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Map Strings is a resource for those seeking to find Google Map query strings.

Map Strings covers more than just Google Maps. We discuss PHP and other code tips and tricks used to edit query strings and their parameters in YouTube, WordPress, and Google Maps.

What is a Query String Anyway?

A query string is the part of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that can contain data (called parameters) to be passed to web applications such as CGI programs. When a web page is requested via a web browser, the remote server locates a file in its system based on the requested URL. This file may be a simple file or a program. If it is a program, the server may run the program (depending on its configuration), and send output as the required page. The query string is a part of the URL which is passed to the program. It’s use permits data to be passed from the HTTP client (often a web browser like Mozilla Firefox) to the program which generates the web page. This site uses software from WordPress which uses query strings to indicate criteria to search for specific posts or sets of posts in the database. This default use of query strings may reduce search engine optimization (SEO) efforts so pretty permalinks are used here instead. We use the /%category%/%postname%/ permalink, which is probably the most popular.