Geo Share

An Android app to turn Google Maps URLs into geo: URLs.

Usage

1. Go to Google Maps or a web browser and share a link with Geo Share:

   

2. Geo Share will turn the link into a geo: URL and open it with one of your installed apps:

   

Geo Share supports many Google Maps URL formats. Still, if you find a URL that doesn't work, please report an issue on GitHub.

Screenshots

Installation

From an app store (recommended)

Get the app on or .

From an APK file

1. Download the APK from .

2. Verify the APK signature:

   apksigner verify --print-certs page.ooooo.geoshare.apk

   Expected output:

   Signer #1 certificate DN: CN=Jakub Valenta, OU=Unknown, O=Unknown, L=Unknown, ST=Unknown, C=DE
   Signer #1 certificate SHA-256 digest: 1b27b17a9df05321a93a47df31ed0d6645ebe55d0e89908157d71c1032d17c10
   Signer #1 certificate SHA-1 digest: f847c6935fa376a568a56ca458896b9236e22b6c
   Signer #1 certificate MD5 digest: 6bcaa6bd5288a6443754b85bf6700374
   

3. Install the APK on your phone using adb:

   adb -d install page.ooooo.geoshare.apk

Development

Open this repo in Android Studio to run, build and test the app.

Generating a signed release APK

make sign keystore_path=/path/to/your/keystore.jks

Installing the release APK on your phone

make install

Testing various Google Maps URLs

adb -s emulator-5554 shell am start -W -a android.intent.action.SEND -t text/plain \
    -e android.intent.extra.TEXT "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Berlin,+Germany/@52.5067296,13.2599309,11z/data=12345?entry=ttu\&g_ep=678910" \
    page.ooooo.geoshare

adb -s emulator-5554 shell am start -W -a android.intent.action.SEND -t text/plain \
    -e android.intent.extra.TEXT 'https://maps.app.goo.gl/TmbeHMiLEfTBws9EA' \
    page.ooooo.geoshare

adb -s emulator-5554 shell am start -W -a android.intent.action.VIEW \
    -d 'https://www.google.com/maps/place/Berlin,+Germany/@52.5067296,13.2599309,11z/data=12345?entry=ttu\&g_ep=678910' \
    page.ooooo.geoshare

Contributing

Feel free to remix this project under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 or later. See COPYING and NOTICE.