How to create a link for all mobile devices that opens google maps with a route starting at the current location, destinating a given place?

Question

I rather thought this would not be so hard to find out but appearantly it is not easy to find an awesome cross device article, like you\'d expect.

I want to create a lin

Answer 1

Interestingly, http://maps.apple.com links will open directly in Apple Maps on an iOS device, or redirect to Google Maps otherwise (which is then intercepted on an Android device), so you can craft a careful URL that will do the right thing in both cases using an "Apple Maps" URL like:

http://maps.apple.com/?daddr=1600+Amphitheatre+Pkwy,+Mountain+View+CA

Alternatively, you can use a Google Maps url directly (without the /maps URL component) to open directly in Google Maps on an Android device, or open in Google Maps' Mobile Web on an iOS device:

http://maps.google.com/?daddr=1+Infinite+Loop,+Cupertino+CA