I have the longitude and latitude and the name of the place I want to look for. How do I edit the Google Maps URL so that I obtain all the places (name of the places) near a set of coordinates?
I know I could do this using Google Map API, but just for a link seems a lot of trouble.
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Yeah, I had the same question for a long time and I found the perfect one. Here are some parameters from it.
https://maps.google.com/?parameter=value
q=
Used to specify the search query in Google maps search.
eg :
https://maps.google.com/?q=newyork or
https://maps.google.com/?q=51.03841,-114.01679
near=
Used to specify the location instead of putting it into q. Also has the added effect of allowing you to increase the AddressDetails Accuracy value by being more precise. Mostly only useful if q is a business or suchlike.
z=
Zoom level. Can be set 19 normally, but in certain cases can go up to 23.
ll=
Latitude and longitude of the map centre point. Must be in that order. Requires decimal format. Interestingly, you can use this without q, in which case it doesn’t show a marker.
sll=
Similar to ll, only this sets the lat/long of the centre point for a business search. Requires the same input criteria as ll.
t=
Sets the kind of map shown. Can be set to:
m – normal map
k – satellite
h – hybrid
p – terrain
saddr=
Sets the starting point for directions searches. You can also add text into this in brackets to bold it in the directions sidebar.
daddr=
Sets the end point for directions searches, and again will bold any text added in brackets.You can also add "+to:" which will set via points. These can be added multiple times.
via=
Allows you to insert via points in directions. Must be in CSV format. For example, via=1,5 addresses 1 and 5 will be via points without entries in the sidebar. The start point (which is set as 0), and 2, 3 and 4 will all show full addresses.
doflg=
Changes the units used to measure distance (will default to the standard unit in country of origin). Change to ptk for metric or ptm for imperial.
msa=
Does stuff with My Maps. Set to 0 show defined My Maps, b to turn the My Maps sidebar on, 1 to show the My Maps tab on its own, or 2 to go to the new My Map creator form.
reference : http://moz.com/ugc/everything-you-never-wanted-to-know-about-google-maps-parameters
additional info:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc: put in latitude and longitude after, example:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc:51.03841,-114.01679
this will show pointer on map, but will suppress geocoding of the address, best for a location without an address, or for a location where google maps shows the incorrect address.
You can use the new URL for Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.774769,-74.86084,18z equivalent to http://maps.google.com/?ll=39.774769,-74.86084.
39.774769 is the latitude and -74.86084 is longitude and 18z is 18 zoom level.
As of Jan 2018 the latest URL is:
https://google.com/maps/search/your search string (address, landmark, city, etc. Spaces are ok)
Examples:
https://google.com/maps/search/empire state building
https://google.com/maps/search/1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500
Google now has a documentation page dedicated to Maps URLs:
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/urls/guide
An API key is not required.
Manipulating one of the examples, I came up with this URL scheme that fits your question:
https://www.google.com/maps/search/<search term>/@<coordinates>,<zoom level>z
A valid example of this would be:
https://www.google.com/maps/search/pizza/@41.089988,-81.542901,12z
This should show you all of the pizza places around Akron, Ohio.
What do you want to search near that known place?
For example if you want to search a restaurant near a known place you can use the parameters "q=" and "near=" and construct this URL: maps.google.com/?q=restaurant&near=47.154719,27.60551
For a list of complete parameters you can see this: https://web.archive.org/web/20070708030513/http://mapki.com/wiki/Google_Map_Parameters
Depending on what is the format you want your information in you can add at the end of the url the parameter output like this: maps.google.com/?q=restaurant&near=47.154719,27.60551&output=kml
For more types of output format you can read chapter 2 of this: http://csie-tw.blogspot.de/2009/06/android-driving-direction-route-path.html
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