Q. What is Microsoft MapPoint 2009?
Q. What is new in Microsoft MapPoint 2009? Why upgrade?
Q. How does MapPoint 2009 integrate with Office applications?
Q. Will there be an evaluation version of MapPoint 2009?
Q. What is the country coverage for European edition of MapPoint 2009?

Q. What is Microsoft MapPoint 2009?

• See your business in a whole new way.
  Use information-rich maps to illuminate important data relationships, identify business trends and illustrate opportunities. Create sales territories and share performance maps for instant impact.
• Location, location, location.
  Insert maps into your Microsoft Office documents and make mapping part of your custom business intelligence or fleet-tracking solution.

Q. What is new in Microsoft MapPoint 2009? Why upgrade?

• Refreshed data.
  Use updated geographic data in MapPoint to display trends and illustrate key points on maps.
• Updated user interface.
  Streamlined redesign simplifies tasks.
• Enhanced Live Search.
  Quickly find listings when online and add them to a route. Use descriptive words such as “coffee” and “restaurant” to find points near your location.

Q. How does MapPoint 2009 integrate with Office applications?

A. MapPoint is designed to work with Microsoft Office programs.

• Create maps from data stored in current versions of Office Excel®, Office Access®, Office Outlook®, Microsoft SQL Server® or other database sources.
• Insert maps into Office Word documents and PowerPoint presentations to illustrate everything from sales performance and customer locations to new business opportunities.
• Take advantage of the extensible MapPoint object model to build custom business solutions such as fleet tracking and business intelligence.

Q. Will there be an evaluation version of MapPoint 2009?

A. Yes. The MapPoint 2009 evaluation is available now.

• Download the evaluation software from the Microsoft Download Center.
  (Large file download—high speed Internet connections only.)

Q. What is the country coverage for European edition of MapPoint 2009?

A. MapPoint 2009 European Maps edition will ship in January 2009. In brief, the European edition of MapPoint will provide detailed street-level maps and address find capability for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In addition, MapPoint European edition will provide some street-level coverage, but does not support address find, for Andorra, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Monaco, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Vatican City.