Okay, I know that there are many question about it, but they are all from many time ago.
So. I know that it is possible because the Map app does it.
In the M
In Swift 3 / iOS 10+ this now looks like
if let url = URL(string: "App-Prefs:root=LOCATION_SERVICES") { UIApplication.shared.open(url, completionHandler: .none) }