The user can choose to work with one or a combination of styles. A road map displays street and highway information. Terrain maps display large physical geographic features, conveying a sense of elevation, vegetation cover, and land-use type. Data maps present thematic information, such as average household income. Inc. The data available will differ by country, but generally include population, households, population in group quarters, average household size, average household income, median age of total population, and population by various age ranges.
Data are avail-able at a geographic scale of postal code, metro area, city, state, or province.
Overall, MapPoint 2001 has a more refined and stable feel than its predecessor. The user can choose between fastest route, shortest route, or preferred roads. Preferred roads bias the routing toward particular street types. This can be handy if one prefers scenic drives or high-speed state highways to Interstates or limited access highways. Figure 1 shows a route map from Vail, Colorado, to a restaurant in Leadville, Colorado.