How does one force the iPhone map application to open when the link on a web page goes to maps.google.com/?q=http://example.com/mapdata.kml?
If I open the map application and specifically put http://example.com/mapdata.kml in the query box, all the data is loaded correctly. But if I use http://maps.google.com/?q=http://example.com/mapdata.kml, the map application loads but no data is loaded and nothing is in the query box.
The typical queries work, like q=cupertino or q=[latitude,longitude]. It seems to be the kml link that's broken.
Has anyone gotten this to work? Is this supported? Do you have to URI encode the query?
Your question interested me so I did a little looking around at the Apple URL Scheme Reference. It says the following:
Although the Maps application supports
many of the Google Maps parameters and
queries, it does not support them all.
The rules for creating a valid map
link are as follows:
The domain must be google.com and the
subdomain must be maps or ditu.
The
path must be /, /maps, /local, or /m
if the query contains site as the key
and local as the value.
The path
cannot be /maps/*.
All parameters must
be supported. See Table 1 for list of
supported parameters.
A parameter
cannot be q=* if the value is a URL
(so KML is not picked up).
The
parameters cannot include view=text or
dirflg=r.
If I'm reading that right, it doesn't look like what you're wanting is supported, however, it's interesting that you can type the full kml URL into the maps app directly and have it work. That seems like a bug on Apple's part. I would just start throwing parameters at it and see what happens. That's always fun. ;-)
Best Regards,
p.s. That is a nice sticker. I'd prefer a bounty, but looks like you haven't racked up enough SO points to offer that yet. ;-)
This link will do what you want
<a href="maps:q=http://example.com/mapdata.kml">
but it will only work on iOS so make sure you check the user agent etc and use a normal maps url on non-iOS
<a href="http://maps.google.com?q=http://example.com/mapdata.kml">
The maps URL in simplest form
maps:q=GivenTitle#latitude,longtitude
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I want to link my personal webpage on parse.com, so that I can implement the verify_email_success.html file. But I don't find a text field where this works.
Any ideas how to achieve this?
Looks like you need to first sign up at Parse.com and then create a new application (which will represent your website).
From quick Googling, I've found this tutorial which looks to focus on the type of thing you are trying to do:
http://blog.bizzi-body.com/2015/05/17/adding-email-verification-to-the-parse-com-sign-up-process/
UPDATE:
From looking into this a bit more, it appears that Parse.com works very much like many other web-based services/APIs, in that to "link" your application (website in your case) with Parse.com, you need to specify the Application Key that Parse provides when you create a new application via their website.
Untested example based on Parse.com documentation:
Parse.initialize("APPLICATION ID", "JAVASCRIPT KEY");
Source: https://www.parse.com/apps/quickstart#social/web/new
My problem is very similar to the one posted here:
http://www.utteraccess.com/forum/Plotting-Addresses-Maps-t1968130.html
except that thread never found any solutions. Basically, I'm working on an Access form that has a datasheet as a subform. Upon clicking a button on the main form I'm trying to make it so that a browser window opens up and, using the address columns from the spreadsheet data in the subform, plot all the address markers listed. I've looked up a lot of ways to attempt this but I've yet to find a way that seems to work.
I'm not even sure if it's possible to plot multiple markers on Google Maps, but according to research (and after trying it myself) it seems like it isn't, although I don't want to rule it out entirely because I'm still not 100% sure. However I know both Google Earth and batchgeo.com do allow this. I still want to try and do this on Google Maps, but if that doesn't work I want to try to do it using batchgeo.com and if that still doesn't work, then Google Earth (I don't want to make the user download external software if possible).
If it helps, from what I've read API's seem like a useful tool, though I'm not sure how to apply it to an Access form, it seems more like a way to embed to already existing websites.
I'd really appreciate if someone could help me figure out how to approach this problem!
Maybe this would help?
http://ramblings.mcpher.com/Home/excelquirks/getmaps/mapmarkers
It is Excel but should be translatable.
Here is another example, this time using Access:
http://www.utteraccess.com/forum/Google-Maps-Multiple-Mar-t1973499.html
...from what I've read API's seem like a useful tool, though I'm not
sure how to apply it to an Access form, it seems more like a way to
embed to already existing websites.
You're right. There's no way, that I'm aware of, to embed a Google Maps object in a form (like an ActiveX control). Microsoft MapPoint is a software product that lets you do Map integration by way of an ActiveX control (no need to use HTML and/or javascript).
