Why has google maps “q” parameter stopped working?

Question

We have an app which launches google maps to display a location using the following form of link (as per the recommendations on SO):

http://maps.google.co.uk         


        

Answer 1

A bit of experimentation suggests the following works (note the addition of the '@' symbol):

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place/52.03877,-2.3416/@52.03877,-2.3416,15z/data=!3m1!1e3

I found some more information here on SO.