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Mapquest/VFP problems
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13/12/2005 12:30:28
Mike Yearwood
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 6 SP5
OS:
Windows XP
Network:
Windows XP
Database:
Visual FoxPro
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Thread ID:
01077525
Message ID:
01077574
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Hello Mike,

Agreed the API is the best way to go, but the URL stuffing method that I used took less than 10 minutes to implement.

Bob

>Gentlemen
>
>If I'm not mistaken, Mapquest does not want automated hits on their service without using their API. It works quite well, if your data is clean enough.
>
>http://www.mapquest.com/features/main.adp?page=legal
>
>>Hello Dick,
>>
>>I hadn't realized it, but you are correct. Looks like they changed some of the passed parameters, so it should be an easy fix.
>>
>>Bob
>>
>>>Has anyone else noticed a problem with blank maps appearing on Mapquest when it's called from a VFP app? This appears to have just started recently.
>>>
>>>TIA
>>>
>>>Dick Day
'If the people lead, the leaders will follow'
'War does not determine who is RIGHT, just who is LEFT'
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