Google Maps URL with pushpin and satellite basemap

Question

Background Information

I can form a simple valid Google Maps URL that has a pushpin on a coordinate like so using the query parameter:

Answer 1

You are right in that this can't be done with the new Google Maps APIs. The "Search" URL scheme allows pinning but no satellite view, whilst the "Display a map" scheme allows satellite views but no pinning.

However, it is possible get both pinning and satellite views by using this old, no-official-documentation, scheme:

http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&q=loc:47.5951518+-122.3316393

The t parameter used to work with a number of different values but only two seem to currently still work:

• t=m - Normal map view
• t=k - Satellite view

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Note that unofficial documentation for the other parameters can be found here. Some of these may also still work.