My brother is a cartographer with assignments from North Africa to Southeast Asia (partially bragging, partially setting up his credentials <g>). Go to ESRI's site at www.esri.com for the best information on mapping tools. I have worked a little with map objects (http://www.esri.com/software/mapobjects/index.html) and was quite impressed with the ActiveX controls included. HTH.

>Hi,
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>I am looking for a map capability to provide me with longitude and latitude in a level of street blocks.
>I need to locate a news rack on the street based on that. An address does not really works well. Since it is located in side walk. A map that can read also a dbf format, so I can zoom right in, based
>on some data linked into the map. That may work also with a GPS unit that can be accurate between 3 to 15 feet.
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>Any input appreciated.
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>Thanks
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>Doron