Looks like a pretty good excuse to buy wwHttp. <g>. Seriously, good information, Rick; thanks for the heads-up.

>As an alternative you can also use query strings with a plain HTTP client to retrieve the data.
>
>http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=300+N.+15th+Street,+Hood+River+OR+97031&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.557552,81.298828&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=A
>
>Using any HTTP client (XmlHttp, wwHttp, WinInet) should allow you to retrieve content the same way and parse out the details without the overhead of Web Browser control:
>
>

>DO wwHttp
>loHttp = CREATEOBJECT("wwHTTP")
>lcHtml = loHttp.HttpGet("http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=10+SS.+15th+Street,+Hood+River+OR+97031&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.557552,81.298828&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=A")
>ShowText(lcHtml)
>RETURN
>

>
>This data is a bit more terse - mostly JSON but you can probably find the right kind of text in there for failure scenarios as well. I didn't look closely on figuring out whether it worked or not <s>...
>
>FWIW, your code that checks for Did you mean: may be fragile - it'll only work if the address can resolve to something else.
>
>I think you may also be able to utilitize the Google Map API for address lookups. They have a GeoTagging API that you can pass an address to - if that fails to produce a geo code I presume you could assume that the address doesn't exist?
>
>Lots of options.
>
>+++ Rick ---
>
>>>Has anyone tried using Google Maps for address verification? That is, send the address to Google and _retrieve_ a standardized format address or a "did you mean" address?
>>
>>One of the solutions:
>>
>>

>>=YGoogleMapSearch("11072 Greinerrr Rd., Phila")
>>
>>Procedure YGoogleMapSearch
>>LPARAMETERS lcAddress
>>#DEFINE READYSTATE_COMPLETE 4
>>clear
>>if not (type("oIE")="O" and not isnull(oIE))
>>	oIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
>>endif
>>
>>oie.visible=.t.
>>lcURL="http://maps.google.com/"
>>
>>oIE.Navigate(lcURL)
>>
>>do while oIE.Readystate <> READYSTATE_COMPLETE
>>	wait wind time 1.0 ""
>>enddo
>>
>>oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
>>lnstart=second()
>>do while not oShell.AppActivate(OIE.DOCUMENT.title) and second()-lnstart <=10
>>	wait wind time 1.0 "Entering ..."
>>ENDDO
>>
>>if oShell.AppActivate(OIE.DOCUMENT.title)
>>    oShell.SendKeys(lcAddress+"{ENTER}")
>>    WAIT WINDOW TIMEOUT 1.0 ""
>>
>>     DO case
>>    CASE "Did you mean:" $OIE.DOCUMENT.body.innerText
>>	lcresult= SUBSTR(OIE.DOCUMENT.body.innerText, AT("Did you mean:",OIE.DOCUMENT.body.innerText))
>>	?LEFT(lcresult,AT(CHR(13),lcresult))
>>	?substr(lcresult,AT(CHR(13),lcresult)+2,AT(CHR(13),lcresult,2) -AT(CHR(13),lcresult)-1)
>>     ENDCASE
>>endif
>>
>>RETURN
>>
>>