Apple Maps vs Google Maps and Preparing for the Switch

URL from a pin drop location emailed from Apple's Maps in iOS 6:

The above URL currently redirects to Google Maps:

Taking a closer look...

Query string parameters from maps.apple.com:

• lsp=xxxx
  • This was a four digit number, not sure what that meant.
• auid=xxxx
  • This was a 20 or so digit number, not sure what that meant either, maybe a device identifier?
• sll=52.376290,4.900797
  • This is the basic lattitude, longitude.
• q=Hotel%20Prins%20Hendrik%20B.V.
  • This is the query the user typed in. In this case, our hotel in Amsterdam for the Damn Am we're doing out there next month.
• hnear=Prins%20Hendrikkade%2082,%20NL-1012%20Amsterdam,%20The%20Netherlands
  • This is the location the user started out at where the query then searches nearby results for.

Query string parameters from maps.google.com contain the same parameter names:

• sll=52.376290,4.900797
• q=Hotel+Prins+Hendrik+B.V.
• hnear=Prins+Hendrikkade+82,+NL-1012+Amsterdam,+The+Netherlands

So, all existing links to places on google maps can simply have "google" replaced with "apple" and you're at the same location on Apple's Maps. Good thinking, nerds.