A URL scheme allows you to launch a native iOS application from another iOS app or a web application. You can set options in the URL that will be passed to the launched application. The Google Maps for iOS app supports two different URL Schemes:comgooglemaps:// and comgooglemaps-x-callback://. Both schemes allow you to launch the Google Maps iOS Application, and perform one of several actions:
With comgooglemaps-x-callback:// you are also able to issue a callback when the app has completed. Callbacks are often used to return a user to the app that originally opened Google Maps for iOS.
A request to the Google Maps URL Scheme should be of the following form:
comgooglemaps://?parameters
Parameters are described in detail later in this document.