Kick to main Maps app?

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Suggested feature: Could we have a way to kick the geohash point into the
stock Maps app? That way I would be able to ask for directions by car or
transit.

I'm using a Nexus One with Geohash Droid 0.7.0. If this feature already
exists, please let me know how. Thanks.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ctros...@gmail.com on 9 Jan 2010 at 11:39

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If that happens, I'd suggest to support alternative external map apps as well. 
I'm
thinking of andnav2 here. 

Original comment by thomas.h...@gmail.com on 15 Jan 2010 at 11:02

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Hm.  I'll have to look into that, really.  There's most likely an Intent I can 
send
which the stock Maps app would understand (and, if the alternative external map 
apps
are designed to listen for it, they would, too).  That wouldn't be too hard to 
add,
if support for it exists.  I'll look into it for 0.7.2.

Original comment by captains...@gmail.com on 17 Jan 2010 at 4:47

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Huh.  That was actually pretty easy.

In SVN right now (r314), there's a feature on the main map (and soon to be in 
the
Details screen) labeled "Send to Maps", accessed through the menu.  That'll 
send the
point out using the geo: scheme, which the Maps app will understand and plot.

Unfortunately, while the phone's Maps app seems to understand this sort of 
scheme and
throw down an otherwise normal map point, I couldn't get it to get directions 
to it
from where I lived.  This might just be due to where I live (today's point puts 
me in
the middle of nowhere and Google might not like navigating there), but you may 
want
to test it against other points just in case.

Now, I don't know about andnav2, but if it's set up to listen for an Intent 
with the
geo: scheme, it should prompt you as to which app you want to use when you send 
it to
Maps.  I'm hoping andnav2 supports it, because that IS sort of the standard way 
of
doing things on Android, it appears, and if it aims to be a drop-in 
replacement, it
should probably respond to it...

Original comment by captains...@gmail.com on 17 Jan 2010 at 5:26

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One small note: It appears that the way I'm sending the location to Maps, the 
query 
will attempt to pin it to the nearest address, if it can.  For instance, with 
my 
nearest point today, the coordinates itself place it slightly off of a local 
highway 
road, but when sent to Maps, it pinned it at the nearest address ON the road.  
It'll 
get you in the rough area, but you'd still need to go back to GHD itself to get 
more 
specific.  If it can't figure out an address for it at all (like when I was 
testing 
it yesterday and it put me in the middle of the abyss that IS central 
Kentucky), 
it'll pin it down to the actual coordinates, but then it can't do navigation.

Unfortunately, I can't work around this, since this is entirely in how the Maps 
app 
interprets the data I give it.  The only other way I can send it to Maps will 
simply 
center the map on the point and not mark anything.  Next time I make a 
pre-release 
(or if you're willing to brave the SVN repo), you can see if what I have is 
what 
you're looking for.

Original comment by captains...@gmail.com on 18 Jan 2010 at 4:43

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In version 0.7.2-pre1 (just uploaded now), I've got the Send To Maps feature 
in.  You
can get to it through the menu in either the main map or the details screen or 
by
tapping the active final destination point (tapping an inactive one first 
prompts you
to switch to that one, as it did before).  The same caveats I mentioned above 
still hold.

Please test it just so I know that's what you're looking for.  Enjoy!

Original comment by captains...@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2010 at 7:53

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Thanks, the caveat is noted but it certainly adds usability. This means I can 
get
transit/car/foot directions from afar and then switch to the Geohash app when I 
get
close.

Original comment by ctros...@gmail.com on 25 Jan 2010 at 6:29

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Excellent.  Then that'll be in 0.7.2 when it's released (as soon as I know the 
new 
layout stuff works on QVGA).  Thanks!

Original comment by captains...@gmail.com on 25 Jan 2010 at 7:57

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