1. Interesting. But, this only seems to work for US-based addresses. I tried this on a foreign address and it brought up a map of Milwaukee, WI (yeah, I know people in Chicago consider WI to be a foreign place, but that's not the point).

Did you know that Agendus Pro also has this feature. And, Agendus Pro correctly handles foreign addresses (such as the one that MSM Maps botched). I was amazed when I discovered this in Agendus. I don't use Agendus regularly (ver. 10.03 still has too many bugs for my liking, so I still use KeySuite), but I keep it on my Palm TX just for this and one or two other really neat features.

Posted at 6:24AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Scott

2. After posting my comment above, it occurred to me that Agendus Pro allows you to select the mapping service you want it to use when you click on the directions icon. I have it set up to use MapQuest. So, apparently MapQuest is smart enough to figure out that it should start looking in the given *country* for the given zip-code, rather than assuming that the address is in the US.

While poking around in Outlook to see if it also allows you to select an alternate mapping source, I found this helpful tip in Outlook Help:

"Note This feature may not work on some addresses outside of the United States."

I know at least one of those "some" addresses.

Oh, well.

Posted at 6:24AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Scott

3. That's sounds like a programmer who got tired and decided a message would keep them from having to code extra or something. Hey, I've been there!

Posted at 6:24AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Ryan Carter

4. I'm guessing this feature was a recent addition, perhaps in SP1 or SP2 of the Office suite, which could explain why initially you didn't think the feature was there. What version are you on currently?

Posted at 6:24AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Robin

5. No, actually it is in 2000 as well. I think it's just one of those things that is always there, and once you get used to using an app, you only use the basics. I think I just decided to go exploring one day, and there it was. Sometimes it's hard to keep track of all the features there are. I think I am still finding new ones in Access, Excel, etc. To answer your question, I use 2003 on my laptop and use 2000 at work (we haven't upgraded yet). I like 2003 much better. I think it's actually faster.

Posted at 6:24AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Ryan Carter

6. Interesting. But, this only seems to work for US-based addresses. I tried this on a foreign address and it brought up a map of Milwaukee, WI (yeah, I know people in Chicago consider WI to be a foreign place, but that's not the point).

Did you know that Agendus Pro also has this feature. And, Agendus Pro correctly handles foreign addresses (such as the one that MSM Maps botched). I was amazed when I discovered this in Agendus. I don't use Agendus regularly (ver. 10.03 still has too many bugs for my liking, so I still use KeySuite), but I keep it on my Palm TX just for this and one or two other really neat features.

Posted at 6:24AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Scott

7. After posting my comment above, it occurred to me that Agendus Pro allows you to select the mapping service you want it to use when you click on the directions icon. I have it set up to use MapQuest. So, apparently MapQuest is smart enough to figure out that it should start looking in the given *country* for the given zip-code, rather than assuming that the address is in the US.

While poking around in Outlook to see if it also allows you to select an alternate mapping source, I found this helpful tip in Outlook Help:

"Note This feature may not work on some addresses outside of the United States."

I know at least one of those "some" addresses.

Oh, well.

Posted at 6:24AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Scott

8. That's sounds like a programmer who got tired and decided a message would keep them from having to code extra or something. Hey, I've been there!

Posted at 6:24AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Ryan Carter

9. I'm guessing this feature was a recent addition, perhaps in SP1 or SP2 of the Office suite, which could explain why initially you didn't think the feature was there. What version are you on currently?

Posted at 6:24AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Robin

10. No, actually it is in 2000 as well. I think it's just one of those things that is always there, and once you get used to using an app, you only use the basics. I think I just decided to go exploring one day, and there it was. Sometimes it's hard to keep track of all the features there are. I think I am still finding new ones in Access, Excel, etc. To answer your question, I use 2003 on my laptop and use 2000 at work (we haven't upgraded yet). I like 2003 much better. I think it's actually faster.

Posted at 6:24AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Ryan Carter