XPost: comp.mobile.android, sci.geo.satellite-nav   
   From: walterjones@invalid.nospam   
      
   Char Jackson  wrote   
      
   >>Voila!     *One-tap shortcuts to any destination you frequent.*   
   >>               
   >>   
   >>How to make a one-tap Google Maps homescreen shortcut to any location   
   >>(without ever needing any login account on the Google servers)   
   >>   
   >>Illustration:    
   >   
   > Isn't that functionality already built in? If I understand what you're   
   doing, I   
   > open Google Maps, enter the destination, (starting location defaults to "Your   
   > location", which is perfect), then under the 3 dots there's an option called   
   > "Add route to home screen." That's it. When I want to actually navigate to   
   that   
   > destination, it's a single click to launch Google maps in Nav mode. No third   
   > party apps required.   
      
   It's nice to have two slightly different methods to create a one-tap   
   homescreen shortcut to the Google Maps destination of your choosing.   
      
   Especially for emergency destinations - such as the nearest hospital.   
      
   However - one method works for _all_ map programs. The other doesn't.   
      
   Even for the convenient method outlined by Char Jackson for the Google Maps   
   program, there is a distinct, albeit minor difference in that the generic   
   method I showed does NOT require you to choose a starting location since   
   Google Maps will (apparently - at least in my tests) assume your current   
   position when it opens up to a "Finding best route..." message.   
      
   So the only real difference is the generic method works for more than one   
   map app and it only needs the destination (and not the starting point).   
      
   However, the generic method requires an additional (free) app, while the   
   nice Google-Maps specific method Char Jackson kindly outlined does not.   
      
   Thank you for fleshing out the tutorial so that it's of better use to all!   
      
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