organicmaps/organicmaps

Parse and encode coordinates in omaps.app links

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#7,482 opened on Feb 26, 2024

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Description

Historically, Organic Maps supports encoded location links: https://omaps.app/0yxdjqU7NK/Amathus

10 years ago it was important to save a few bytes when using SMS for sharing. Now it's better to share clear coordinates like this: https://omaps.app/34.71399,33.14058/Amathus

Coordinates are already supported by omaps.app url parser, but they are not supported yet on iOS and Android. The parser code should be easy to fix in the C++ code, plus add a few unit tests.

After implementing the parser and releasing app updates, the next step is to change/update the link encoder to produce readable links with coordinates instead of encoded sequence.

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Research direction
Find the C++ parser for omaps.app URLs, add support for coordinate format, and write unit tests.
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Domain
mobile
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Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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C++Git
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75