Mapquest

automatically filling in an address

[Newnewbie]

Hi!
Has anybody seen a website that has a "click here for directions to our office", then when you click on it, it automatically goes to mapquest, and the name of the business is already typed in?

Does anybody know how that works? I'm pretty sure you have to set it up with Mapquest, right??

[Lisa]

Well, if you have the link in question just look at the parameters. I bet you will find the company name in the parameters.

I know I looked at Microsoft's parameters for expedia maps and saw you could set a parameter.

[tedster]

If you go to the exact Mapquest page you want, and copy the URL from your browser's location bar, you can paste that into the link and it will take your user right to the map you want them to see.

[sun818]

Yahoo! branded Mapquest maps are cleaner and easier to use, IMO.

[msr986]

Sorry sun, but I haven't seen mapquest on Y! in a while. They are using a different company!

The maps on Y! look great, but the driving directions need some help!

[madcat]

Or if you want just go to the mapquest site (bottom footer) and click on Business Solutions you'll see the free link on the left.

Is there anyway to make this deal W3C compliant?

[madcat]

Arggghhh, just the ampersands gettin' me...nevermind.

[sun818]

I stand correct. Looks like Yahoo! is using NavTech now.