Birds eye view in Streets and Trips 2010

First Merry Christmas,

I have been playing with my Streets & Trips 2010 for about 24 hrs now. Took a nice 80 mile round trip to the in-laws last night. I have a few questions.

Is it possible to view the map as a birds eye view instead of from directly above?

Also, when you go full screen view, can you bring up the speed and direction without bringing up the side window?

Also, I have yet to get my waypoints (push pins) to save for the next time I open the program.


Thanks,

Ken

Yes, Streets & Trips 2010 does have "Birds eye view". Microsoft calls it "Navigation view". In earlier versions it was called "Perspective view". In most other navigation products it is called "3D view".

Awesome, thanks, I planned on doing some more playing tomorrow, now I know where to start.

Just for the record, guys, "bird's-eye view" is normally used to mean the 2D overhead view (map view in Streets&Trips). E.g. this is how it would look if you were a bird flying above of this part of the map.

I suppose the 3D perspective could be assumed to be a bird's-eye view if the bird was perched on the hood of your car ... or dive-bombing some poor pedestrian.

...ken...

Yes, Ken, those kinds of birds we had in mind.