Current Location - Google Maps - Link to Directions

Question

I\'m trying to do what seemed to be an easy thing but has resulted in some confusion. I\'m trying to have a link going to Google Maps with the destination address pre-filled

Answer 1

The answers of GreatBlakes and Jon Alslund-Lanthén suggest a way that sometimes gives you the right result but that can fail if the language of your user isn't English.

As of 2019, the best way seems to be:

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=Googleplex,+1600+Amphitheatre+Pkwy