Help with Maps

G

Gordon

I may need to be directed elsewhere, but here goes. My wife and I
volunteer in the Family Room in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of
our local children's hospital. For many families, this room becomes
their home for a few days as the hospital provides bed linens for them
and lets them spend the night there. Many familes do so, either
because they are from out of town and cannnot get in to the Ronald
McDonald House or they are local but their kids are so sick that they
want to be close by.

I would like to provide a map showing all moderately priced
restaurants within a 2 mile radius. If possible, I would like to code
each restaurant identifier with such things as, type of food, whether
or not they take credit cards and, especially, will they deliver to
the hospital.

Is it possible to use Mapquest or Yahoo to do this and, if so, where
could I get the directions? Please forgive me for such a stupid
question but neither my wife nor I are computer savvy and we would
like these families to have a break from the hospital cafeteria.
Sometimes it is good for them to get out of the hospital even if it is
only for an hour or so.

Please do not flame me if this is a stupid question.

Gordon
 
W

Wayne-I-M

Hi Gordon

No, its not a stupid question. I created a map of the area I live for a
local school goup using Google Maps (go to google maps and then to My Mpas
and then to Create Your Own Map). You will need to create an account but
it's free.

https://www.google.com/accounts/Ser...co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=2&hl=en&gl=uk


I am not sure about if the copyright law would allow you to do what you want
but if you e mail google they would give you an answer.

This forum is for MS Access and you may get a better (more informed) from
another forum such as http://www.googlemapsforum.com/

Good luck with you project - I think it's a really good idea.
 
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