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February 12, 2005
Google Maps Address Book Plug-Ins
So you want to use the great Google Maps with Address Book? Why, just go get and install GMAP and you are off to the races.
It is a collection of two Address Book plug-ins that will give you two new menu items to get maps using Firefox. Since Safari is not yet supported by Google Maps, you must install Firefox for this to work.
In order to get directions, you must have set your own card. To do this, select your card in Address Book, then choose "Make This My Card" from the "Card" menu. The first address in "My Card" will be used.
I was inspired to do this (and used some of the code from) this hint at MacOSXHints.com. If you want to learn a bit about how to make an AppleScript plug-in, just read the code samples from the site and tinker. I added a bunch of comments that try to make clear what's going on where.
Thanks to UnixJunkie and MikeD.
Posted by Samer at February 12, 2005 06:01 PM