[OSM-dev] openstreetmap uris

[Martijn van Oosterhout]

On Jan 24, 2008 1:27 PM, SteveC <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
> On 23 Jan 2008, at 22:42, Erik Wilde wrote:
> > i have a question about openstreetmaps itself: when clicking
> > "permalink", i get a uri with long/lat and zoom level and view
> > parameter. is there some documentation for these parameters? i am
> > currently working on a little project to look at the commonalities
> > between all kinds of map services, and finding documentation about
> > the uris they are generating and accepting turns out to be a real
> > challenge. i would be grateful if you could point me to something
> > that describes openstreetmap's uris.

It should be noted that most places using OSM use openlayers and the
lat/lon/zoom is merely the format as parsed and generated by
openlayers itself. The mlat/mlon provided by the main map is unusual,
but it also places a marker.

Have a nice day,
-- 
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog at gmail.com> http://svana.org/kleptog/