Waypoints in Google Maps for iOS

July 11, 2013 10:15 AM

I feel like it should have been dead-simple to find this, and maybe the fact that it's not means the answer is no--but is it possible to add a waypoint in Google Maps for iOS? That is, I'm driving from A to B, and midway realize I want to stop at, say, Target, and I search and find a Target reasonably nearby. Is there a way to add target as a via destination? I haven't been able to figure it out with a little poking around, and it seems like an ultra basic function to have.
posted by pdq to Technology (2 answers total)

Unfortunately I'm not so sure it is possible.

I've tried this in the past, and just tried again.

I built a route in the google maps web application, using Chicago to New York via New Orleans.

Then I formated the above link for the iOS by replacing https://www.google.com/maps with comgooglemaps://, and sent the resulting link to my e-mail account, where I was able to open it on my iPhone.

Once open, Google Maps was only showing the route between the first 2 points. It looks like any additional points are simply ignored.

I would think if there was an undocumented way to route with multiple destinations, this would be it.

For reference, this is the link that I sent to my iPhone:

comgooglemaps://?saddr=Chicago&daddr=New+Orleans,+LA+to:New+York&hl=en&sll=35.910359,-82.045214&sspn=27.654393,31.376953&geocode=FWICfwIdGuDG-inty_TQPCwOiDEAwMAJrabgrw%3BFVoEyQEdFJ6h-illghGyVKQghjG00yJe6FsG2w%3BFXFAbQIdK8KW-yk7CD_TpU_CiTFi_nfhBo8LyA&oq=New+O&t=h&mra=ps&z=5
posted by steinwald at 1:18 PM on July 11, 2013

I've had better luck with mapquest. It's UI is junky, but it lets me plot multiple points - and rearrange, edit, etc.

I can't imagine why apple and google maps don't have this yet.
posted by crankyrogalsky at 1:34 PM on July 11, 2013