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Re:Google Maps Platform by robocat on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @06:54PM (#16981874)
iOS11 added a "Desktop view" mode but I am not sure the feature is well known (Android has had the feature forever, so by mobile, you mean iOS I think).

From memory, in Safari, tap share, then scroll across to desktop view. I don't have an iDevice with me at moment, but it should work.

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Re:Google Maps Platform by jazoom on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @06:56PM (#16981878)
By "mobile" I mean Android. And since Android has many browsers "Desktop view" may or may not exist, and if it does exist and can mean many different things. I don't bother to use it because I never found it to work properly. I haven't tried for a couple of years, though.
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Re:Google Maps Platform by RussianCow on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @07:48PM (#16982150)
Desktop mode in Firefox for Android has always worked very well for me, if it helps.
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Re:Google Maps Platform by lathiat on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @08:48PM (#16982440)
Tap Share, then "Request Desktop Site"

However I have found that it is quite unreliable at working. Not sure if it's just changing the viewport for CSS, or the user-agent, or what. But it frequently doesn't work.

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Re:Google Maps Platform by ijanos on Friday May 04, 2018 @03:18AM (#16992783)
you can long-touch the refresh button for quick access
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Re:Google Maps Platform by pvg on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @07:10PM (#16981953)
It's been there since at least iOS 8.
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