Call Google Maps with Url from Objective-C

Question

i call the url of googlemaps to show a position to a given lat and long. How can i mark this position on the map with a pin ?

 NSString *latlong = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@,%@", einBetrieb.lat, einBetrieb.lng];
 NSString *url = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=%@",
      [latlong stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:url]];

Regard Caglar

Answer 1

Try this url:

NSString *url = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%@", [latlong stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

That should get you what you want. Replace the "ll" with a "q"