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juice99
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.
Keydeck
QUOTE (juice99 @ Jul 13 2007, 12:20 pm) *
Do you know any interactive Berlin map, where i could point an address, and see all shops near it? or all restaurants? or all computer stores, or anything other...

google maps or any other map i found, doesn't have option to select some type of buildings to show up on the map, but i'm sure there has to be something like this for berlin or even whole germany

It's been over a year and here it is again. Truly odd.
Orla_inka
Not sure if it is what you are looking for, but why not try the Yellow Pages

http://www.gelbeseiten.de/yp/quick.yp
juice99
QUOTE (Keydeck @ Aug 14 2008, 10:52 pm) *
It's been over a year and here it is again. Truly odd.

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 smile.gif now going to frankfurt, so i ask again, maybe someone will help me this time.
vinchenzison
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
thunder_eg
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 wink.gif
leky
Have you tried MSN live maps?
juice99
thanks, map24 and maps.live.com are new to me smile.gif 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
Keydeck
Maps
juice99
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?
Elfenstar
QUOTE (juice99 @ Aug 21 2008, 12:04 pm) *
...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.
Mariposa
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).
Allershausen
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?
juice99
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)
Mariposa
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.
Allershausen
QUOTE (juice99 @ Aug 24 2008, 5:51 pm) *
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)

You didn't look very hard did you, under E, there is a category Einkaufscenter, click on that and it lists them. rolleyes.gif
Small Town Boy
Maybe he was expecting everything to be in American English and so couldn't find "Shopping malls".
juice99
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 smile.gif 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)
Mariposa
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.
Small Town Boy
Here you go for next time...
Gorgo
http://dict.leo.org/ende?search=shopping+mall

first entry
loquito
http://www.qype.co.uk/de
juice99
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)
juice99
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? sad.gif i really find it hard to believe.
Mariposa
Parkhäuser, Frankfurt.

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