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Mapping and phone directories
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really provide you two services. First, they will calculate a route for you to drive. Type
in your starting point, and your destination, and the website will calculate the best
route. Some will allow you to customize the results - by adding intermittent stops, by
telling the computer to exclude all toll roads and/or freeways. In a moment or two you
will have a suggested route, with highway numbers, total miles, and estimated driving
time. The second type of map is the detailed city map. Usually you will be able to zoom in to see a smaller portion of the city, with far more detail, right down to neighborhood streets. Keep in mind that you are online, and each time you zoom in or out; or move north or south, east or west, the map needs to redraw. If you have ever used a mapping program on CD-ROM, doing the same online will seem painfully slow! My advice, buy the CD-ROM and use your time on the Internet more wisely! Here’s a list of the sites, take a look and see if you don’t agree. Free trip. Type in your starting point, your destination, type of highways you like (avoid toll roads, for example) and types of attractions you would like to see, and this free route planner will calculate your route, with highway numbers, miles, and estimated time for the trip. http://www.freetrip.com/ Delorme Cyber Maps. Type in your starting point, your destination, and this free route planner will calculate your route, with highway numbers, miles, and estimated time for the trip. But you can choose only one of 2 options; quickest route, and shortest route, either way will almost always route you on the Interstate system. http://www.earthamaps.com/ Maps of United States National Parks and Monuments. The Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection. The University of Texas at Austin. Click here. Yahoo Maps. Type in an address, get an online map. http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py RV Net Linx. Links to many map websites, routing websites, plus weather and road conditions: http://www.rvnetlinx.com/htonroad.php3 Interstate Wizard - Look up any state, any exit number on any Interstate route, and find out the brand of fuel, name of restaurants, lodging, camping, at that exit. A must for those who drive the superhighways. http://www.interstatewizard.com/ White Pages.com and Yellow Pages.com Excellent resource, you can even do a "reverse" lookup to find who owns a particular phone number. Or find a particular kind of business in the Yellow Pages, and find it on the map. http://www.whitepages.com http://www.yellowpages.com AOL.com - White page search. Find any person in the USA or Canada (if they have a telephone listing.) Yellow page search - type in a business type and a city, and get a list of all related businesses. Name, address, phone, map, driving directions. Quick response time. http://www.aol.com/netfind/whitepages.adp http://yp.aol.com/ All above links checked 12/10/02. Report dead links here.
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