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You will find two types of maps in our
pages: Google maps and Multimap.com maps
Google maps:
We have placed links to Google online maps on many of our pages
because they offer different features to multimap.com maps. For
example you can change the display to a satellite view of the area
and zoom in like this
link which will open a satellite
view of Windsor Castle, Windsor.
Plus Google maps give you an easy way to print out routes from one
place to another location -
click here
for more details on Google maps. For this
reason you will find a link to a Google map beside each of the town
or village names in our
pages of towns and villages by county
where you open a display of cottages within 25 miles of the location
you select.
New from Google - November 2008 - "Traffic"
Get
a quick check on the volume of traffic on your planned route from a
Google Map
How can I
customise my driving directions to avoid or include certain
roads or locations?
You can click and drag the purple line to
any location on the map to customise your exact route. This is
also helpful for comparing the distance and mileage of different
routes, or for avoiding bad traffic.
When you drag the purple line to a specific point, Google Maps
immediately recreates the directions on both the map and left
panel. Google Maps also updates the estimated travel time and
distance. If you change your mind, simply click the "Back"
button on your browser to reset your route.
You can also choose to simply avoid main roads by ticking the
box that appears in the left panel above the step-by-step
driving directions.
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Check out the features
on Google maps - they are constantly being added.
Features such as these each side
offer real help to take the stress out of your driving.
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Multimap.com maps:
When you view the property details page of a
cottage the link 'Find this property on a map' will open a map from
multimap.com showing you the location of the cottage - please see
details below about multimap.co. maps
Multimap.com online maps are also packed with features. You can even
print them out
Links to maps in The UK
Holiday Planner have been constructed to take you directly to a map
of the location described.
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Note that you can zoom
the map to drill down to view individual streets or back out to
display the location of the town or city in the country.
Click to open Multimap.com
Here is a portion of the the map
that opens when you click on the link "Find this property on a map"
in the property details page for a cottage in Middleham, Wensleydale,
North Yorkshire.
Features available now include the weather,
transport links, Cash Point machine locations, Parking, Petrol Stations,
and Wi-Fi hotspots (more and more people are looking for Wi-Fi hotspots
when they are away from home - you can get online to check your emails
and the internet even if your home is the other side of the world.
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How to find Wi-Fi (wireless internet)
connections using multimap.com
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What is Wi-Fi?
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The
website
Multimap.com offers an excellent
way to find Wi-Fi hotspot locations in many parts of the
world.
You will see this section (below) displayed to the left of the
multimap page giving you a summary of what facilities are available
in the map displayed. If you zoom the map to show more territory the
numbers associated with these facilities will increase. Here we see
that there are 2 Wi-Fi - also known as WiFi - hotspots in the map
displayed. Many of these Wi-Fi hotspots charge for access.
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WiFi hotspots
in 50 different countries around the world
An
increasing number of travellers are keen to go online with
their laptops and up until now it has been difficult to find
Wi-Fi hotspots, but now multimap.com brings you the ability
to select a location then display the Wi-Fi hotspots in that
area. Note that your will display more detail as you zoom-in
the map (show less area but more detail).
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If you frequently travel with your
laptop you should look out for wireless
hotspots that will allow you to
connect to the internet for free
When you click the free hotspots locater link above, try
entering the Postcode for Stratford-Upon-Avon - CV37 6QZ -
Postcodes are accurate for identifying locations throughout
the UK.
This is a rapidly developing technology and it is likely that the
areas covered and service provided will improve dramatically in the
future.
Click "Wi-Fi hotspots (2)" to display
the symbols for the hotspots in the map.
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Click on the Wi-Fi hotspot locator and a popup display will give you the
location of the hotspot. Use the control below to zoom the map.
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