoRoute
| developer = [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft)
| latest_release_version = 2013<ref name="trial download" />
| latest_release_date =  
| operating_system = [Windows XP](/source/Windows_XP) and later<ref name="trial download" />
| genre = [Route planning software](/source/Route_planning_software)
| size = 3.13 [GB](/source/Gigabyte)<ref name="trial download" />
| discontinued = yes
| license = [Trialware](/source/Trialware)<ref name="trial download">{{cite web|title=Try AutoRoute for Free|url=http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/autoroute/free-trial.aspx|website=microsoft.com|publisher=[Microsoft](/source/Microsoft)|accessdate=8 July 2014}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|microsoft.com/en-gb/autoroute/}}
}}

'''Microsoft AutoRoute''' is a discontinued travel planning program,<ref name=discontinued-softpedia>{{cite web|last1=Popa|first1=Bogdan|title=Microsoft Kills Three More Software Products|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Kills-Three-More-Software-Products-449781.shtml|website=[Softpedia](/source/Softpedia)|publisher=SoftNews|date=7 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=discontinued-paul>{{cite web|last1=Thurrott|first1=Paul|title=MapPoint and Streets & Trips Step Aside for Bing Maps|url=http://winsupersite.com/bing/mappoint-and-streets-trips-step-aside-bing-maps|website=Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows|publisher=[Penton Media](/source/Penton_Media)|date=7 July 2014|access-date=8 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116015503/http://winsupersite.com/bing/mappoint-and-streets-trips-step-aside-bing-maps|archive-date=16 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the European version of [Microsoft Streets & Trips](/source/Microsoft_Streets_%26_Trips). It covers the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) and all of [Europe](/source/Europe), including [European Russia](/source/European_Russia), as well as [Armenia](/source/Armenia), [Azerbaijan](/source/Azerbaijan), [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(country)), [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus) and all of [Turkey](/source/Turkey). AutoRoute was produced in several European languages besides English,{{which|date=July 2014}} and in two separate editions: AutoRoute and AutoRoute GPS.

==History==
Microsoft AutoRoute was originally based on Automap, route planning software created by British software company [NextBase](/source/NextBase) Limited. NextBase was founded by five friends working from a house in [Esher](/source/Esher), England, before eventually moving to an industrial park in [Staines](/source/Staines-upon-Thames). NextBase's first product was AutoRoute, which launched in 1988, and was eventually followed by AutoRoute Plus, MapBase, NextBase World Explorer, MapVision, Automap Road Atlas, Automap Streets and Automap Pro.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.laptopgpsworld.com/3562-history-autoroute-streets-trips |title=History of AutoRoute and Streets & Trips |access-date=2020-04-20 |archive-date=2016-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224015155/http://www.laptopgpsworld.com/3562-history-autoroute-streets-trips |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==AutoRoute==
As Microsoft states, AutoRoute was "customisable travel planning software that helps you get accurate directions, easily explore new areas and find the services you want and need along the way. You can create journey schedules, and drag and drop part of a route onto another section of road to create a detour. Points of interest are easy to browse and add to your journey. On or off-line, AutoRoute gives you detailed door to door directions and more than 5 million miles of navigable roads and motorways throughout Europe at your fingertips." The software covered 37 countries in Eastern and Western Europe.<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/uk/autoroute/autoroute.aspx Microsoft Autoroute homepage]</ref>

==AutoRoute GPS==
This version "includes the same software and functionality as AutoRoute, but adds a sleek, compact GPS receiver so you can plan your journey and track your location in real-time. AutoRoute with GPS Locator has many trip planning tools plus updated maps, so you'll always know exactly where you are and where to turn next."<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/uk/autoroute/autoroutegps.aspx AutoRoute GPS homepage]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

AutoRoute
Category:Route planning software

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