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This question Geo: Protocol on iPhone Safari is 9 years old.

Is there not a solution for this yet?

I'm sending a geo uri with pushover; it doesn't work on an unspecified iphone.

EDIT: It appears that it's possible for an ios-app to register its own uri scheme, like chess: for instance.

Why haven't any mapping app done that for loc: ?

I wonder if it's possible to make an app which registers loc: and then hand the request over to an app of the users choice.

Leif Neland
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  • "Broken" implies supported but not working. I think the real situation is "not supported". It seems likely that support will never be added – Paulw11 Mar 12 '22 at 00:27

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It appears that it's possible for an ios-app to register its own uri scheme, like chess: for instance.

Yes, and some do. For example, URI's with the geo: scheme work fine if you have Google Earth installed. There may be other apps that also support it.

Why haven't any mapping app done that for loc: ?

loc: doesn't appear on IANA's list of well-known URI schemes. I'll guess that that's a typo and you actually meant geo:, in which case the answer is that at least one app has, in fact, registered geo:. Schemes don't have to be on IANA's list to be supported, of course, so it's also possible that there are apps out there that support loc: as a scheme.

Caleb
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