Showing a marker at a geo:-url in Android Maps

Question

Is it possible not only to have Google Maps on Android show a given coordinate in the Maps Application but have also a marker (or pin) set at the location?

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Answer 1

try this:

http://maps.google.com/?saddr=34.052222,-118.243611

and to get the complete route between two points:

http://maps.google.com/?saddr=34.052222,-118.243611&daddr=37.322778,-122.031944

Answer 2

Dirk, have you tried geo:0,0?q=lat,lng?

it is displaying a marker on my nexus 5.

Answer 3

It works with the follwoing url:

final String uriString = "http://maps.google.com/maps?q=" + lat + ',' + lng + "("+ label +")&z=15";

The reverse geo coded address is shown.

I found documentation to the supported parameters here. This is not the documentation for Androids Google Maps but what I tried works.

Note: it should be noted that the original question was in regards to the the geo: URI to launch the Google Maps app (see Android Developer Reference Intents List, whereas this answer might launch a web view with the Google Maps website depending on what App the user chooses for this Intent.