GoogleMap sharing to locus

This all does not work with links created with the share button in the streetviewview of googlemaps for example https://goo.gl/maps/qnW5u79HMkG2.

If you scroll through streetview and want to share a point, you can not, because going back to the map is going back to the start point not to the end point of your streetview session.

But every Browser is decoding this link to an URL with GPS-data.

I have shared from the streetviewview from Google maps. The result was useless. After sharing locus got in the first case the information for the adress search B1414, nothing more. Do you know how many B1414 are existing in this world? Locus did not offer the road I have seen in streetview.

The next try cause the result Chapel Rd. This road was in Harwich (England). Locus brought me using google in the adress search of locus to Cleveland USA.

Abstain from decoding the textinformation included in the share information, decode the GPS-data which is also contained in this sharing informations. It is the only reliable way that locus find the correct place. This regards to all share possibilities from googlemap app to locus.

There is no reaction, if I share from the share button in streetview. There is no change in the mapview in Locus.

If I share from the map in Googlemaps,

Case 1: I share a place, which is connected to a street, it seems to work fine.

Case 2: I share a place, which is not connected with a street, the result is very unprecise.

In GoogleMaps

The result in Locus:

Yes, this seems to be an unsolvable problem. In this case, Google Maps sends to Locus Map this information:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ystradgynlais,+Swansea,+UK/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x486e4fbc27b66a41:0x57169cfeafe6ef85!7e2!8m2!3d51.818641199999995!4d-3.7101838?utm_source=mstt_1

1. There are GPS-Data in your link.

51.818641199999995 and -3.7101838

Which is shown in Locus Map as

This link is resolved in many browser using Android or windows to this URL

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ystradgynlais,+Vereinigtes+K%C3%B6nigreich/@51.8048827,-3.8255621,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x486e500a3ecfd0af:0x1ad067563183abb5!8m2!3d51.8186412!4d-3.7101838

GPS-Data: 51.8048827,-3.8255621

This is a different point. But everywhere GPS-Data. I do not know which GPS-Data you tried to share.

Edit: In the resolved or referred link are additional GPS-date

51.8186412 -3.7101838, which seems to be the same GPS-Data I discovered in your link.

Ah you've got it, perfect, thanks! Coordinates are really hidden inside this long "data" key.

Nice, so next version = another try.

You have take notic of the fact, that using the share button in the streetview section in googlemaps, there are no reaction of locus.

If you are looking for the gps-data, googlemap transmit the information in this scheme:

Text Shortlink

like

Gesetzte Markierung

In der Nähe von Abergavenny, Vereinigtes Königreich

https://maps.app.goo.gl/KWdDT

https://maps.app.goo.gl/KWdDT is resolved or referred to a URL containing gps-data.

In this case:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/51°53'14.8"N+3°00'49.3"W/@51.887453,-3.013705,16z

Good day Stephan,

last mentioned link "https://maps.app.goo.gl/KWdDT" should work, at least I've tested it now and seems to display result correctly

After a update of googlemaps, it seems everything works fine.

Interesting :).

Anyway I've found one small problem, so in next Locus Map version, it should be again a little bit better.

Thanks for the help for now.

I do not know, whether it is the issue you are talking:

Searching places like in googlemaps "London, Victoria Station" Rotterdam Central" clicking on a searchresult and than using the share button causes no reaction by locus.

Tested on 2 devices,

Hello Stephan,

seems this is another different format.

This time it's https://maps.app.goo.gl/SbDDN , which redirects to https://www.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x48760521aaebdc4d:0x5d364f36086cfd15?utm_source=mstt_1 . Unfortunately, your previous tip to extract coordinates from "data" parameter does not work here. Any ideas?

Google provide in this case enough textinformation before the URL to find the location with the online search of locus using goolge.

If you copy the content of the share button, asking for Victoria Station to the clipboard, there are to find this information:

London Victoria Station

Victoria St, Victoria, London SW1E 5ND, Vereinigtes Königreich

+44 343 222 1234

https://maps.app.goo.gl/SbDDN

And how this helps here? When you click on this "share" button, only what Locus Map receive is the link, nothing more. So I'm worried, this kind of Url currently have no proper solution.

You are really sure, that Locus get different information than the clipboard using the same sharebutton.

Here a screencast, how I use the the same sharebutton triggering the first time Locus, the second time the clipboard.You can see all the text before the url.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kLUC_2CGx_xBktBi4Hf7McMNGO8owHVi

In one of the upper posts, we are talking about, that googlemaps give not enough text information in front of the transmitted URL to locus, so the searchresult is bad. And now there are no text information?

Hmm this is interesting, I'll check it thanks.

Fine, this one should be solved as well, thanks for help.

If Locus Map is unable to extract coordinates from "data" value, it will use starting text and perform basic "address search".