[OSM-talk] arbitrary markers on main map

[Robin Paulson]

2008/9/1 David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net>:
>> i'm sure there must be way to do this without mangling urls?
>
> Go to the Export tab on www.openstreetmap.org,
> choose embeddable HTML
> click add marker to map
> copy the Iframe output and see the URL it contains
>
> David

yes, that does the trick - eventually. but it's not particularly
intuitive. i'm looking for something i can use, but also something for
the average user. i'm sure it's a common need - especially as we can't
do searches for street numbers, or even street names. i'd love to be
able to spread the word of osm by sending links to people, but
expecting someone to search through a screenful of inner-city streets,
is too much to ask