They're storing information about the app's current state, as well as tracking/analytic info. If you don't care about linking to an identical view and just want

They're storing information about the app's current state, as well as tracking/analytic info. If you don't care about linking to an identical view and just want to link to a specific location, you can trim the URL down to just the coordinates like this: https://www.google.com/maps/place/@55.9285659,-4.7106362,17z/ https://www.google.com/maps/place/@55.9285659,-4.7106362,17z...