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Hi, Marcia, and thanks for the reply.

>I've heard others here mention Map Point. Correct me if I'm wrong, but
>I think I remember reading somewhere that Map Point was available free
>to the developer community?

>
>I don't know about it being free. But why is it a problem if it isn't?
>If it provides a solution, surely it is worth paying for.

True. OTOH, all of the data (such as long/lat, Zip, and road length)
should be free and somewhere on the net. It might be a combination
of data from the USGS, USPS, and the DOT, but the data is out
there somewhere. Maybe some government GIS site has the info.(Shrug.)
I was just hoping that somebody already beat me to the punch and rolled
their own database, combining all the data into one VFP DBC or whatnot.

Truthfully, it's not all that important that we have this
capability in our application. OTOH, it sure would make
things a bit easier in logistics tracking, and the end
users would really appreciate it, Marcia. Makes their life
a bit easier and all.

Randall
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Randall Jouett
Amateur/Ham Radio: AB5NI
I eat spaghetti code out of a bit bucket while sitting at a hash table! Someone
asked me if I needed salt, and I said, "I'm not into encryption." :^)
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