[4x4 Mecca]

I thought it had to do with the field2 being in quotes, not apostrophe's, like this
OLD CODE

<if condition="$post['field2']">
<div>$vbphrase[location_perm]: <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=$post[field2]" title="Find $post[username] on Google Maps!" target="_blank"><img class="inlineimg" src="images/globe.gif" alt="Find $post[username] on Google Maps!" border="0" /></a> $post[field2] 
</div></if>

New Code

<if condition='$post['field2']'>
<div>$vbphrase[location_perm]: <a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=$post[field2]' title='Find $post[username] on Google Maps!' target='_blank'><img class='inlineimg' src='images/globe.gif' alt='Find $post[username] on Google Maps!' border='0' /></a> $post[field2] 
</div></if>

I just replaced all the " with '

I searched google maps for http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Washington+pa and it shows up