The follwing is really weird in Google Maps:
- I choose "Sharing map center"/"Insert coordinates as URL" and send it with email.
- If open the email on my PC and click on the URL. Google Maps displays the map center with a green arrow, but centers the map at a quite different location where a red marker is displayed with an address. By testing this seems to be the closest location where Google Maps can find a valid street address. That makes no sense if I share my position far out in the woods or in the mountains.
- If I open the email on my mobile and choose Google Maps to show the position, Google Maps only displays the location with the red marker (which is the closest location with a street address.
- If I open the email on my mobile and choose Locus to show the position, Locus shows the correct location I shared.
So Locus seems to send the correct coordinates, but Google Maps tries to map that to a valid street address. I can't find any setting in Google Maps to control this.
However, if I send my position with another GPS program, the link sent looks dofferent:
Locus link:
http://mapof.it/h/xxxxxxAnother GPS program:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc:xxx,yyyDoes this explain why the position sent is interpreted differently? If so, the Locus way of sending the location should be changed to the other approach.