title: Why has google maps "q" parameter stopped working?
body: <p>We have an app which launches google maps to display a location using the following form of link (<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2660201/what-parameters-should-i-use-in-a-google-maps-url-to-go-to-a-lat-lon">as per the recommendations on SO</a>):</p>
  
  <pre><code>http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=loc:52.03877,-2.3416&z=15</code></pre>
  
  <p>For some reason though, instead of pointing me at that lat/lon, google maps now <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=loc:52.03877,-2.3416&amp;z=15" rel="nofollow noreferrer">points</a> me at Worcester instead of Hollybush near Malvern.</p>
  
  <p>Has the google maps API changed? ..and if so, what is the correct way to do what we used to do?</p>