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Recommended Websites

In the coming weeks, we hope to develop this section of the site into a database, with quality links, organised by category.

Google Maps http://maps.google.co.uk

Google is the most popular search engine, with 48% of surfers using it, but there's more to Google than just searching…

If you are familiar with streetmap.co.uk or multimap.co.uk and the very basic navigation that their systems offer, be prepared to be amazed by Google Maps. We are talking big maps, fast zoom in and out, maps that can be dragged to move from town to town, travel directions from A to B (B is okay but I wouldn't want to spend my holidays there).

And there's more - you can switch to a satellite view of any section of the map (detailed enough to show the aeroplanes on the runways of Edinburgh Airport) and your directions can be overlaid onto the satellite image - handy for any voluntary organisations who own helicopters.

Google maps are so useful that CVS Fife have replaced all the multimap links on our Directory of Organisations to use Google instead. We have also added more detailed information on each organisation so you might want to check out your details and try the Google Map link.

Freebyte www.freebyte.com

The web is full of free images, programs, information and whatever, but all too often the search for them leads to pop-up hell and inappropriate images.

Freebyte offer quality links to a plethora of free stuff - clean pages, helpful descriptions and no pop-ups. The home page lists many sections including:

Words of caution: keep your anti-virus software up-to-date and bear in mind that free alternatives to programs such as MS Office will not have the same depth of functionality, support or training opportunities that the industry standards can offer.