I'm unable to get back to the homepage URL (openstreetmap.org) after searching for a location or editing a map. Instead, the last used location shows up, along with its URL path. Why do I want a plain old homepage URL? Because I don't want to have to close all my windows and tabs and delete all my user data from my browser just to do something like add the OpenStreetMap URL/icon to my browser toolbar or bookmarks, or to quickly grab the URL for a post or email. To be clear, this request isn't just for me personally. This seems like a basic feature that many, many users might want. asked 05 Nov '13, 02:02  Puroprana edited 05 Nov '13, 03:11  aseerel4c26 ♦ |
2 Answers:
The right location for your proposal is openstreetmap's trac. However, there is already my related bug report Constantly updated permalink in URL bar (hash style) spams browsing history in Firefox which was closed as "wontfix" (I guess yours would also be closed that way). Just workarounds are available. They would also work for your problem. Deleting (or not accepting) the "_osm_location" cookie from openstreetmap.org would work too, of course. answered 05 Nov '13, 03:10 aseerel4c26 ♦ |
answered 05 Nov '13, 11:38  Richard ♦ 1 I guessed Puroprana wanted to save a link/bookmark to the osm homepage ( (05 Nov '13, 12:00) aseerel4c26 ♦ |
I didn't quite understand why you have to close all your windows/tabs and delete your user data in order to create a bookmark or copy an URL.
You haven't mentioned your browser. Most I think let you type a URL manually, and www.osm.org doesn't take that long. Or shade and highlight just the bit before the # and copy that.