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Any way to replace the default "Map of" entry?
Authored by: jigu on Feb 11, '05 12:43:20PM

Is there any way to replace the default "Map of" entry in the address book with such a script. In europe, the default Mapquest link doesn't really work so I'd like to get rid of it... Any ideas?



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Any way to replace the default "Map of" entry?
Authored by: pcook on Feb 13, '05 12:56:02AM

Related to this request . . . I tried the standard Mapqeust version to look for a Canadian address. Unfortunately "country=us" is inserted in the URL even though I have "Canada" entered in the Country field. So of course I get a result page with "did not match any locations". If I edit the URL so that "country=ca" the correct address is returned.

Is there a way to tweak the built-in functionality so that it respects the country field?

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-Peter



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Any way to replace the default "Map of" entry?
Authored by: bspahn on Feb 15, '05 06:24:10AM

I was very upset about this problem at first, but the solution was very... well, not obvious, but simple!

Change your address format for the particular address to the correct country. If your address is in Canada, then just click on the address tab while in Edit mode and choose "Change Address Format...>" and select "Canada". Done. Mapquest will show the correct location. I had this problem with addresses in the UK, France, Germany and wherever. Now it's sorted : )

Oh and if you don't like the way the address is presented for some of the countries you might want to look at another hint on this site which tells you how to make your own...

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2005020113180811



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