>>>Thanks,
>>>but that's not either.
>>>I seem to remember it was a URL with parameters (city, state zip etc..)
>>>and it brought up the map
>>>
>>>Peter
>>
>>You can find your answer here http://www.west-wind.com/presentations/shellapi/shellapi.asp
>
>He uses Mapquest and no maps.google.com
>
>Peter

You're right.