[OSM-newbies] How can I send this view as a link?

[Andrew Errington]

On 19 June 2013 01:35, Richard llom <richard.llom at gmail.com> wrote:
> Am 16.06.2013 15:52, schrieb Andrew Errington:
>>
>> On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:30:26 Richard llom wrote:
>>>
>>> when searching for an address on www.openstreetmap.org one gets now a
>>> really nice view, see here for example:
>>> http://666kb.com/i/cezsdgzn07n0aap3l.png
>>> (textorstraße 9 Würzburg)
>>>
>>> But how can I send this to a friend?
>>>
>>
>> Once you click on Permalink, the URL will encode the view you were looking
>> at.
>> The lat and lon in the URL is the latitude and longitude of the centre of
>> the
>> view.  If you edit the permalink and change lat to mlat and lon to mlon
>> you
>> will get a marker at the centre of the view.  You can send the edited
>> permalink to your friend, and they will see the marker.
>>
> OK, thanks thats nice.
> But unfortunately it works only with permalink (ie. longlinks). If I add the
> marker and choose shortlink in the new window, I still get the view with no
> marker at all... :-(
>
>
>> I have proposed a feature like this (adding a 'markerlink' in the same way
>> as
>> a 'permalink') but it's not always possible to implement everything, or it
>> takes some time or manpower that is not available.  If we had this feature
>> I
>> think it would be useful for exactly your situation.
>>
> Yes, please keep proposing. :-)
> I miss this feature since a very long time and IMHO this is a very basic
> feature...

Another thing you can do is right-click on 'Shortlink' and select
'Copy link' then paste the URL somewhere and add "?m" to the end of
the link text.  This will give you a short link that makes a marker at
the centre of the map view.

It's still cumbersome though.  I think a one-click solution would be better.

Best wishes,

Andrew