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Country/regional (UK if not stated) |
People finders |
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Teldir Telephone Directories on the Web, worldwide, categorised by region, in English and other languages (*18 Feb 2008)
Yahoo People Finder (20 Sep 2003)
FAQ on finding addresses from Internet FAQ Archives (*5 Apr 2004)
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BT Directory Inquiries personal numbers, 10 free searches per day, more if you register (*3 Nov 2006)
UK Online includes a People Finder (*20 Sep 2003)
UK National Numbering telephone numbers administered by Ofcom (6 May 2008)
UKPhoneInfo is still active and has useful information but doesn't seem to have a coherent site map. (*6 May 2008)
There are links to other useful sites, otherwise guess your way through the sections list
There's a geographic mapping of old STD codes (London 0171/0181 at the top).
Look up International codes from BT (*18 Aug 2008)
UK postcodes and addresses from Royal Mail (*25 Aug 2007)
Switchboard Complete US phone book and other directories
Yellow.com White Pages multiple lookup on several directories (*20 Sep 2003)
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World miscellany |
| For news sources see the Press page
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Africaserver Africa links and information but now seems to be only in Dutch (*10 Nov 2008)
UK Bank Holidays from the UK's DirectGov service (10 Nov 2008)
USA public holidays from the Office of Personnel Management (10 Nov 2008)
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Place finders
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You must use Google Earth - visual locator, linked to Google Local. Full feature requires software download (*3 Nov 2006)
World Travel Guide Online - find a location and information about it (12 Mar 2004)
WebCam Central worldwide directory (30 Sep 2000)
Calculate distances (surface or Great Circle) by Lat/Long, and between major cities (*12 Mar 2004)
or try Distance Calculator (4 Oct 2004 tbc)
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Travellers' World UK tourism & accommodation (*12 Mar 2004)
Streetmap (28 May 2001) - searchable atlas of Great Britain, street maps and local information
If that doesn't work, try Multimap - you may need Advanced Search (12 Mar 2004)
Ordnance Survey UK (*25 Feb 2000)
MapsOnUs US online maps from Switchboard (3 May 2000)
Mapquest US or basic maps worldwide (*20 Sep 2003)
Paris information se présente mieux en français (*20 Sep 2003)
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Business |
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Teldir, noted above, also has Yellow Pages (29 Nov 2005)
Google Local - by search, not by catalogue (29 Nov 2005)
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UK business numbers from the BT Phonebook service (*25 Aug 2007)
Yell (online UK Yellow Pages) (*8 Dec 2000)
Thomweb Thomson Directories UK (28 Sep 2000)
Industry Research Desk, mainly US but some worldwide information (23 Oct 1998)
Switchboard's US Yell, with links to YPs in other countries too (*20 Sep 2003
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