Only a few special characters were working with the previous fix. Removed special encoding and all seem to be working now.

bjorn2404 · bjorn2404 · commit fa6dada5a4ca · 2012-08-06T18:52:13.000-05:00
diff --git a/geocode.html b/geocode.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
+﻿<!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
     <title>Geocode</title>
diff --git a/js/geocode.js b/js/geocode.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//Geocode function for the origin location
+﻿//Geocode function for the origin location
 geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
 function GoogleGeocode() {
   this.geocode = function(address, callbackFunction) {
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ $(function() {
     e.preventDefault();
     //Get the user input and use it
     var userinput = $('form #address').val();
-    //Convert to utf-8
-    userinput = unescape(encodeURIComponent(userinput));
+
     if (userinput == "")
       {
         alert("The input box was blank.");
diff --git a/js/jquery.storelocator.js b/js/jquery.storelocator.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-* storeLocator v1.3.1 - jQuery store locator plugin
+* storeLocator v1.3.2 - jQuery store locator plugin
 * (c) Copyright 2012, Bjorn Holine (http://www.bjornblog.com)
 * Released under the MIT license
 * Distance calculation function by Chris Pietschmann: http://pietschsoft.com/post/2008/02/01/Calculate-Distance-Between-Geocodes-in-C-and-JavaScript.aspx
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@ $.fn.storeLocator = function(options) {
       e.preventDefault();
       //Get the user input and use it
       var userinput = $('#' + settings.formID + ' #' + settings.inputID).val();
-      //Convert to utf-8 - special character issue fix
-      userinput = unescape(encodeURIComponent(userinput));
+
       if (userinput == "")
         {
           //Show alert and stop processing
diff --git a/js/jquery.storelocator.min.js b/js/jquery.storelocator.min.js

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`1`		`-<!DOCTYPE html>`
	`1`	`+<!DOCTYPE html>`
`2`	`2`	`<html>`
`3`	`3`	`<head>`
`4`	`4`	`<title>Geocode</title>`