What parameters should I use in a Google Maps URL to go to a lat-lon

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I would like to produce a url for Google Maps that goes to a specific latitude and longitude  Now  I generate a url such as this   http   maps google com maps z 11 amp t k amp q 58 41 881N 152 31 324W  The resulting map comes up with a round  A  balloon pointer  which seems to point to the nearest named object  and a green arrow  which points to the lat-lon  Sometimes  as in this example  the  A  pointer is centered and is far enough away that you cannot see the pointer to the lat-lon   Zoom out to see both pointers in this example  The  A  pointer is in the center of Alaska  while the lat-long pointer is on Kodiak Island    Are there some parameters I can use in the Google Maps URL that will produce a single pointer to a designated lat-lon   This loads in a separate window  It is not embedded

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This should help with the new Google Maps:

http://maps.google.com/maps/place/<name>/@<lat>,<long>,15z/data=<mode-value>

The 'place' adds a marker.
'name' could be a search term like "realtors"/"lawyers".
lat and long are the coordinates in decimal format and in that order.
15z sets zoom level to 15 (between 1 ~ 20).
You can enforce a particular view mode (map is default) - earth or terrain by adding these: Terrain: /data=!5m1!1e4
Earth: /data=!3m1!1e3

E.g.: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lawyer/@48.8187768,2.3792362,15z/data=!3m1!1e3

References:
https://moz.com/blog/new-google-maps-url-parameters http://dddavemaps.blogspot.in/2015/07/google-maps-url-tricks.html

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The following works as of April 2014   Delimiting each component of the URL with   and  amp  for spaces and addition statements  respectively     Full HTML    lt iframe src  http   maps google com maps q Scottish Rite Hamilton ON amp loc 43 25911 -79 879494 amp z 15 amp output embed  gt  lt  iframe gt    Broken down    http   maps google com maps q    where  q  starts the general search  which I provide a venue  city  province info using   for spaces    Scottish Rite Hamilton ON   Next the geo-data   Lat and lng    amp loc 43 25911 -79 879494   Zoom level   amp z 15   Required for iframes    amp output embed

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All the answers didn t work for me  the loc  and   options   So here is my solution for the new Google maps  April 2014   Use the q  for query description  for example the street or the name of the place   Use ll  for the lat  long coordinates   You can add extra parameters like t h  hybrid  and z 19  zoom   https   maps google com  q 11 wall street new york amp ll 40 7060471 -74 0088901  https   maps google com  q new york stock exchange amp ll 40 7060471 -74 0088901  https   maps google com  q new york stock exchange amp ll 40 7060471 -74 0088901 amp t h amp z 19

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In May 2017 Google announced the Google Maps URLs API that allows to construct universal cross-platform links  Now you can open Google maps on web  Android or iOS using the same URL string in form   https   www google com maps search  api 1 amp parameters  There are several modes that you can use  search  directions  show map and show street view   So you can use something like   https   www google com maps search  api 1 amp query 58 698017 -152 522067  to open map and place marker on some lat and lng   For further details please refer to   https   developers google com maps documentation urls guide

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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   is 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   is used to specify the location alternative to q   Also has the added effect of allowing you to increase the AddressDetails Accuracy value by being more precise  Mostly only useful if query 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    dirflg   can set miscellaneous values below   h - Avoid highway t - Avoid tolls   reference http   moz com ugc everything-you-never-wanted-to-know-about-google-maps-parameters

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There have been a number of changes  some incompatible  since I asked this question 5 years ago  Currently  the following works properly   https   www google com maps place 58  41 881N 152  31 324W  58 698017 -152 522067 12z    The first latitude longitude will be used for the pin location and label  It can be in degrees-minutes-seconds  degrees-minutes  or degrees  The second latitude longitude  following the      is the map center  It must be in degrees only in order for the zoom  12z  to be recognized   For terrain view  you can append  data  4m2 3m1 1s0x0 0x0 5m1 1e4   I can find no documentation on this  though  so the spec could change

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works fine https   maps google de maps q 51 404989 13 091751 amp z 17 amp t k

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ll  worked best for me  see   http   mapki com wiki Google Map Parameters  query reference   it shall not be too hard to convert minutes  seconds to decimal  http   en wikipedia org wiki Decimal degrees  for a marker  possibly the best would be  q Description lat long

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New Version queries have a different format   To reach a lat long by url use  e g     https   www google com maps search -15 924 -5 719

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http   maps google com maps q 58 2041 881N 20152 2031 324W   Just use the coordinates as q-parameter  Strip the z and t prameters  While z should actually just be the zoom level  it seems that it won t work if you set any   t is the map type  Having that said  it s not obvious how those parameters would affect the result in the shown way  But they do    Maybe you should try the ll-parameter  but only decimal format will be accepted   You can find a quick overview of all the parameters here

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If you need a name on your pin  you can also use   http   maps google com  q MY 20LOCATION lat long

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This is current accepted way to link to a specific lat lon  rather than search for the nearest object    http   maps google com maps z 12 amp t m amp q loc 38 9419 -78 3020    z is the zoom level  1-20  t is the map type   m  map   k  satellite   h  hybrid   p  terrain   e  GoogleEarth  q is the search query  if it is prefixed by loc  then google assumes it is a lat lon separated by a

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This works to zoom into an area more then drop a pin  https   www google com maps  30 2 17 9820525 9z  And the params are    lat lng zoom

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This doesn t have to be much more complicated than passing in a value for the  q  parameter  Google is a search engine after all and can handle the same stuff it handles when users type queries into its text boxes   maps google com  q 32 5234 -78 23432

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If you only have degrees minutes seconds you can pass them on the url     https   maps google com maps q latDegrees latMinutes latSeconds longDegrees longMinutes longSeconds    substitute in  20 for the spaces

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