A brief history of NextBase Ltd. and Automap Inc.

The original AutoRoute was developed by NextBase Limited in the UK in 1988. Version History AutoRoute V1.2 (not copy protected) This beta release was given out only to a small number of journalists prior to completing work on copy protection. From there is spread like wildfire to become one of the most pirated software products More >

AutoRoute Plus was the business version of AutoRoute (or later AutoRoute Express) from NextBase Limited.  AutoRoute Plus was capable of planning more complex journeys and also allowed customers to geocode their own data to see it on the map and to plan routes between locations from their own databases.  A Windows version followed the original More >

MapBase was a product from NextBase Ltd. that could be used to map territories, geocode databases and analyze databases within geographic boundaries.

NextBase AutoRoute Express USA was launched into the European market in 1992 aimed at people travelling to America on vacation or for business.

Automap Road Atlas was the first consumer route planning and mapping software product ever launched in the USA market. Created by British Software company NextBase Ltd. and sold under license by Automap Inc. in the USA it was launched in the USA in 1991. Automap Road Atlas was a successor to the highly successful UK More >

Microsoft Automap Road Atlas was a consumer route planning and mapping program sold on 3.5″ floppy discs.

Microsoft Automap Streets Plus was sold by Microsoft.  It contained street-level mapping data for the USA from Etak Inc.

Automap Pro was a professional route planning and mapping program sold by NexBase Ltd. through their American Subsidiary Automap Inc. in the USA Market.