Googlemaps wrong place on map

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sigster

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Hi

I am try to understand Googlemaps

When I try to show 64.141822,-21.920793 in android
it show the please 75m away

in the photo
A = is what google map show me
B = is the what I want to see

can I fix this someway or is this just how Google maps works


B4X: 
   Dim Intent1 As Intent
   lat = lblLat.Text
   lon = lblLon.Text 
   URI= "geo:" & lat & "," & lon & "?q=" & lat & "," & lon

   Intent1.Initialize(Intent1.ACTION_VIEW,URI)
   Intent1.SetComponent("googlemaps")
   StartActivity(Intent1)


Regards
Sigster
 

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warwound

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You're passing the same coordinates as both geopoint and query.

So Google is showing Marker B for the exact geopoint and then performing a reverse geocode on the query values and getting an approximate location which is Marker A.
(I think)

Try passing just geo and just q values to see what Google Maps displays:

B4X: 
' does this display Marker B?
URI= "geo:" & lat & "," & lon

B4X: 
' does this display Marker A?
URI= "geo:0,0?q=" & lat & "," & lon

Reverse geocoding is never as accurate as using true coordinates.

Martin.
 
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sigster

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Thanks warwound

this works A and B, but B show the please with out marker
but it works Thanks

B4X: 
URI= "geo:0,0?q=" & lat & "," & lon
 
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