Hi there - I want to pass an address string to a URL for google maps. However it isn't happy - actually it probably is but I'm not....

F0r example: http://maps.google.co.nz/?q=loc:717 George Street, Dunedin

I don't want to do the '+' thing - hoping to figure out another format for this. I can put any characters before or after the address - just prefer not in the middle.....

Any suggestions please?

Cheers.

Mark