URL Types

The Apple Maps app has three URL types, which open the app if installed.

map://
maps://
mapitem://

URL types represent, where the system should open the URL, e.g. https:// or http:// represent a web URL.

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Apple Maps Web URLs

You can also open Apple Maps via web URLs:

https://maps.apple.com/ 
https://collections.apple.com/
https://guides.apple.com/

Without input parameters in the URL path (behind the last slash), the first URL redirects to the Apple Maps website and the other two can’t find the server.

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Parameters

There are multiple parameters you can add to the Apple Maps URLs and the https://maps.apple.com/ URL. An explanation by apple is on the Apple Developer Documentation Archive. Multiple parameters can be stringed together with an & . Before the first parameter must be a ? . Between the parameter and the value is a = . Spaces are replaced with + or % and coordinates are defined as latitude,longitude with decimal values.

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