Where do companies like Yahoo get their mapping information from?

[MLH]

If you could find driving directions automatically on the web 'n
download 'em, including them in outbound letters would be cool.
I can't tell you how many times a week I type directions to job
site locations around the state for subcontractors who may be
coming from anywhere within 500 miles of the jobs.

So, if I had a database containing a table of subcontractors and
their addresses and one containing jobsite addresses, it would
be a natural to want to obtain driving directions on demand and
in an automated fashion.

Who can get me started in the right direction?

[Scott McDaniel]

MapPoint Location Server from Microsoft appears to be able to do this:

http://www.microsoft.com/mappoint/default.mspx

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"MLH" <CR**@NorthState.net> wrote in message
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If you could find driving directions automatically on the web 'n
download 'em, including them in outbound letters would be cool.
I can't tell you how many times a week I type directions to job
site locations around the state for subcontractors who may be
coming from anywhere within 500 miles of the jobs.

So, if I had a database containing a table of subcontractors and
their addresses and one containing jobsite addresses, it would
be a natural to want to obtain driving directions on demand and
in an automated fashion.

Who can get me started in the right direction?

[MLH]

Oh, BTW... anyone ever tried Microsoft Streets & Trips 2004 B17-00119?
Does it provide driving directions? Will it handle a batch job
consisting of many starting address and a single target address,
returning a table of memo fields with driving directions?

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