 | |  | |  | | Yell.com's mapping services | | | |  | |  | | Find your way with Yell.com's mapping services | | Driving directions, walking directions and maps
Lack of preparation by not getting driving directions, walking directions and maps may be the reason that the average Briton spends 39 hours during their life getting lost*. Yell.com has developed geographical solutions to help you get driving directions, walking directions and maps for your local area and throughout the UK.
Whether you're planning a business trip or holiday in the UK or you're staying in your local area, Yell.com provides a comprehensive source of businesses and services e.g. hairdressers, restaurants, hotels and pubs in the UK. It also plots the businesses on a map and offers driving directions or walking directions from your starting point in the UK.
Yell.com's map features allow you to plot multiple businesses on a map, interact with the map to show individual business locations, zoom, pan and get driving directions or walking directions from your doorstep. Yell.com can help you find and navigate to the business of your choice without getting lost and even find the nearest car park. | Multi Point Map?view multiple businesses in your chosen location
Whether you don't know the area you're in and need to find a pub near your hotel, or you're in your local area but want to see the locations of nearby businesses to help you decide between them, Yell.com can help. On Yell.com you can now plot the locations of up to 10 businesses on a map and also get driving or walking directions. - Click "Show results on map" on the results page and Yell.com will plot the businesses on a map.
- If you use Local Focus, it's even simpler?all your results are automatically mapped within your preferred location.
- With our interactive maps, you can click on a business on the map and see the detailed Location Map for that business.
 | Location Map
To see a detailed road map for just one business, you can either click on the business on the Multi Point Map or click on "Map/Directions" below your chosen business on the search results page.
The Location Map enables you to get your bearings by: - Panning north, south, east or west
- Zooming in or out—expand the UK map to see the surrounding cities or zoom in to see street names
- Get directions to the business from home, work or wherever you are in the UK—just fill in the right-hand box with a postcode or street name and town/city
| Directions and routing information
To save time and ensure you don't get lost, Yell.com can plot your route to the business of your choice by giving you driving directions or walking directions and a map. Just provide your postcode or street name and town/city to get: - Step-by-step instructions
- Mileage
- Map showing your start and finish points
Please see our guidance on mapping and routing accuracy. | Car parking?be prepared
Time wasted trying to find a car park is something Yell.com can help minimise with its dynamic car park feature.
You can now plot up to 10 car parks around a business you have found on Yell.com. Car park 1 on the map is the closest to the business and 10 is the furthest away. This feature will not only show the locations, addresses, distance and cost for each car park, but also allows you to request written directions from a start point, via the a selected car park, to the business.
It's simple to use: - From the search results page, select the "Map/Directions" link for the business you are interested in. This will take you to the Location Map.
- Click "Show results on map" within the "Find the nearest... Car Parks" box on the right. The nearest car parks will be plotted around the business of your choice.
To get a map with directions to the business via the car park: - Provide your postcode or your street name & town/city
- Select a car park from the drop down list
- Click "Plan Route".
* NOP World, January 2004 | | |  |
