UK Streetmap plug-in for Address Book
This Address Book plug-in displays the location map of a Contact using the maps at www.streetmap.co.uk.
The developer suggests that these maps are larger, clearer and often more accurate and up-to-date for the UK than the MapQuest versions used by Apple’s ‘Map of’ option or the Google Map versions used by Brian Toth’s Google Maps plug-in.
You can judge for yourself:
Google Maps on the left | Streetmaps on the right
Of course, the Streetmap plug-in only works for UK addresses, while the Google Maps plug-in works for a greater number of countries.
The new version (1.0.1) makes the plug-in available for everyone, not just those with UK formatted cards and fixes a number of bugs.
You can download the plug-in, which is free and works in Panther and Tiger, from versiontracker.
Tags:
Address Book,
Google Map,
streetmap,
UK addresses
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Heh. It’s interesting to see how the UK Streetmap example looks just like the familiar pages of a London A-Z map book. I never thought about the distinctive style of those maps, but seeing an example side-by-side with Google really drives it home.
Yes, it is remarkable. Esp. the colouring. I lived in Battersea for six years, and discovering this plug-in was very nostalgic!
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