Apple Maps Hyper Links
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21-12-2019 - |
Question
Apple has a special URL that can be used for hyperlinks to physical locations, triggering the native Maps application to launch and render the specified location:
http://maps.apple.com/?q=SEARCH
According to their documentation, the links have attributes for zoom level (z
) and type (t
), but it doesn't indicate what types of values these properties must be in.
For example, the links in this fiddle (http://jsfiddle.net/y9Xfy/2/) do not recognize the z attribute.
Is there any documentation, elsewhere, on the values that the Map Links properties can be?
Update:
The t
parameter can be set to k
for satellite view and h
for hybrid view.
The z
parameter appears to be ignored in favor of an automatic zoom detection.
Solution
I think that the link format was derived from googleMaps since the ios5- maps were based on google all the way.
assuming that:
- z is the zoom level (1-20)
- t is the map type ("k" satellite, "h" hybrid) ... don't think m p or e are implemented by apple
OTHER TIPS
to clarify on the other answer in case someone stumble on this like I have, z is ignored if you don't specify a location.
from Map Links Documentation, which has been updated since :
z : The zoom level. You can use the z parameter only when you also use the sll parameter; in particular, you can’t use z in combination with the spn or sspn parameters.
sll : The search location. You can specify the sll parameter by itself or in combination with the q parameter. For example, http://maps.apple.com/?sll=50.894967,4.341626&z=10&t=s is a valid query. A comma-separated pair of floating point values that represent latitude and longitude (in that order).