About London Access

Welcome to the first guide to Central London for your PC - London Access!

Features

London Access is an electronic map that enables you to locate streets, tube stations, restaurants and tourist attractions. It also contains a tube journey planner.

The area covered ranges from Earl's Court in the west to Whitechapel in the east, and from Lambeth in the south to Swiss Cottage in the north.

You can scroll the map view area using the normal scroll bar functions.

The Red Arrow points to the last feature you selected using the menu bar functions, or it can be set with the Set Arrow command.

The File Menu

The Street Menu

The Tube Menu

The Attraction Menu

The Restaurant Menu


The File Menu

Save View   Ctrl+S

This stores a picture file of the area of the map you are looking at. The file is saved to the directory containing the LONDON.EXE. This feature allows you to find important or frequently used views without scrolling.

Load View   Ctrl+L

This loads a picture file you previously created using Save View.

Delete View   Ctrl+D

This deletes a previously saved view.

Save Bitmap

This saves a bitmap of the view you have selected.  You can import the bitmap into other applications.

Printer Setup

This is the standard Windows printer setup dialog.

Print

This prints the view you have on screen, and gives you options to print a list of the closest tube stations, attractions and restaurants to the point you have selected. The tube station information will also contain the lines served by that station; please note that the Central line is identified with a large C, the Circle line with a small c.

Exit   Ctrl+X

This quits London Access.


The Street Menu

Find Street   Ctrl+F

You can find a street from the alphabetical list by typing in its name. As you type more letters of the name, the list of choices shrinks. You can select a street by double-clicking its name with the mouse pointer. The red arrow will then point to the street.

Set Arrow

You can set the red indicator arrow to a point on the map defined by the cross-hair cursor. This feature can be used to indicate precisely an interesting feature or meeting point.

Go Back   Ctrl+G

This command allows you to scroll the map and then return it to the last position selected with a Find or Closest command selection.


The Tube Menu

Find Tube   Ctrl+T

You can find a tube station from the alphabetical list by typing in its name.

As you type more letters of the name, the list of choices shrinks. You can select a station by double-clicking its name with the mouse pointer. The red arrow will then point to the station.

Please note that, although all stations in the Greater London area are listed for use in the Tube Planner, some tube stations are outside the area of the map. If you select one of these, the result window will be blank.

Closest Tube   Ctrl+C

This selects the nearest tube station to your current position defined by the red arrow pointer, in other words from the last position you selected with a Find or Closest command.

If you select a station outside the area of the map, the result window will be blank.

Tube Planner

To find the best route between two stations, select the name of the starting point and finishing point of your intended journey from the alphabetical list by typing in their names.

The route will then be displayed with the required lines and interchange stations.


The Attraction Menu

Find Attraction   Ctrl+M

Find a tourist attraction from the alphabetical list by typing in its name.

As you type more letters of the name, the list of choices shrinks. You can select an attraction by double-clicking its name with the mouse pointer. The red arrow will then point to the attraction.

Closest Attraction

This selects the nearest attraction to your current position defined by the red arrow pointer, in other words from the last position you selected with a Find or Closest command.


The Restaurant Menu

Find Restaurant and Closest Restaurant allow you to look for restaurants of many varieties, either in the whole map or the closest to your current position.

Either menu item brings up a dialog box with the following options; Cards Accepted, Price Range, and Type of Food.

Cards Accepted include the following:

ACC     Access (Mastercard)

AM     American Express

DC     Diner's Club

SW     Switch

VI     Visa

The Price Range codes refer to the typical cost of a three course meal for one, excluding wine.

£     Below £10

££     Between £10 and £20

£££     Between £20 and £30

£££+     Over £30

By selecting one or more of these options you can narrow your search for a very specific type of restaurant, or leave it wider to bring up a longer list of options. For instance you could select Chinese restaurants which take Access cards and are moderately expensive, or you could leave all the selections blank and select from all the restaurants.

The Type of Food selection window includes not only national cuisines but also general styles of food and venue, such as seafood or boat restaurants. You can select one or more types here just by clicking on them with your mouse pointer. This highlights your selections in light blue.

If you make your search too narrow there may be no matches, in which case the resulting list will be blank.

Once you have a list, you can send the red arrow to the restaurant of your choice by double-clicking on it. You can now use the Restaurant Info menu item to find out specific details about that establishment.

To find out more information about a listed restaurant, or to make a reservation, please ring Restaurant Services on 0181 888 8080. The office is open between 9am and 8pm from Mondays to Friday and the helpful and knowledgeable staff will be pleased to advise you on any restaurant listed.