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Calling Google Earth to display a UK Post Code

Is there a simple command line option to call Google Earth to display a UK Post Code (assuming that Google Earth is installed). If not, what is the easiest way to do this ?

Is there a way to test to see if Google Earth is installed

Are there any copyright issues or breaches in trying to do this?

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>Is there a way to test to see if Google Earth is installed

Have a look at ginsonic's post in this thread:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20263911/Test-if-some-program-is-installed.html
It loads a list of all installed programs in a listbox (could be changed to use a stringlist)
Then you can loop through the listbox and see if GE is installed, e.g:

for i:=0 to ListBox1.Items.Count-1 do begin
     if Trim(ListBox1.Items[i])='Google Earth' then
       ShowMessage('Yes');
>>Are there any copyright issues or breaches in trying to do this?
>I'm sure there are no copyright issues if you launch their program and make it go to a specific site :)

It just occured to me that you might mean copyright issues regarding the postal codes. No idea about that, maybe someone from the UK can help.