The estimated distance for map routing is calculated using the departure and arrival streets input by the user. Distances are derived from the road network rather than 'as the crow flies'. In some cases route numbers are used on the maps rather than the known road names. This occurs mainly on Freeways, Motorways and Tollways. Currently map routes can be generated within and between all capital cities and some major population centres such as the Central Coast in New South Wales, Wollongong, Geelong and the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, and the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast in Queensland.
Australian cities contain many locations which are known as ' localities' rather than 'suburbs'.
Localities do not have defined boundaries and often fall across multiple suburbs. When planning a route, the suburb name in a city should be used rather than a popular 'locality' name. For example use 'Box Hill North' or 'Surrey Hills' rather than 'Mont Albert', or use 'Darlinghurst' instead of 'Kings Cross'. Third Party Websites Links to a third party site are provided for your convenience only. Pacific Access, Telstra and their contractors are not responsible for and make no representations concerning the condition and content of, or products offered at the third party site.