title: Use a URL to link to a Google map with a marker on it
body: <p>I want to link to google maps at a particular location with a marker on a particular point.</p>
  
  <p>It's easy to link to a location:</p>
  
  <pre><code>http://maps.google.com/?ll=XX.XXXX,XX.XXXX
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But how do I drop a marker at that point too? preferably with a bit of my own text but that's just a bonus.</p>
  
  <p><strong>2017 - Google has released documentation on this see new accepted answer: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/44477650/359135">https://stackoverflow.com/a/44477650/359135</a></strong></p>