Notice: Due to lack of free Reverse Phone Services this Extension is no longer userful |
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| gMap
it! formerly known as Map it! |
| Feburary
23, 2005 |
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| gMap
it is a mozilla Firefox extension that allows you to find directions
from google maps based on publicly listed phone numbers. If
you are running Firefox 1.0 you can install this Extension by
clicking on the following link: |
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Download
gMapIt!
If
the download does not start automatically, do a right click,
click on save link as and save the file on the desktop.
Then go to Firefox file menu and click on Open File and
click on the file you just downloaded.
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| But
Why? |
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did we create this? It all started after my frustrating surfing
experience on a BlackBerry Mobile Device. Getting directions
from well known sites is futile at best. So it got me thinking
which is a remarkable event in itself. The one piece of information
we have for sure on a cell phone is phone numbers. The device
knows your number and the number of your acquaintance/relative/friend.
So it would be so much simpler if we have a ui/mechanism where
I can say get me directions to this number from my number. If
the phone is gps enabled then the starting point can be your
gps point. Anyway, long story short we now have a Firefox plugin
that gives you directions between two publicly listed phone
numbers. |
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| Installation |
Note
to Firefox users:
When you click on the gMap it download link, you may receive
a message at the top of your browser content area. This message
will state, "To protect your computer, Firefox prevented
this site from installing software on your computer."
Please click on the "Edit Options..." button shown
to the right of the message.
Click
on the "Allow" button and then click on the "OK"
button. The gMap it installation will start. This is due to
the fact that the our site is not listed in your whitelist.
You will then click on the install button,
Firefox
will ask you to restart the browser before you see the extension. |
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Once
installed you will see a menu item in your tools menu or right
click menu as shown in the following pics. (Notice the gMap
it menu under Themes)
Also
you will see gMap it menu when you do a right click.
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| Setup |
The
first thing that you will do is click on the Start Phone menu
item which will pop up a screen as follows
This
is most likely your home phone number or your office phone
number or whereever you spend most of your time.
If
the operation is successful you should see a screen like this
Otherwise
you will get a screen like this
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| Have
Fun |
Thats
it, now you are ready to rock and roll. Whenever you come
across a phone number highlight it and find the directions
to it from your start phone
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After
you click on 'Get Directions To' you should see a page as
follows
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| Uninstall |
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to the Tools menu and click on Extensions. High light the gMap
it plugin and click on the uninstall button. Next time you start
Firefox it will disappear. |
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| Update |
| Go
to the Tools menu and click on Extensions. High light the gMap
it plugin and do a right click. You will see a update menu item.
Click on it. If there are any updates you will get them. |
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| Faq |
| 1)
What if the start phone number and the "Get Directions
To" phone number are not publicly listed? |
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will see the front page of google maps. |
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| 2)
What if only one of the phone numbers is publicly listed? |
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will see a map with the address of the phone number that was
found. |
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| 3)
Sometimes the "Get Directions To" phone number may
not have a area code. Will Map it work? |
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| Yes
it will work by grabbing the area code from the start phone. |
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| 4)
Sometimes the Window pops up but no map is displayed on the
window, even though i see addresses in the search box. |
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| If
you do see addresses in the search box but no map, click on
the search button again. |
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