Can I open an Offline Maps App with a link pointing to a GPS Position?

Question

I want to generate a link with a gps position so that, when clicked, the Offline-maps-app (TomTom, Garmin, Sygic, Scout/Skobbler, Osmand, Locus, Maps.me, or any other) opens and shows the location, similar to http://maps.google.com/?q=latitude,longitude, but it should open in the app so that the offline maps are used.

I found out how to make such links for Google, MapQuest, Scout, Waze and here, but these all need internet access.

So, there are two questions:

1. Is it possible to provide a mere text that will be recognised as link (like a text starting with http://) and open an app?
2. if yes, are there offline-maps that can be opened by such a link and show a specific location?

Answer 1

Geo URI's can be used in HTML, and they should work on Android. Such a link looks like this, with the latitude and longitude:

<a href="geo:38.62464092991612,-90.18476128578186">go here</a>

Such a link will (should) be opened by any any Android maps app (assuming they developer has programmed the app to open such links). See here for more info, and a link you can click to see if it works with your offline maps app.

Conceptually, they're sort of like tel: links.. a link doesn't have to point to a web address, after all.

That said, OSMand at least also captures and opens Google maps links, too.