I've been asked to have a think about this but I dunno where to start...
Imagine a tourist site where you'd look up a hotel and it would perhaps pinpoint it on a map. But then you'd have a search facility for attractions within a certain radius of the hotel.
Eg. I look up Bates Motel then search for Shopping Malls within five miles.
The results would list any shopping malls and pinpoint them on a map.
Sounds a bit google/ajax kinda scary advanced stuff!
Would it work on postcodes (zipcodes) or map co-ordinates (latitude and longditude) and presumably there's a database somewhere with all these codes and co-ordinates - like the Post Office or Ordinance Survey??