What I usually do on a project like you're working on is I get my HTML page working the way I want it to, outside and independent of MS Access. You should be able to program and test the HTML file locally without having to use an actual web server. Just use something like NotePad++ or Sublime Text Editor 2 to write your HTML and Javascript and then open the file in your browser to see if it works. I'm quite sure you'll need to use Javascript in your HTML page to make this work. That's what the Google Maps API is all about.
After you have your webpage working, then you will have to go into Access and write code to create that web page on the fly with the address data for the current data set. You can just write it out to the Windows Temp folder and then open your browser control that that web page.
Julian Knight's answer links to more specifics on how to create the HTML page on the fly. It looks like gobble-de-gook, mostly because it is. Outputting HTML/Javascript/CSS from VBA is far less than optimal. This is why you troubleshoot it outside of Access, as much as you can.
I have an application that currently links to Google Maps passing it the required URL parameters needed to show driving directions for a set of points (typically 3+). This approach has worked and has allowed us to not use their API, which worked fine.
With Google, they made it pretty easy and clear by using parameters like "saddr" for the starting address, "to" for way points, and "daddr" for the destination. I could even pass in "pw" if I wanted to put the map into print mode. Simple, easy, works great!
I'm trying to determine if Bing Maps supports the same thing. I have been unable thus far to find any examples showing how this can be done, nor have I been able to easily decode the URL after creating my own driving directions using Bing Maps.
Again, I'd like to avoid using the API and am find with sending users to Bing's site when clicking my link.
It this possible? If yes, how can it be done?
Yes it is possible.
And I just wrote a little blog post to demonstrate how: http://alastaira.wordpress.com/2012/06/19/url-parameters-for-the-bing-maps-website/
Alastair's answer has full details if you follow the link through to the blog post.
But if you want the quick answer (again, thanks Alastair) use this root:
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?where1=
and stick your search destination in at the end. Eg. this gets you to Atwood Rd in London using its postcode:
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?where1=W6%200HX
SO I am a totally new and do not know where to begin. I basically want to create a view that shows the users current location and directs them to my set location (park, concert, business, etc.). It seems fairly simple but there is so much smoke and mirrors online that I do not know where to start or how to finish. Would it be easier to call to google maps or use the mapview in the SDK?
And the bigger question is how do you do this? I mean I can create simple views and load webviews but I can not figure this out.
Use MKMapView .. its fairly straightforward to set up -- you can get the current location from CLLocationManager and pass its coordinates to the map view.
http://mithin.in/2009/06/22/using-iphone-sdk-mapkit-framework-a-tutorial
Have a look at this website http://www.martip.net/blog/localized-current-location-string-for-iphone-apps
it will help you with the current location thing.
Directions are part of the Maps application and are not available in the MapKit API. To give your users Google Maps directions, you need to use the Maps URL scheme, as documented in the Apple URL Scheme Reference. Specifically, you need to include the saddr and daddr parameters in the URL, which specify the start and destination addresses for a directions search, respectively. I believe you can pass latitude/longitude coordinate pairs (comma-separated) for those parameters, but you’ll have to experiment a bit to find the correct formatting and order.
By "direct" do you mean actually show a path for how to get there? That there is no API for. You can place a pin anywhere on a map to show people where something is, but they have to figure out how to get there themselves.
The term you are looking for to add points to a map is adding Annotations to an MKMapView.
Have a look at this website it may help you http://www.raywenderlich.com/2847/introduction-to-mapkit-on-ios-tutorial
Can someone point me to an article (or discuss here) that explains how an add-on/extension can read what a user has completed in a form in a browser so you can present data to them based on the search parameters?
An example would be the Sidestep extension that opens a sidebar when a user searches on an airline/travel site and presents them a Sidestep meta search based on the parameters used on the original airline/travel site.
Browser extensions are necessarily browser specific. I would look at the APIs for your target browser. Here's a thread on Firefox 3.0 extensions.
extension to what? your body?:)
If you're talking about a browser extension, then i'm pretty sure you are on the wrong way.
You could just search for forms in the current page, and based on the field names try to figure out what did the user searched for...
A js file, and an AJAX-call is all you need, and you could basically skip the ajax call also... but i generally prefer server-side processing, as the source code is more hidden this way.