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Looks like a match: https://shorturl.at/SBYHT

Edit: shorter url

There is no reason to shorten the url here, and I much prefer to be able to see where I'm going before I click.

Here is the original:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/?link=https://www.google.com/maps/pl...

Why does Google do this. There isn't any need for so much data just to link a resource

They do offer a link for sharing as an alternative: https://maps.app.goo.gl/HZMATsSJJhpcejoJ8

That's just another shortlink though.

You can try the original then:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/?link=https://www.google.com/maps/pl...

It did warn you the destination is HZMAT at least...

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...

There's always a chance that Bob _is_ the car. Twenty-five years ago, in Winamp days, I remember several peers naming their cars.

It doesn't seem to happen now we're older :(

Also it looks like a Max Power style Vauxhall Nova. A real blast from the past, that's a car modding culture that is mostly gone.