webOS 1.1.0 breaks Google Maps integration with Universal Search (Updated: For some) 36
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 5:42 pm EDT 
Google Maps will still work fine if you open it from the launcher, but that handy link in Universal Search is another matter. After this latest update we have a small problem: searching Google Maps through Universal Search loads an instance of the program with no controls and instead of your search result, it plops you down at your current GPS-triangulated location. Even better, tapping a contact’s address or mapping a calendar event location opens Google Maps, this time with controls, but again at your current location instead of your desired search (Update: this second bug is sporadic and I experienced it myself before the 1.1 update from time to time -- Dieter)
Palm, this blogger travels a lot for his real world job and has come to rely on the calendar-maps integration. Fix this.
Update: Alright, we're getting lots of reports both ways here. It seems that there was some oddness before 1.1 and there's some oddness after for some users, others only after, while still other users have no problems at all. It's possible that we could get resolution to this without a further software patch. Stay tuned.
Update 2: Turns out there was some coding server-side somewhere unrelated to webOS 1.1.0 that broke things. This blogger's Google Maps is working as designed now, hopefully the server-side changes have filtered down to everybody and brought goodness and joy to everybody's mapping worlds.
36 Comments
Hmmmh... just downloaded and installed 1.1 and Google Maps looks and functions identical to pre-1.1. install. Odd.
This same issue is happening to me. I'm on webOS 1.1. It gets annoying having to type out the address everytime.
Mine are exactly the same also. Universal Search works perfectly and contact addresses also work 100%. Don't know what wrong here???
EDIT: and yes I have upgraded to 1.1
I believe I had this problem b4 1.1
I haven't upgraded yet and it is happening to me. And I remember it not working when I tried once before. I don't think it is related to 1.1. And I have always had inconsistent results mapping out of a contact. Haven't tried out of a calendar event.
Calendar event isn't work either...I have always had sporadic results with others but the calendar always worked before 1.1.0... I have upgraded.
What do you mean it doesn't work? What about the Calendar doesn't work? Mine is working just as it did before the upgrade.
Everything seems fine for me and i update to 1.1
This isn't new for me. Has been happening for awhile. (whoops, just realized the article had been updated confirming prior issues. My bad.)
Maybe this a bug with that part of the map because I live in the lexington area and it has happened to me a few times.
Edit: ok I just ran a small test. I had auto locate off in location prefrences off. I hit allow for the gmaps location services. My position was not found correctly and the location was not found. I turned on auto locate and every thing worked correctly.
It's strange to me that I'm seeing this post because today was the first day ever I saw exactly what the screeny above looks like, only I saw it before 1.1 came out. After updating I tried it again and it's fine...working as to be expected. Hmm...
My Google Maps works perfectly fine, before and after the upgrade. Universal search works perfectly with GMaps. Tapping a contact's address info opens a fully functional GMaps with the exact location. I think it's kind of reckless to much such a broad implication about the new upgrade without verifying it first, Derek!!
Is anybody have a problem with the google app. I select it from the menu app and all it does it flicker on and off like it wants to come on but then it resets?
My google maps app has completly stoped working. when I try to load it all it does is fliker on and off. I reset my phone and nothing?!? Anybody else??
The Google Maps Universal Search was busted for me as described in the original post after I upgraded to 1.1. I just tried again and it works fine. I'm thinking this was a server side issue.
It works for me with the 1.1 update
Mine worked fine before the update and now nothing. Any ideas anyone
Never had any problem with google maps before patch. Still not having any problems now after patch..
ALL GOOD on this end :)
(I never use calendar mapping though )
No problems now, don't believe this problem is related to the update...
I just did a quick test of this since it's something that I'd be concerned about as I use it quite often it seems. It still works fine for me, so it's not universal it would appear.