what other companies (besides mapquest and vicinity) provide basic maps for 
websites?

Heif,

Thanks for your question.  There are several online alternatives to Mapquest.  
Below is a brief list.

Expedia Maps
http://maps.expedia.com/

Lasoo
http://www.lasoo.com/

Mapblast
http://www.mapblast.com/

Maps On Us
http://www.mapsonus.com/

     Excite (uses Maps On Us technology)
     http://www1.excite.com/home/info/maps/maps_overview/

     Maps.com (uses Maps On Us technology)
     http://www.maps.com/explore/dynamic-maps/

National Geographic MapMachine
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/

Rand McNally (from main page choose “get a map”)
http://www.randmcnally.com/

Trip.com allows you to search by address or by latitude and longitude
http://www.trip.com/trs/trip/content/maps_driving/street_map_search_by_address.x
sl


In addition, Fodor’s has a good selection of basic maps for each world region 
it reviews.  To see the maps, go to 

http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/

and choose a region.  On the resulting page look for the Maps heading on the 
left sidebar.  These maps are not interactive.


Some other reference URLs:

Google open directory map section
http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Maps/


Search terms used:

online maps
online map OR maps reviews mapquest mapblast lasoo


Regards,
Cindy

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Clarification of Answer by cindy-ga on 19 Apr 2002 16:01 PDT

Heif,

If you are interested in including an actual interactive map on your own web 
page rather than a link to it, the following site from the above list expressly 
permits that function:

http://www.lasoo.com/

“'LasooLink' allows Web Masters to embed Lasoo's geovisual searching right on 
their own websites. Users need only type in WHAT they are looking for and WHERE 
they are looking for it to round up great results with Lasoo.”

Regards,
Cindy

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Request for Answer Clarification by heif-ga on 20 Apr 2002 07:55 PDT

thanks for your help.  your first answer was not relevant, but your second one 
was --- yes, i'm looking for interactive maps for my website.  thanks for the 
suggestion (lasoo) -- please let me know if you find any others.  (then, i'll 
go ahead and be done with this question.)  thanks!

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Clarification of Answer by cindy-ga on 21 Apr 2002 20:44 PDT

Multimap appears to offer interactive maps to small websites for free in 
exchange for a banner ad placed on the site, you can also pay a fee and have no 
banner ad.

http://www.multimap.com/indexes/freeindex.htm

Hope this helps,
Cindy

In the UK the Ordnance Survey has a superb service allowing users to home in on the 
area they are interested and use the results (1:50,000 and 1:250,000 scale) royalty free 
on personal non-commercial websites:
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http://www.ordnancesurvey.com
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Look for the 'Get-a-map' link. There are some specific (though generous) conditions 
which I urge you to read and abide by for your own protection. There are separate more 
generous conditions for the Education sector. All material for Northern Ireland requires 
separate permission.