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    From micky@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 11 21:14:22 2024
    two or more google maps at the same time.

    You all showed me how to do tabs in web browsers, and I can do it in FF
    and even the Mi one I'd been using, but......

    What about maps? Google maps. Is there a way to have ore t han one map
    at a time? I pinned a map a could times, but I have no idea what I
    pinned it too or where it is. Did I save it? Or is that something
    different?

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  • From david@21:1/5 to micky on Thu Jan 11 19:52:48 2024
    Using <news:[email protected]>, micky wrote:

    Is there a way to have ore than one map at a time?

    Yes. I do it all the time. I'm sure there are many ways to do it.

    The way I do it is I have weblinks set to specific locations like https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1564428, -94.6004855,11z
    Or set to a specific address like "Home" or "Golf Course".

    When you open those weblinks, you have to be careful to select
    "STAY ON WEB" and not "USE THE APP" which is the default.

    If you select "USE THE APP" - then the weblink is destroyed.
    It will always bring up Google Maps instead of maps in the web.

    But if you select "STAY ON WEB" every time, you'll be ok.

    There's nothing stopping you from bringing up a dozen of these,
    along with the one instance of the Google Maps app if you want.

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  • From micky@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Jan 14 00:30:45 2024
    In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 11 Jan 2024 19:52:48 -0700, david <[email protected]d> wrote:

    Using <news:[email protected]>, micky wrote:

    Is there a way to have ore than one map at a time?

    Yes. I do it all the time. I'm sure there are many ways to do it.

    The way I do it is I have weblinks set to specific locations like >https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1564428, -94.6004855,11z
    Or set to a specific address like "Home" or "Golf Course".

    When you open those weblinks, you have to be careful to select
    "STAY ON WEB" and not "USE THE APP" which is the default.

    If you select "USE THE APP" - then the weblink is destroyed.
    It will always bring up Google Maps instead of maps in the web.

    But if you select "STAY ON WEB" every time, you'll be ok.

    Got it.

    There's nothing stopping you from bringing up a dozen of these,
    along with the one instance of the Google Maps app if you want.

    What a great idea. I saw such a map in the web browser once, but
    didn't put 2 and 2 together.

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  • From david@21:1/5 to micky on Sun Jan 14 06:53:49 2024
    Using <news:[email protected]>, micky wrote:

    There's nothing stopping you from bringing up a dozen of these,
    along with the one instance of the Google Maps app if you want.

    What a great idea. I saw such a map in the web browser once, but
    didn't put 2 and 2 together.

    Google Maps will save a maplink (for example, to home, or to the nearest hospital or more importantly, to the nearest starbucks to your home).

    I think everyone should have them for emergencies, at the very least.
    Like to the nearest all-night diner when you're on the road & hungry.

    But you can only use one maplink at a time that calls up Google Maps.
    At least as far as I'm aware (if you can do more than 1, let me know).

    But you can have as many weblinks as you want to (as far as I know).
    I made a mistake in the previous URL - it had a space it shouldn't have.

    https://www.google.com/maps/@30.1704215,-89.8363323,14.58z https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8922536,-77.0599043,16.26z https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8516767,-73.9525935,16.58z

    I think the 'z' number is the zoom level.
    I'm sure you could probably add traffic to the URL too. https://www.google.com/maps/@30.1671776,-89.8224121,8326m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu

    I don't know what any of that means but it adds traffic.
    If there is a secret decoder ring to the maps URLs, let me know.

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