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AlanMac Aspiring developer Posts: 2612 Reg: Mar 05, 2012 Esher, UK 37,120	confirm \| cancel 05/06/14 03:22 AM (10 years ago) Smugs Message Location - tip I'm using this plug-in in an ios app I'm working on. It's a really useful feature, I really like it. While testing I found if I email the map reference, that the map is OK on an iPhone, but not from a PC. After a bit of digging, I found if I made an adjustment to the default message string, it would work on a PC as well, which I thought I'd share. This is the default, OK on mobile, not on a Windows PC for some unfathomable reason. Message Data is: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&f=d&q=[deviceLatitude],[deviceLongitude] Example url : http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&f=d&q=52.073535,-1.014631 This is what I found seems to work on both a PC and mobile Message Data is: The link for the map is: https://maps.google.com/?q=[deviceLatitude],[deviceLongitude] Latitude is [deviceLatitude] and Longitude is [deviceLongitude] Example url : https://maps.google.com/?q=52.073535,-1.014631 Title Comments I'm using this plug-in in an ios app I'm working on. It's a really useful feature, I really like it. While testing I found if I email the map reference, that the map is OK on an iPhone, but not from a PC. After a bit of digging, I found if I made an adjustment to the default message string, it would work on a PC as well, which I thought I'd share. This is the default, OK on mobile, not on a Windows PC for some unfathomable reason. Message Data is: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&f=d&q=[deviceLatitude],[deviceLongitude] Example url : http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&f=d&q=52.073535,-1.014631 This is what I found seems to work on both a PC and mobile Message Data is: The link for the map is: https://maps.google.com/?q=[deviceLatitude],[deviceLongitude] Latitude is [deviceLatitude] and Longitude is [deviceLongitude] Example url : https://maps.google.com/?q=52.073535,-1.014631

LA Aspiring developer Posts: 3278 Reg: Aug 16, 2012 Jerseyville, IL 42,880	05/06/14 05:22 AM (10 years ago) Thank you @AlanMac! Great tip! LA Comments Thank you @AlanMac! Great tip! LA

NCbuzz Code is Art Posts: 575 Reg: Sep 11, 2013 Lillington, NC 11,100	05/06/14 06:04 PM (10 years ago) Great tip- thanks. Only problem now is BT hosted version is frozen in time... https://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=EE66818392F6E81CC73B587 Comments Great tip- thanks. Only problem now is BT hosted version is frozen in time... https://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=EE66818392F6E81CC73B587

SmugWimp Smugger than thou... Posts: 6316 Reg: Nov 07, 2012 Tamuning, GU 81,410	05/07/14 03:31 AM (10 years ago) That pesky Google, always changing things just when they start to work well. I'll change that in an update. Thanks AlanMac! Cheers! -- Smug Comments That pesky Google, always changing things just when they start to work well. I'll change that in an update. Thanks AlanMac! Cheers! -- Smug

AlanMac Aspiring developer Posts: 2612 Reg: Mar 05, 2012 Esher, UK 37,120	05/07/14 04:27 AM (10 years ago) No worries Smug, I was just pleased I was able to find something that worked! It might be possible to finesse the settings further. I couldn't figure out the zoom values, I couldn't find much documentation by Google on passing values along a URL. Cheers, Alan Comments No worries Smug, I was just pleased I was able to find something that worked! It might be possible to finesse the settings further. I couldn't figure out the zoom values, I couldn't find much documentation by Google on passing values along a URL. Cheers, Alan

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