On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Buehler, Martin wrote: > hi peter > sure, this works on a manual basis, but how do you automate that? > i found no way to get the link to the map out of the original html file. > the only way was using 'properties' from within a browser window. > what i need to do is automatically download maps for offline usage. Well, you see, the purpose of their doing it that way is so you don't download maps autmatically. So what you really want to do is to reverse engineer the JavaScript on that page and understand how it is done. If they are any good about it, you will likely fail. Usually they are not that good. Peter -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist