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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