advanced search:
... helps you find information online matching
your specific criteria. It's the more efficient way to search when you
know exactly what you want. The recommended tool for querying
the Global Registry of Contacts has a feature that allows you to
phrase
search. Another feature allows you to search case-sensitive. GRC
advanced search features are controlled by pull-downs.
Advanced search is defined in the .network glossary.
Also, the following pull-down menu listing search engines has them linked
to webpages with advanced features where offered. This resource is the
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Using the Web for site selection:
... Dennis
Donovan, principal, Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting, says that
the early part of a site
selection project features speed and efficiency; however, the
process features far less efficiency, effectiveness and timeliness
during the middle stages of a project due to weak economic development
Web sites. (Some members of the .network target
audience) ... researching communities,
will find a profusion of information sources to get started.
This information, which can be purchased or licensed, as well as
free information, has allowed site consulting groups such as Donovan's
to build proprietary databases. “This has greatly facilitated
our ability to conduct the up front part of location analysis very
efficiently,” Donovan says. “When you start reaching
out to the communities—that
is when the process gets time consuming.” ... The
source of the quoted (italicized) part of this paragraph is from
the magazine, Business
Xpansion Journal: Article titled: Positives
And Negatives Of The Internet In Site Selection.
In a 2003 issue of Expansion Management Magazine, Donovan is quoted
as saying: The Internet helps us gather information to both eliminate
and include areas until we get down to the final choices ... We
can use a combination of [Internet] sources to identify the best-looking
communities. The source article was titled, The
Internet Impacts Site Selection.
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standard transportation map:
... a useful reference for visualizing the layout
of a system supporting various means of conveyance on the surface
of a certain geographic
area that shows landmarks, points of interests, locations of
airports and other facilities for travelers as well as cities, towns
and other recognized communities. Its standard for such maps
to show names or other designations of travel routes that match with
existing signage. Cities, towns and communities identified on standard
transportation maps would be identifiable by signage when travelers using
them approach. Transportation maps in general are typically designed
to be used by travelers, especially drivers of vehicles. Such maps often
show distance or travel time between points.
Visit the .network library Map
Room for transportation and other types of maps online.
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