Online maps of Germany that mark businesses

is there anything like google earth but with more options, for germany? i'm especially intrested in options that help to find some specific shop, or restaurant or anything else (google earth has only general stuff like banks, hospitals, shops etc. but to find specific shop or maybe for example, a plumber that is in the neighbourhood, it's impossible)

i'm especially intrested in frankfurt, but i suppose if such map exists it's for the whole germany.

It's been over a year and here it is again. Truly odd.

Not sure if it is what you are looking for, but why not try the Yellow Pages

http://www.gelbeseiten.de/yp/quick.yp

why odd? yes, i asked this question 1 year ago, nobody really helped me back then (well, somebody did, but google earth doesn't have enough options for me), i managed to find my way without such maps when i was in Berlin now going to frankfurt, so i ask again, maybe someone will help me this time.

Have you tried maps.google.com instead of google earth? Not sure if it will be different as I don't use Google Earth but locate where you live/need something then just type in the search box what you want like Restaurant

have you tried map24.de? points of interrest are indicated on the maps, not that rich like navisystem but still ok
you can also use google maps, then use seach nearby, or find business. I always find very useful things using address or postcode, then general business name like (greek resturant)
give it a try

Have you tried MSN live maps?

thanks, map24 and maps.live.com are new to me this is what i was looking for - alternative to google earth , i will give it a try.

of course if somebody else knows yet another good interactive map, then go ahead and add it to this thread

Maps

i can't find even one useful map here.. it's very strange.

imagine this, i'm at my new home in germany, i'm feelling not too well, i would like to visit a doctor. So i go to some interactive portal, and look for a doctor that is closest to my home. i would like to choose so it will be public one,not private.

Or... some pipe breaks at my apartment, and i want to find a plumber that is near me.. Is it possible?

in country where i'm currently living, there are at least 3 portals that do this for free, quick maps with all possible bussiness and institutions near address i type in (more than 1000 categories). Does this thing not exist anywhere else?

you're spoiled.

Yeah, Barcelona had one of those too, it was really useful, but as far as I know there is no such thing in Germany. But you can use Google Maps, if you type in Hausärzte Frankfurt it'll show you several results. Replace Hausärzte with whatever else you need (other doctors, but Supermärkte works as well).

Try using this:Branchenkompass-Frankfurt. It even has helpful little symbols to click on for Doctors, dentists, whore houses etc. You put in your area and it gives you a list with a Google map showing you where it is, what more could you want?

sorry, no luck so far... so for example, i want to find closest shopping mall... where and what do i type?

i can't find Shopping mall category here http://www.branchenkompass-frankfurt.de/ or anywhere else (including google maps or live.com which doesn't seem to have categories at all)

Einkaufszentren, Frankfurt on Google Maps.

Einkaufscenter on Branchenkompass.

And on Live.com the first result for Einkaufszentren Frankfurt is this site, a list of all malls in Frankfurt.

The problem is not that these sites do not have what you need, you don't know how to use them. I am not sure what exactly is so hard about that, though. Clearly you will have to type in what you're looking for in German.

You didn't look very hard did you, under E, there is a category Einkaufscenter, click on that and it lists them.

Maybe he was expecting everything to be in American English and so couldn't find "Shopping malls".

ok, i see where my problem is.

of course i looked for it in german, and according to my dictionary, i should look for things like :

1 Handlung
2 Laden
3 Geschäft
4 Kaufhaus

so i looked for it or any combination of it... didn't have a clue that it is called enkaufscenter

thank you very much for help. i'm looking forward to my german lessons when i come in to frankfurt...

p.s. english is not my native, so please don't accuse me of being ignorant about other languages i just didn't have a chance to learn german too well yet. i hope my life in germany without german language won't be a nightmare. (at least at the beggining)

juice99, all those words mean shop / store in English. It is hardly surprising that that won't get you any results. You'd have to be a bit more specific (i.e. what kind of store, pharmacies, grocery stores, etc.). But I doubt you'd get any more results at any other sites in other languages.

Here you go for next time...

http://dict.leo.org/ende?search=shopping+mall

first entry

http://www.qype.co.uk/de

qype doesn't show businesses near specific address, same for www.branchenkompass-frankfurt.de.

and in google you have to know the name of the category to type it in, and i can bet there aren't many (i wasn't able to find a list of categories)

and i have first problem, i want to find some cheap paid-parking near some specific address. the links you all gave me won't help, entering parking, Triftstrasse 27, Frankfurt , doesn't really show too many options.

should i assume there is no paid parking near, or just google doesn't have it?

is there really no such thing as find bussiness near address in germany? i really find it hard to believe.

Parkhäuser, Frankfurt.

Seriously, just use some common sense! You can type in a specific neighborhood of a city, like: Parkhäuser, Neuperlach, München.