BetterLocation
Turn coordinates, codes and links into your favorite map apps, such as Google Maps, Waze or Mapy.com. Works in Telegram, Discord and right here on the web.
# What it understands
Send almost anything containing a location…
Latitude and longitude in any common notation, with or without hemisphere letters and symbols, plus grid reference systems.
Short location codes and identifiers are expanded into precise places.
Links shared from map and navigation apps, on phone or desktop.
Place pages from travel, real estate and community websites, and any other website that publishes structured location data.
Locations shared natively in Telegram, and photos sent uncompressed as a file, with GPS read from their metadata.
# Features
…and get back a nicely formatted message.
One tap to open the location in Google Maps, Waze, Mapy.com, Apple Maps, Sygic, HERE WeGo or OpenStreetMap.
Address, elevation, timezone, daylight saving time and current local time.
Search and share places in any Telegram chat via inline mode, powered by Google.
Pick coordinate format, share links and drive buttons, per chat.
No location in the message? No reply. Bots stay quiet to prevent spam in group chats.
Messages with multiple locations are handled at once, including distances between them.
# How it works
1. Send a message
Message the bot directly or add it to your group chat or Discord server.
2. Locations are found
Every coordinate, code and link in the message is parsed and validated.
3. Get where you need
Bot replies with details and links to open the place in your favorite app.
# Where to use it
All features are available in @BetterLocationBot, which can be used in private messages or in group chats. It is highly configurable in terms how the result message should look like, including coordinates format, share links and drive buttons. If you really want, you can enable everything!
Add BetterLocation#0881 to your own server, join our existing server BetterLocation or write to it directly in a private message. Some features of the Telegram bot might not yet be available, please leave any feedback on our server.
Any location on Earth can be represented as WGS 84 coordinates. Just put them into the URL to get info about that particular place. For example, the center of Prague is located at:
https://better-location.palider.cz/50.087451,14.420671
A very simple API is available too, just add ?format=json to any location URL:
# About
Although this is a hobby project, some parts (bots, website, API) are already helping people and organizations around the world.
Anything can change at any time without warning, but I'm doing my best to not break anything and keep it running as smooth as possible. If you want rock-steady support, a new feature or just ask for something, don't hesitate to contact me.