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The Automobile Association
For AA members, the on-line information available is far more detailed than that offered to non-members. |
 | Traffic information can be accessed by clicking a region or by motorway. |
| All details are updated regularly. |
| Input a Start and a Finish and up to 3 interim destinations. |
| Results are presented in text form, with thorough descriptions of roads to take including names & numbers. |
| The AA also provides handy information for car-running costs, a hotel booking service, and a restaurant & pub guide. |
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RAC
The RAC has a wealth of on-line motorway information, however here it is freely available to members and non-members alike. |
| Planning a route can be planned using postcodes and town names, and you can also specify up to 3 steps in between. |
| | Choose between getting the fastest or lowest mileage route (even in Europe). |
| Results are displayed on screen both in text form (naming roads, providing distances and times), and as a graphical map. |
| Maps can be scrolled around and zoomed in and out. |
| The RAC will send you an email with updated details of any roadworks, accidents or congestion, for whatever time of day you are ready to leave. This site also contains a Hotel Finder. |
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Shell
The Shell site features an impressive journey and planning site, featuring a vast archive of town maps for places all over Europe. each of which can be zoomed in, to show a great deal of detail. |
| As well as being useful for finding a street once you have directions to a town, Shell maps also point out various amenities. |
| Provides impartial information on local restaurants, tourist attractions & accomodation (including full addresses & telephone numbers). |
| Features a proper map-printing facility with various options to produce your journey in colour, black & white or greyscale, and in different sizes - up to a full page of A4. |
| Send a map as an email attachment to someone you are giving directions. |
| A comprehensive route planner with detailed directions for each step of your journey can be illustrated with a map. |
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Ordnance Survey Maps
Responsible for maps circulating the UK, Ordnance Survey offers free access to any street map you need. |
| Maps are highly detailed, enabling you to find small streets in villages. |
| Conduct searches using town names or postcodes and zoom in on maps for those details. |
| Ordnance Survey provides a link to the Multimap Website that can provide more maps, including some that are worldwide. |
| Lists a number of local facilities ie: Cinema's, Hotels, Restaurants, Pubs, Homes for sale and Tourist attractions. |
| A comprehensive route planner with detailed directions for each step of your journey can be illustrated with a map. |
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