GT, I have the current detailed street map but I find that using my Garmin GPS much easier and safer than fumbling with a map while driving.
As far as getting the street addresses converted to lat. and long. coordinates so a POI file can be created has been somewhat of an adventure. First of all Microsoft maps do not give you a way to convert the locations to lat. and long. The photos are more up to date compared to Google.
With Google I found a second source that will give you the location in lat and long and the streets are shown on the maps correctly for almost everything in TV that I am looking for. The problem is with the java script that is used for the conversion from a street address to coordinates. For example there are 6 rec centers on Odell Circle. Once you enter the first one into the script the same location will come up for all the Odell addresses entered. Looks like the queue is not cleared for the next entry properly. The same thing happens with Canal Street.
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