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TRAVEL RESEARCH SITES (rated and reviewed by our editors) |
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MapQuest
Simple to navigate and useful, this robust and well-known map site generates your requested travel routes and maps. Whether your plans include travel to Venice, Italy or Venice Beach in California, you'll find a huge selection of worldwide map and route choices, an online map store, and the "best driving directions available online."
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Enviromapper (USA)
The EPA's dynamic Enviromapper offers multi-layer mapping for the USA, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Click a location on the interactive map, Use the Mapper to display rivers, counties, states, and roads, or zoom in (choose the zoom radius, then click the map) to see schools, churches, and more.
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ArcData Online
Lost in Lithuania? Get your bearings here. One of few world-wide street map sites, this map generator zooms to a decent amount of detail for European and US maps (world maps are less detailed). You won't find smaller streets, but there's enough to get you from here to there.
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Infospace: Yellow Pages
Far more than just standard yellow pages, this clever and uncluttered USA-centric site draws customs maps and driving directions fast! Also locates countless businesses near you, such as lodging, airports and even gas stations. Fun to use.
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MapBlast
No address, no problem. For US landmarks from the Astrodome to the White House, choose a map from the drop down menu and you won't be led astray. Zoom in or out, move your center point, save the map, or print. MapBlast has driving directions too, but if you're heading to Europe you're out of luck; only a handful of countries are featured. More to come, they promise.
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Maps On US
We all seem to be in a hurry to get somewhere these days, so we're thankful for Maps on US. Input a street address, city, or zipcode to generate a map. Maps are clear and easy to read, with the ability to zoom in and out and give the map less detail. Yes, it is really that simple.
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Street Maps, Great Britain
For travelers planning a road trip in the UK, this handy road map will come in, well, handy. This engine generates detailed road maps--you just input the city, county, street, post code or grid reference. Supposedly, it's still in Beta testing, but this map looks great to us!
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Road Map Collectors of America
If you happen to be a map enthusiast, all roads lead to this collectors' site. Look through the state and highway map catalog, check out commercial dealers, browse roadmap links, and find out how to join the club.
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Take a Free Trip on Autopilot
Use this fun site to design a custom road route within the U.S.A. (Want to take the scenic route? Skip the tolls?) Accurate results with miles and driving times helped us overlook the billboard feel to the site.
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Streetmap.com
Streetmap.com is link central for worldwide map sites. Link to a city map of Madrid or a provincial map of The Netherlands. Not all maps go into great detail, but this is a good place to start researching.
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The Toll Roads of America (and Canada)
Troubled by Toll Roads? Check this set of links to US and Canada Toll roads. Here, you get info on length, exits, and other notes, as well as links to official state web sites with more details.
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