Thread: [SailfishOS] Pure Maps
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2019-08-07 , 17:18
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Originally Posted by robthebold View Post
Regarding the "Share Current Position" feature in Pure Maps, is the "geo:" format some kind of de jure or de facto standard, or is it unique to this application? I'm curious, since I've got a little utility that I'm gonna add a feature to to parse the coordinates out of the pasted clipboard contents.

Also the "plus code," this is a code for the plus.codes website? This may not be the place to ask, but is there an easy way to turn this back into a street address. It looks like pure maps will take the code as a search value -- is there a web api or something for this? Sorry for my ignorance, this is the first time I've seen this.

Thanks

And thanks for Pure Maps. It's a very nice tool.
Re geo: - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo_URI_scheme . Ironically, its not working in google, if I remember correctly.

Re plus code: its a new standard designed by google and seems to be quite nice. it will work in Pure Maps search as well as search of Google. Google frequently uses it in short form which requires geocoding (search to make from name a coordinate). Pure Maps doesn't support short forms.

Re back to street address: you need to use reverse geocoding. That's something that can be done using search engines listed under "Nearby" search of Pure Maps. For example, OSM Scout Server can do that for you via `guide` API (https://github.com/rinigus/osmscout-...ition-or-route).
 

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