Question

With the example below,

https://google-developers.appspot.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/place-search

By using nearbySearch one of the place return is “John St Square Supermarket”.
How do i generate a url to show “John St Square Supermarket” in full google maps?
Right now i’m generating by appending the latitude and longitude into “http://maps.google.com/?q=” which become something like http://maps.google.com/?q=123,456
but it won’t show the place’s name and the correct marker.

I then tried with http://maps.google.com/?q=John St Square Supermarket

Working good… until i stumble into a place name with multiple locations. For example,

http://maps.google.com/?q=SK%20Dato%27%20Abu%20Bakar

It shows multiple location but i only need one which i already know what it’s latitude and longitude is.

Answer 1

You can add the Latitude and Longitude to the URL using the parameter ll:

https://maps.google.com/?q=pizza+hut&ll=-33.867701,151.208471

You can also specify a default zoom level for the user using the paremeter z:

https://maps.google.com/?q=pizza+hut&ll=-33.867701,151.208471&z=12