Android - launch google map via web url
Typing geo:0,0?q=google into the address bar opens the maps activity and searches for google nearby.
I assume this will work from a link in a page, but haven't checked.
a full list of accessible intents here:http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/g-app-intents.html
At this moment I use a javascript function that change the following templates:
'urlTemplates': { "default": "http://maps.google.com?q={streetAddress} {addressLocality} {addressRegion} {postalCode} {addressCountry}", "ios": "maps:?saddr=Current Location&daddr={streetAddress} {addressLocality} {addressRegion} {postalCode} {addressCountry}", "android": "geo:{streetAddress} {addressLocality} {addressRegion} {postalCode} {addressCountry}", "windows_phone7": "maps:{streetAddress} {addressLocality} {addressRegion} {postalCode} {addressCountry}", "windows_phone8": "bingmaps:?where={streetAddress} {addressLocality} {addressRegion} {postalCode} {addressCountry}", "blackberry": "javascript:blackberry.launch.newMap({'address':{'address1':'{streetAddress}','city':'{addressLocality}','country':'{addressCountry}','stateProvince':'{addressRegion}','zipPostal':'{postalCode}'}});"with what informations I got depending on the device, I do not remember from where I got all the templates and I am sorry for that, and after that I open the the address using window.location.href.
Hope this will help you. Because at the time I need this I spent a lot of time researching it.
<html> <body> <H1> <a href="geo:42,2?z=8">Click here for maps</a> </h1> <BR><BR> <a href="geo:53,-9?saddr=(53,-9)&daddr=(42,4)">Click here for route maps</a> </body></html>The first click correctly loads the Google App on Android and zooms. In the second click I an trying to replicate a two point route (start address->destination address) and it doesn't seem to work.