The site has HTML, Java, and Active X versions to serve the variety of Internet users. Users can zoom in from a world map, as well as create street detail maps by centering on specific addresses in the United States, London, or Canada. Users can zoom, pan, and query points of interest. This site creates maps centered on a user-defined address or street intersection for the U.S. Users can customize the map by changing the icons for the address or intersection point the entered by the user, by changing the label for this point, and by added nearby businesses of interest. Users can print a larger grayscale version of the map, e-mail the map, add the map to their website.
Users can also calculate routes between points.
Streets and businesses from over 20 categories including book stores, cafes, children museums, galleries, movie theaters, music stores, night clubs, orchestras, and video rental. It uses Map Objects and Java to produce an interactive Java applet that can be downloaded for users with newer browsers. Users with older browsers can access the parcel database without the mapping interface. The Java applet is small and downloads quickly. Once on the client machine, it responds extremely fast.