Not bad, I tried it a couple of different time and it didn't list any of the
roads I was trying to use. I was trying to make a map to Sunbeam
Specialties in Los Gatos, Ca. It didnt even have a road close to his
location and it is in a metropolitan area.
so I guess map quest must be taken with a grain of salt -
rob
At 12:53 PM 10/4/96 -0600, you wrote:
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> A couple weeks back someone mentioned Mapquest, the interactive map
> service on the Internet. Since I have to find a place out of state in
> a couple weeks, I decided to give it a try.
>
> After connecting, the first place I tried was my own house. After
> giving it my address, it churned for a minute or so, then filled my
> screen with an accurate map of my neighborhood, with a star indicating
> my house. I could zoom in or out to get the level of detail I needed.
> Neat.
>
> So then I tried my friend's new place, and ended up with another star
> that matches up with the verbal description of the route to his house.
> Again neat. How about more of a challenge? Another friend has a
> place on a lake in Maine, on Fire Road that has no name, just a
> number. Mapquest couldn't find the road, but I hunted around the
> town, and found the road indicated on the map, unnamed. I even found
> the street an acquaintance lives on in Glasgow, Scotland.
>
> Give it a try. It 's at:
>
> http://www.mapquest.com
>
> Stu
>
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