Simpler Directions for Mobile

No, the system does NOT do what I am talking about. It wants me to enter my address in order to give me step-by-step directions on the website.

I want my destination to open in Google Maps with a single tap.

This has nothing to do with my proficiency with directions. I want to use an *external* maps app for directions while driving and using my cell phone.

The system is absolutely worthless on mobile as it currently exists.

https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/sh/805673ee-a293-441e-b446-e870472dde69/6b35d3229a04e329

When the address section, surrounded in red, is tapped, the Google Maps app opens with the location’s address set as the destination, and from there the Maps app takes over and determines the user’s current location in order to supply directions. One tap, that’s all. Idiot-proof.

I understand that you’re not a mod. You just commented so I responded to your comment.

That’s the Chilean flag, not the Texan flag. You’re far from the first one to make that mistake, and I don’t discriminate people based on the geographical location of their mothers’ uterus on their day of birth, so I won’t respond in kind to your disparaging comment implying that I’m somehow inferior because of where you assumed that I was from.

Now, if you would check out the site that I am working on, this page, for instance:
http://www.kjvchurches.com/churches/united-states/alaska/fairbanks/mcgrath-road-baptist-church/

I’m not seeing what I’m describing anywhere. I don’t want my site to determine the user’s location. I only want my site to pass the DESTINATION address to the user’s mobile mapping app, whether that is Google Maps, Apple Maps, Waze, Mapquest, or whatever, and then allow the mobile app to determine the user’s current location. That is what Yelp does. That is what my site does NOT do.

I want a one-tap map link.

The container works like this:

<address class=”flex-box” itemprop=”address” itemscope=”” itemtype=”http://schema.org/PostalAddress”>
<span itemprop=”streetAddress”>146 Essex St</span>, <span itemprop=”addressLocality”>New York</span>, <span itemprop=”addressRegion”>NY</span> <span itemprop=”postalCode”>10002</span>
<div class=”extra”>
<span class=”cross-streets”>
between Stanton St & Rivington St
in
<span class=”neighborhood-str-list”>
Lower East Side </span>

</div>
</address>
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The entire Address section, which on mobile should appear right below the images, is a link to Google Maps, which on mobile, opens in the Maps app.

It seems like this is taking a lot more effort to explain than it should.

I have the Share Location plugin turned off as well; until it defaults to “Everywhere” instead of the assumed geographic location of the visitor, it’s useless for my site. I tried all of the settings and it wouldn’t work.

I guess, if I tinkered with the plugin’s code, I could turn the Address section into a Google Maps link, and place it further up above the fold, but that seems like a basic core functionality that is missing.

The main use of a site with this plugin’s functionality is to find a location. When doing that on a mobile device, making it a one-step process to get directions seems like a given. I’m not sure what needs to be done, but this would be a massive improvement.

Comprendo su chiste porque en realidad soy Tejano jajaja. El país de mi nacimiento es el EEUU, pero el país de mi elección es Chile. También comprendo las problemas entre Bolivia y Chile desde la guerra de la Pacifica. No fue mi culpa. 😀