"Gary Lotto" wrote in message
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Thanks, Graham. May I assume that this will work on the iPad (using
Google Maps) as well as on the Mac?

On 2012-12-27 20:03:11 +0000, Graham Harrison said:

"Gary" wrote in message
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When planning a trip I am constantly looking for answers to questions in
the format spelled out in the Subject. Examples:

Search for chinese restaurant in or near Dillon, SC
Search for Hampton Inn in or near Rocky Mount, NC
Search for Pancake House restaurant in or near Embassy Suites, Deerfield
Beach, FL

Does anyone knoow of a web site that coujld answer questions like these?


No, but I can do it in easy steps using Google.

1) Search Dillon NC
2) Click on Map
3) Clear the search box above the map which will say Dillon SC
4) now search (in the box you just cleared) Chinese Restaurant

Result - 3 in Dillon SC.

It's not foolproof; there's an IHOP in Deerfield Beach but if you search
Pancake House on a map of Deerfield Beach IHOP doesn't show. Oh, wait,
maybe that's not such a surprise!



I don't see why not. Google do give different results according to whether
you are logged in to your Google account or not and I wouldn't put it past
them to change results based on other things they "know" about you. There
have been stories that Amazon shows the same items but different prices to
people using iPads so the only way of being sure is experiment.