Monday, August 12, 2013

Automatically turn an address into a hyperlink to Google Map

Question:


( by Derhere )


I am hoping to make it so the address entries into the Google Spreadsheet I use automatically turn into hyperlinks to Google Maps. I have use other programs that do this automatically and thought that I just needed to pointed into the right direction to make it so.
Thank,
David Ruth
Using Android 4.1.2
Droid Razor Maxx 



Solution:


Have a look at the following screenshot of my Spreadsheet:




Have a look at the following animated screenshot of my Spreadsheet:




I have the following formula in Cell C2:

=hyperlink("https://maps.google.com/?q="&substitute(A2;" ";"+")&"+"&substitute(B2;" ";"+");A2)

I have the following formula in Cell C3:
=hyperlink("https://maps.google.com/?q="&substitute(A3;" ";"+")&"+"&substitute(B3;" ";"+");A3)


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1 comment:

  1. Hi Kishan, I appreciate you help. The above works great on a PC platform but I'm using google spreadsheet on a smartphone platform which seems to make it not to work for me.

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