In a desktop Qt application, I have some GPS coordinates that I'd like to show on a map. My plan is to construct an URL with the coordinates and let a web browser and Google maps or a similar service do the heavy lifting.
After reading some apparently reverse-engineered documentation at
mapki.com slash wiki slash Google_Map_Parameters
I can make it work for a single point, but what's the URL syntax for multiple points?
My best shot so far is to build a string such as this:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&q=My+First+Point#59.591,17.82&q=My+Second+Point#59.592,17.82
but that will only show "My Second Point". Is there a better description of the syntax somewhere?
Replacing q= with markers= did not work and the "static map" suggestion below only complained about an incorrect API key.
for google maps static there is this URL:
http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=Brooklyn+Bridge,New+York,NY&zoom=14&size=512x512&maptype=roadmap
&markers=color:blue|label:S|40.702147,-74.015794&markers=color:green|label:G|40.711614,-74.012318
&markers=color:red|label:C|40.718217,-73.998284&sensor=false&key=MAPS_API_KEY
Detailed version:
http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?
center=Brooklyn+Bridge,New+York,NY
&zoom=14
&size=512x512
&maptype=roadmap
&markers=color:blue|label:S|40.702147,-74.015794
&markers=color:green|label:G|40.711614,-74.012318
&markers=color:red|label:C|40.718217,-73.998284
&sensor=false
&key=MAPS_API_KEY
i am not sure if this syntax is also good for standard maps
http://staticmapmaker.com/ - very nice web tool for generating static map urls.
List of currently supported map services:
- Google
- Bing
- Yandex
- HERE
- Mapbox
- MapQuest
- CartoDB
p.s. I know this is an old question, but many still google for it.
Throwing parameters at maps.google.com only gets you one point.
As dusoft says, you could use Google Static maps.
Or, if you require dynamic maps, you could write your own public web page that uses Google Maps API and accepts a long list of parameters. Use your own web page in exactly the same way that you were intending to use maps.google.com web page, except that you get to design what you want the parameters to look like.
Perhaps something like this.
Several parameters (such as the markers and path parameters) take multiple locations. In those cases, the locations are separated by the pipe (|) character.
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=boca+raton,+fl+|+deerfied,+FL&zoom=12&scale=false&size=600x300&maptype=roadmap&sensor=false&key=API_KEY&format=png&visual_refresh=true&markers=size:mid%7Ccolor:red%7Cboca+raton,+fl+|+deerfied,+FL" alt="Google Map of boca raton, fl | deerfied, FL
I know that you specifically asked for Google Maps, however I came up with a solution using Bing Maps:
https://bing.com/maps/default.aspx?sp=point.48.858303_2.3499404_Eiffel%20Tower~point.48.8530067_2.3499404_Notre-Dame%20Cathedral~point.48.8605088_2.3376727_Louvre link
The sp parameter can define a list of points, polylines, polygons and addresses. Multiple objects are separated by ~.
The syntax for point is:
point.latitude_longitude_titleString_notesString_linkURL_photoURL
titleString is displayed in the map and notesString only when clicking on a point.
A Link with you coordinates would look like:
https://bing.com/maps/default.aspx?sp=point.59.591_17.82_P1~point.59.592_17.82_P2 link
I did some tests on how many of these points can be in a URL by generating a really long URL in the form of https://www.bing.com/maps?sp=point.10.000000_10.000000_0~point.10.000000_10.01_1~point.10.000000_10.02_2~point.10.000000_10.03_3... and it seems up to about 150 points are working.
Documentation:
Microsoft Documentation: Create a Custom Map URL
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I have a database of elements, each element has its own QR Code. After reading the code I would like to be able to open the worksheet on a specific tab and jump to the appropriate cell (according to the element name). Calling a worksheet through a URL with the #gid parameter allows you to open a tab.... the "range" parameter allows you to jump to a specific cell.... and what if I want to search for an item by name? Something like: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fER4x1p.../edit#gid=82420100&search=element_name.... is it possible?
Google has not introduced this yet
But you can look into Google Script (Googles SpreadSheets macros like) to achieve this.
Also a simpler approach will be to just filter the data, but this will change your requirement obviously. For example you can create a Filter with the name you are looking for and then you will get the URL.
This is the URL to a Sample of this, it should open the
Spreadsheet and filter the data when loaded. This is the Icon to
look for to create the filters
here is some documentation for you to get started on Google App Script, but I don't have a direct link to let you know how to catch the parameters for it to process them. What I can tell you is that this is a much more complicated approach than just a URL because it involves programmatic processing on the Spreadsheet side.
MKLocalSearchRequest requires a natural language query to get local places (e.g. "Coffee").
Is there a way to get it to return a list of all places within the specified region?
Alternatively is there an API that does this?
Or will I need to make multiple requests ("coffee", "bar", etc.) and include a search function the user can use if we haven't retrieved the place they're looking for?
Try using MKLocalSearchCompleter its better and it reacts to user input rather than plain queries like coffee / bar plus it will take region to limit your search area as well.
Here is the link to documentation - https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/MapKit/Reference/MKLocalSearchCompleter_class/
I am using the Google Maps API and AutoComplete to make it easy for people to find restaurants around them. I have gotten this far but reading the documentation for it can be confusing. Is it possible to get a list of all the eating spots around Cupertino and if so how can it be achieved? Will I have to use SwiftyJson and or Alamofire in order to achieve this or does Google provides all the tools necessary to complete it?
Use Google Places API to get a list of all eating spots around the area. Achieve it by including the parameter types values to filter place searches.
Below is a sample code snippet how to use Place types:
Search specific place in city by given type:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/json?query= [Search place Name]+in+[City Name]&type=[Place Type]&sensor=true&key= [API Key]
You can use type food and restaurant like type=food|restaurant
for more information how to use Place Types, here's the link: https://developers.google.com/places/supported_types
I have a slightly unique issue whereby my web application has some URLs which look like this:
http://www.mysite.com/ext/b6bafaa21e9e8894458ee25038/members/home
http://www.mysite.com/ext/jd1323rij19f3f058ee25038/members/cool-page
http://www.mysite.com/ext/d428t9jmefb032b458ee25038/something/else
The first 2 segments of the URL is /ext/SOME_UNIQUE_KEY/ which is needed for this particular site.
I want my Google Analytics account to ignore the first 2 segments and just track everything after this point IF the first segment is ext.
Is this kind of customization possible?
How would I achieve this?
Yes. You can use a regular expression filter:
http://analytics.blogspot.com/2009/04/regular-expression-tips-and-tricks.html
how to get latitude and longitude for particular landmark/business, i would like to get lat/long for specific address how to i do that? shall i use gps device to get the lat/long?
Very recently, two or three weeks ago, Google released a new API that lets you do just what you want.
This is how it works:
http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/format?address=some_address&sensor=true_or_false
And here is an example:
http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=Lenox+Hill&sensor=false
The format can be JSON or XML.
You will need to use a Geolocation API (such as Google or Bing or Yahoo), and there might be others as well. But those are the "free" (with caveats) ones that come to mind.
Just remember they have rather strict Terms-of-use of how you can use their API, so be sure you are on the right side of the law.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc981067.aspx
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/
Can you elaborate a bit more on that? What type of application is that? What is the format of the landmark/business? Basically there are geo web services out there that do this kind of stuff...
Have a look at this for example:
http://www.geonames.org/maps/us-reverse-geocoder.html
http://www.geonames.org/export/ws-overview.html
Yahoo http://developer.yahoo.com/geo/geoplanet/guide/concepts.html
You can query for a free-form name such as address, etc, and it will return what is called a WOEID, then query the WOEID for its lat long.