When opening Google Maps from Nearby, show red pin, or at least zoom more

[nicolas-raoul]

From Nearby, when opening the item in Google Maps, it is very hard to find because there is no red pin:

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Ideally it should show a red pin like this:

... or at least zoom more, as most Wikidata items are much smaller than the map's current scale.

We must find out whether showing a red pin on an arbitrary geolocation is possible via intent. Pinning an arbitrary geolocation manually is possible:

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In the far future, ideally we would show the same item in Google Maps if the Wikidata item has a P2671 "Google Knowledge Graph ID" Wikidata property:

[savsch]

Displaying red pin at an arbitrary location should be possible:
am start -d "geo:37.7749,-122.4294?q=37.7749,-122.4294" -a android.intent.action.VIEW

I can work on this

[savsch]

Google Maps is also opened from a bunch of other places, including Explore, LocationPicker and MediaDetailFragment.
Should a red pin be displayed in those cases as well?

[nicolas-raoul]

@savsch Yes! Thanks for pointing this out. 🙂