[OSM-talk] short links

[Shaun McDonald]

Hi,

There is some info in a blog post I made a few months back:
http://blog.shaunmcdonald.me.uk/2010/01/openstreetmap-shortlinks/

Shaun

On 13 Mar 2010, at 21:35, Vincent Pottier wrote:

> Hi,
> One question :
> What is the algorithm used to convert the short OSM link from/to lat/lon
> 
> One sugestion :
> It sshould be nice to increase the potientiality of the osm.org. I explain :
> http://osm.org/go/0CUlOS6B-
> redirects to
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.2553&lon=6.0121&zoom=14&layers=B000FTF
> 
> 
> http://osm.org/at/0CUlOS6B-
> could redirect to
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.2553&mlon=6.0121&zoom=14&layers=B000FTF
> 
> Other shortcuts can be suggested...
> like
> 
> http://osm.org/car/0CUlOS6B-/0CUpGUF for car routing
> http://osm.org/hike/0CUlOS6B-/0CUpGUF
> http://osm.org/bike/0CUlOS6B-/0CUpGUF
> 
> and, i'm shure you have understoud the principle so you have understoud 
> what could be
> 
> http://osm.org/car/0A75uZ/0CUlOS6B-/0CUpGUF
> --
> FrViPofm
> 
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