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with google local i can search directly from my own search page using this query string: http://www.google.co.uk/lochp?q=

but i've not been able to find out how the search strings in microsoft virtual earth are constructed. any ideas what the search string is?

I was looking for one of these but gave in - I'm not sure if they're smart enough to think of putting one in.

in that case, i'll clear my proxy logs and visit it a few times and try to work out what's happening and work out how virtual earth is sending requests back to the server.

it might take me a while because i need to bring one of my spare monitors down - i'll let you know what i find out

I find that site buggy. It frequently tells me that there are no birds eye pictures available for my area despite the fact I know there are because I've seen them. It just doesn't work properly.

I've been trying to figure this out. There are probably ways of building searches with queries, since you can build email links, but these use 'point' references, eg. http://local.live.com/?v=2&sp=Point.t9r ... 0Edinburgh

It might be possible that there are other methods other than point that can be used to build links, but I suspect with all the AJAXness Live Local is using, it won't be too easy to extract.

Dr Lobster* wrote:with google local i can search directly from my own search page using this query string: http://www.google.co.uk/lochp?q=

but i've not been able to find out how the search strings in microsoft virtual earth are constructed. any ideas what the search string is?

http://maps.live.com/?q=QUERY+STRING

e.g.
http://maps.live.com/?q=Basingstoke

MarkN wrote:

Dr Lobster* wrote:with google local i can search directly from my own search page using this query string: http://www.google.co.uk/lochp?q=

but i've not been able to find out how the search strings in microsoft virtual earth are constructed. any ideas what the search string is?

http://maps.live.com/?q=QUERY+STRING

e.g.
http://maps.live.com/?q=Basingstoke

Oh...well...yeah, I SUPPOSE that'll do. Sheesh!

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