[OSM-talk] How do you easily add a location pointer to maps on main website?

[Shaun McDonald]

In addition to the rest of the answers in the thread you can double  
click to centre the map then copy the shortlink and add ?m to the end  
of the url (assuming that your using the default Mapnik layer  
otherwise it's &m).

Shaun

On 1 Nov 2009, at 14:16, Jason Cunningham wrote:

> I asked early on in the year for way to add a marker to a map when I  
> wanted to give a link to a map that that pointed out a location. The  
> answer given was to get a 'permalink' then put an 'm' before 'lat'  
> and 'lon' in the url. The edited link then brings up a map with a  
> red diamond at the centre of the map. This is not user friendly  
> because you have to move the map around and guess when your location  
> is at the centre of the map before getting your permalink. It takes  
> a few attempts to get it right.
>
> 1. I am sure I saw a link in these mailing list where the the red  
> diamond was replaced with an arrow. How was this done?
> 2. Is there an easy way to create the needed link?
> 3. Is there an easy way to create a link where the marker is not at  
> the centre of the map (see below)
>
> I wanted to email a link to an osm map which pointed out the  
> location of a building in a small wood. OSM would have been  
> brilliant because the wood is mapped, but it I didnt have time to  
> spend several minutes trying to create a link with marker. I ended  
> up using http://www.multimap.com/maps/ because it allowed me to add  
> a marker using the right-mouse button, and this marker does not need  
> to be in the centre of the map. Multimap also provides a short url,  
> eg http://www.multimap.com/s/TSOdvGZH
>
> I suppose I am hoping that in the future there is some way to  
> replicate the easy method multimap provides.
>
> cheers
> Jason
> user:jamicu
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