Integrate Google Maps to show locations in Showpad

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You can easily incorporate a map inside the Showpad app, e.g. to show the location of the head office and subsidiaries.

Do this step by step

1. Copy the URL of the location, e.g. https://www.google.be/maps/place/Moutstraat+62,+9000+Gent
2. From the Content Library select Add a URL.
   
3. Here you can upload a custom icon for your URL, add a name, paste the URL, remove the label (the name), and prevent it from showing up when using Kiosk Mode. 
   
4. The link to the location is created.
   
5. Open the Experience Builder and select the Experience where you wish to place the link and drag and drop the link there.
6. If you don't have any other content or folders in your Experience, the user will be redirected to the URL when opening the Experience. If you have extra content, you will see the location icon.
   

Linking to the Google Earth app
It is also possible to link to the Google Earth app from within Showpad. This can be nice to e.g. show your head office in street view.

The procedure is the same as described above, only the URL will be different.
E.g. comgooglemaps://?center=51. 052051,3.728868&zoom=14&views= traffic&mapmode=streetview

Reference:  https://developers.google.com/ maps/documentation/ios/ urlscheme