use Win32::OLE qw(in with);
use Win32::OLE::Const;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft MapPoint';
use Win32::OLE::Variant;
$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3;        # die on errors...

my $MapPoint = Win32::OLE->new('MapPoint.Application', 'Quit');

my $Map = $MapPoint->NewMap();

my $Results = $Map->FindPlaceResults("California");
my $second = $Map->findPlaceResults("Massachusetts");
my $Location = $Results->Item(1);
$Location->GoTo;
my $secLocation = $second->Item(1);
my @ary = ($Location,$secLocation);
my $x = $Map->Shapes->addPolyLine(\@ary);
$x->{Line}->{EndArrowhead}=True;
$Map->{Altitude} = $Map->{Altitude}*4; # adjust zoom
$Map->SaveAs("yahoox", 2); # saves in /mydocuments/yahoox.htm /mydocuments/yahoox_files/image_map.jpg & /my documents/yahoox_files/image_overview.jpg (image_overview.jpg seems to always be the same image...)
$Map->{Altitude} = $Map->{Altitude}*40;
$Map->SaveAs("yahoo", 2);

$Map->{Saved} = -1;