[OSM-talk] Permalink with marker

[Janko Mihelić]

One solution could be to have a little marker symbol on the lower right of
the map. If the user drags it over the map, it becomes permanent, and when
you click the permalink, it takes it into consideration. That way you could
drag several markers over the map.

Janko


2013/5/23 Tobias Knerr <osm at tobias-knerr.de>

> On 23.05.2013 08:01, Andrew Errington wrote:
> > On the main map at osm.org <http://osm.org> there is a 'permalink'
> > hyperlink, which generates a URL encoding the current view of the map.
> > It is easy to change this into a marker link by editing the URL and
> > changing "lat" and "lon" to "mlat" and "mlon".
>
> I fully agree that we need a better solution; I often have to explain
> how it is done (the last time was on Tuesday) and it's not user-friendly
> at all.
>
> However, I think that it may be a better idea to combine this with the
> upcoming implementation for clickable POI. As the prototype at [1] would
> allow the user to click anywhere on the map (not just on "POI"), we
> could add a "share this location" link at the bottom of that balloon.
> This could then produce a permalink with marker at the click location.
>
> I think that such a solution would make it easer to "aim" the marker and
> would also generally integrate better with these upcoming features.
>
> Tobias
>
> [1] http://overpass.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org/
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