Free guide on PDA (Palm, PocketPC, Smartphone...) to public transport systems worldwide (400 cities covered now).

Metro is very good and totally free PDAs software to guide you travel in 400 city around the world

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Start Screen

At the bottom you can see the full name of the database and the following information: Number of lines Number of stations Number of places of interest Last update of the database Launch the Address Book, with the Metro syntax for the last station in the clipboard. You'll just have to paste it in your contact note. Launch the Calendar, with the last computed route. You'll just have to paste it in your appointment note.

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Select a city

You can see the names of the databases, the last update dates, the languages, and the full pathnames. Validate Cancel Receive IR database Send IR database Update the selected database Update all databases Delete the selected database If you see "TOO OLD" in the database line, you cannot load this database, and you will have to delete it.
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Preferences

Routes with statistics Include the total number of stations and connections in the calculation results 'Clear' resets time If you want the "Clear" button to automatically set the travel time to the current day and hour Station name auto-fill The program will fill the "from" or "to" field with the first match after you have entered 3 letters, otherwise the program will filter the list Fewest connections If you prefer to see the route with fewest connections first in the results (instead of the shortest one) Choose your font. Copy your windows fonts to the windows/fonts folder on your PocketPC Flags Select your language If your text is found in the description of a place of interest, it will be displayed in red Choose your PIM application for the contacts/agenda Exit Add an entry in the menu to quit the software

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Route search

Depending on your preferences, you will see first the fewest connections or the shortest route. Places of interest If you click on icon, it will display the details of this stop. If you click on the text, it will recompute the travel from this stop. Places of interest that matches your string in the preferences. If you click on icon, it will display the details of this stop. If you click on the text, it will recompute the travel from this stop.. Stop If you click on icon, it will display the details of this stop. If you click on the text, it will recompute the travel from this stop. Direction If you click on icon, it will display the stops between the two stations. Line If you click on icon, it will close the line, and recompute the travel. If you click on the text, it will display the list of stations of this line. Walk If you click on icon, it will display the details of this stop. Contact address If you click on icon, it will display the details of this contact. You can enter several stations separated by ; in your "from" or "to" field

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Contacts List

In your Contact Note, enter station1;station2 TYPE can be HOME, BUSINESS or OTHER CITY is the name of your database You can sort & resize the columns, just click on them. You will see only the contacts of your currently loaded city. Type of the entry B for business H for home O for other Last name / Company If there is no Last name, display the Company Name First name First name Station Stations of your contacts separated by commas

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Detail of a place of interest

Full information abaout a place of interest. Only available in selected cities. Station close to this place of interest Place of interest Place of interest that matches your string in the preferences Line connected to this place of interest, deactivated by the user. Tap on the icon to reactivate it. Tap on the text to get the detail of the line. Line connected to this place of interest. Tap on the icon to deactivate it. Tap on the text to get the detail of the line. Line connected to this place of interest, closed at the selected day and time

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