What is the best practice for opening a map from the mobile internet explorer on windows phone 7? On BlackBerry you use a JavaScript method and on Android/iOS you simply link to a google maps URL.

I am planning to integrate the different ways of opening maps into my mobile geo javascript library and don't have a windows phone device.

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Thanks, Stan Wiechers

What is the best practice for opening a map from the mobile internet explorer on windows phone 7? On BlackBerry you use a JavaScript method and on Android/iOS you simply link to a google maps URL.

I am planning to integrate the different ways of opening maps into my mobile geo javascript library and don't have a windows phone device.

http://code.google./p/geo-location-javascript/

Thanks, Stan Wiechers

• javascript
• windows-phone-7
• dictionary
• geocoding

2 Answers 2

Use the maps: protocol for WP7. I haven't found any documentation but this works.

<a href="maps:Vancouver V5L 4G1"></a>

<a href="maps:49.275267 -122.988617"></a>

There currently isn't a built in way to link to the maps application from within a webpage on a device (or emulator). (Nor is it possible from other apps either.)

I'd remend linking directly to a mobile Bing page. Such as the following which searches / shows a map for "London":

http://m.bing./search/search.aspx?A=mapdetails&L=London