Hi Dirk,

>be aware that the microsoft licenec for mappoint is per mashine.

Per machine. NAK! :^)

>but if the data has the geocode you do not need mappoint anymore if you use
>the easy distance calculation methode.if you want real driving calculation

Yes. This is what I need, but I figure there's enough data out there on
the net to do this cheaply and in a "not so time consuming" fashion. I
was just hoping that some other programmer out there already rolled the
DBF file up or something.

>the 250 for mappoint is quite cheap

I agree, and I also think that Microsoft should be compensated for
their dev time. OTOH, a per-machine license would be out of the
question for our clients. Oh, well.

Randall