I currently use the following URL format to display the Mapquest Directions page with the To location populated.
Using this link the person has to select Current Location as a starting point. I would like for my Mapquest link to include the current location of the user as the starting point if possible.
I have reviewed https://mapquestapi.com and https://developer.mapquest.com/documentation/link-to-mapquest but so far I did not find anything where I could set Current Location in the URL. From the Mapquest documentation I found that instead of using q I can use q1 & q2 or q & to: to provide the from/to locations. However I would have to know the starting location first to set the value for q1 or to:.
You can do include the current location within a Google Maps link by using the following link.
Note: I have chosen Mapquest for my mapping application because it has the best mapping information for the area I want to provide directions to. Google Maps cannot find any of the cities I need my website users to be able to produce directions for.
All the results I have found regarding including current location in a link are for Google Maps, not Mapquest. If there is not a function for current location available in Mapquest I would like to know how to find a user's current location to provide in my link.