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Last reviewed on August 1, 2014
While Outlook's MapIt button can be reprogrammed to use another map service, you'll need
to use VBA if you want to use a second map service or map multiple addresses or locations
at once.
Jerry wanted to use Zillow but he uses Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2003's
map service can't be reprogrammed, so in the first example, I'm using
Zillow. Although Zillow seems to accept anything Outlook throws at them
(%20 for spaces, + as word separators, no separators), their default
spacer is a dash, so I'm using a function to replace spaces in the address
with a dash. It makes a prettier URL too. :)
I'm constructing the address from the individual address fields but you could simply use
strAddress = oContact.BusinessAddress or strAddress = oContact.HomeAddress.
This macro may work in Outlook 2002 and Outlook 2000; however I did not test it in those
versions. It was tested in Outlook 2003 and up.
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Map a Meeting Location
Use this macro to map an address in a meeting or appointment's Location field.
This macro will work with either selected or opened appointments. You'll need the
GetCurrentItem function to use it.
If you need to use a location in the appointment body, use regex to capture the address.
Sub MapAddress()

Dim strURL As String
Dim oApp As Object
Dim strAddress As String

Set oApp = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")

If TypeName(ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1)) = "ContactItem" Then
Set oContact = ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1)


strAddress = oContact.BusinessAddressStreet & "-" &
oContact.BusinessAddressCity & "-" & oContact.BusinessAddressState

ReplaceSpaces strAddress
strURL = "http://www.zillow.com/homes/" & strAddress


oApp.navigate (strURL)
oApp.Visible = True

'wait for page to load before passing the web URL
Do While oApp.Busy
DoEvents
Loop
End If


Set oApp = Nothing
End Sub



Private Sub ReplaceSpaces(strAddress As String)
strAddress = Replace(strAddress, " ", "-")
End Sub
strURL = "https://maps.google.com/maps?
f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=" & strAddress
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Map Multiple Addresses or Locations
You can get directions to multiple addresses using Google Maps with a URL formatted like
this:
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/street+city+state+zip/street+city+state+z
ip.
Use Current+Location to begin at your location or add your address as the first string.
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Current+Location/street+city+state+zip/st
reet+city+state+zip.
I'm using a select case statement so we can use one macro for both appointments/meetings
and contacts. I'm also using an If Statement to get a home address if the business address
doesn't exist.
To use, select the contacts in first stop to last order and run the macro. Appointment
locations are mapped first appointment to last. It works with any calendar or contacts folder in
your profile.
Sub MapLocation()

Dim strURL As String
Dim oApp As Object
Dim strAddress As String

Set oApp = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")

Set oAppt = GetCurrentItem()

strAddress = oAppt.Location

ReplaceSpaces strAddress
strURL = "https://maps.google.com/maps?
f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=" & strAddress


oApp.navigate (strURL)
oApp.Visible = True

'wait for page to load before passing the web URL
Do While oApp.Busy
DoEvents
Loop


Set oApp = Nothing
End Sub


Private Sub ReplaceSpaces(strAddress As String)
strAddress = Replace(strAddress, " ", "-")
End Sub
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Using Firefox or Chrome Browser
If you want to use a different browser, you need to use the shell command to load the
browser then pass the url to it. The shell command will look like this, with the full path to the
browser. You need a space between the path to the browser and the url.
The path in my examples is for 64-bit Windows. If you use 32-bit Windows, the path will be
C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
Public Sub MapMultipleAddresses()

Dim Session As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim currentExplorer As Explorer
Dim Selection As Selection
Dim oItem As Object
Dim strURL As String
Dim oApp As Object
Dim strAddress As String

Set oApp = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
Set currentExplorer = Application.ActiveExplorer
Set Selection = currentExplorer.Selection

On Error Resume Next

For Each oItem In Selection


Select Case oItem.Class
Case olContact
If oItem.BusinessAddressCity = "" Then

strAddress = strAddress & "/" & oItem.HomeAddressStreet & "+" & _
oItem.HomeAddressCity & "+" & oItem.HomeAddressState

Else
strAddress = strAddress & "/" & oItem.BusinessAddressStreet & "+" & _
oItem.BusinessAddressCity & "+" & oItem.BusinessAddressState

End If

Case olAppointment, olMeeting
strAddress = strAddress & "/" & oItem.Location
End Select

Err.Clear
Next

' replace spaces with +
strAddress = Replace(strAddress, " ", "+")

' use dir/Current+Location to start at your location
' or add your address to the url
strURL = "https://www.google.com/maps/dir" & strAddress

oApp.navigate (strURL)
oApp.Visible = True

'wait for page to load before passing the web URL
Do While oApp.Busy
DoEvents
Loop

Set oApp = Nothing
Set Session = Nothing
Set currentExplorer = Nothing
Set oItem = Nothing
Set Selection = Nothing
End Sub
Shell ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" &
" " & strURL), vbNormalFocus
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Sub MapAddress()

Dim strURL As String
Dim strAddress As String

If TypeName(ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1)) = "ContactItem" Then
Set oContact = ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1)


strAddress = oContact.BusinessAddressStreet & "-" &
oContact.BusinessAddressCity & "-" & oContact.BusinessAddressState

ReplaceSpaces strAddress
strURL = "http://www.zillow.com/homes/" & strAddress

'Shell ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" & " " &
strURL), vbNormalFocus
Shell ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" &
" " & strURL), vbNormalFocus

End If

End Sub


Private Sub ReplaceSpaces(strAddress As String)
strAddress = Replace(strAddress, " ", "-")
End Sub
Sub cmdMap_click()
Set oApp = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
strAddress = item.BusinessAddressStreet & "+" &
item.BusinessAddressCity & "+" & item.BusinessAddressState
strAddress = Replace(strAddress, " ", "+")
strURL = "https://maps.google.com/maps?
f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=" & strAddress
oApp.navigate (strURL)
oApp.Visible = True
End Sub



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Written by Diane Poremsky
A Microsoft Outlook Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 1999, Diane
is the author of several books, including Outlook 2013 Absolute
Beginners Book. She also created video training CDs and online training
classes for Microsoft Outlook. You can find her helping people online in
Outlook Forums as well as in the Microsoft Answers and TechNet forums.
Please post long or more complicated questions at Outlookforums.
4 responses to Map Contact Addresses or Meeting Locations
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Kiran March 14, 2014 at 12:47 pm | Permalink | Reply
Thanks, Really this code is very useful for me.
I need to put all my contact on one google map.
What can I do??
Diane Poremsky March 14, 2014 at 3:27 pm | Permalink | Reply
Not using this code, but it should be possible if you have them in a CSV.
That's how it was done in the past anyway. Looks like its still done that
way - you can use either CSV or XLXS file format.
Haik April 7, 2014 at 5:47 pm | Permalink | Reply
Hello Diane, I would like to have a macro in Outlook (when I make an appointment)
which extracts the traveldistance (and driving time) from google maps.
How do I do that?
Diane Poremsky April 8, 2014 at 3:37 pm | Permalink | Reply
You might need to use the google maps API. You can pass the address
to google (from the location field) and get directions, but getting the values
back would be the problem.
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