[OSM-dev] Share a route, in addition to Share a location on the main OSM map

[Paul Norman]

On 4/13/2015 3:31 AM, Oleksiy Muzalyev wrote:
>
> On the main OSM page it is possible to generate a short link for a 
> location. For example, it is the link to the location of the city of 
> Yakutsk in Siberia: http://osm.org/go/8_Anzx-?m=
>
> Why not to introduce the similar service for a route?

A long link is generated for directions, e.g. 
osm.org/directions?engine=osrm_car&route=49.2817%2C-123.1335%3B49.2823%2C-123.1243.

You can copy this URL from the URL bar.

For short links, there is an open issue (#905) to add short links for 
routes, but obviously it won't get added until someone decides to write 
code adding it.