Hi,

>Regardless of which map package you use, you will need to purchase the >appropriate overlays to get you the detail you need. If Lat/Long will work for >you, then it is a matter of creating a points file, and overlaying that. If >you need street detail, then you will need to buy that. And that stuff can get >quite expensive. To buy all of the street files for the US from MapInfo, you >would need to shell out 30-40 grand.....

>>Mapinfo will work, but support is pathetic. There's another company that >>offers mapping ocx's but I can't remember the name. You might do a search on >>VFP and mapping here and on dejanews.com

I don't realy need street address, since I need to locate the exact location
of a news rack. For instance there could be couple of them against the Empire
State Building in Manhattan which takes the entire block. So I need to mark
down points on the map and link it to a table. Another thought is,
based on each News Rack ID number, get a grid which displays them, and
locate the map and zoom right into it. Lat/Long just will pin point the
exact location. Is MapInfo provides such capability.

Thanks

Doron