I don't think it's any easier for the end user. Instead, it causes the same problem for people who *don't* want a marker, plus the 'permalink' feature is already well-established.
Best wishes, Andrew On Thu, 23 May 2013 18:03:54 Richard Mann wrote: > Easiest of all would probably be to include the marker by default, and let > people edit it out if they don't want it. > > Richard > > On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Andrew Errington <erringt...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I think that's slightly different to what I had in mind. My suggestion > > was to make a very simple way to make a map marker. For example, if a > > friend asks me where a restaurant is, or a park, I want to go to the map > > and quickly create a link with a marker to send to my friend. I can paste > > the link into email, or Facebook, or any chat program. > > > > I can do this right now, but I need to edit the long permalink (or add > > "?m" to the short permalink). I'd like to skip this step. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > On 23 May 2013 15:40, christian.pietz...@googlemail.com < > > > > christian.pietz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi > >> this would be really great. Another good thing would be if you could > >> generate a permalink for searched areas.....for example: if you search > >> vor Berlin and click on the first entrance the border Berlin city will > >> be shown on the map.... > >> Maybe it would be possible to have a small Link symbol next to the > >> search results. > >> > >> greetings > >> Christian > >> > >> > >> 2013/5/23 sabas88 <saba...@gmail.com> > >> > >>> 2013/5/23 Andrew Errington <erringt...@gmail.com> > >>> > >>>> Hello, > >>>> > >>>> On the main map at 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". > >>>> > >>>> Would it be beneficial to add another hyperlink which will do this > >>>> automagically? Maybe called "markerlink", which produces a URL > >>>> containing "mlat" and "mlon". > >>>> > >>>> I know it means work for someone, but if it's a good idea then > >>>> hopefully it can be implemented easily. I don't know if it's been > >>>> suggested before, but if such a feature were available I would use it > >>>> a lot. I often make my own OSM marker links to send to people by > >>>> editing the permalink URL, so I'd appreciate a one-click function to > >>>> do this. > >>>> > >>>> Comments please. If it's a good idea I will submit it to OSM trac. > >>> > >>> I like it, but should be considered also into the url shortening part > >>> (now if you add marker via mlon and mlat and make a shorturl it > >>> transforms it in lon and lat..) > >>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> > >>>> Andrew > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Stefano > >>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> talk mailing list > >>>> talk@openstreetmap.org > >>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> talk mailing list > >>> talk@openstreetmap.org > >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> talk mailing list > >> talk@openstreetmap.org > >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk mailing list > > talk@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
