Add Filter / Location to URL

[mguentner]

This could be solved similar to Google Maps, something like

http://matemonkey.com/map/@23.42,13.37,15/filter=hash

[trockenasche]

I thought more like http://matemonkey.com/map/?München

[mguentner]

I suggest using http://matemonkey.com/map/search/München for that. However the search will immediately resolve to the latitude/longitude. Currently I don't see an advantage of putting a search term into the URL. Latitude,Longitude and the zoom level are perfect for sharing.

Or do you want to write a Twitter Bot that replies to all "Where can I buy Mate in XY" with http://matemonkey.com/map/?XY? 😄

[zealot128]

another thought: having the search pages with city name - or pseudo search pages - is good for Google, too

[mguentner]

True, maybe we can implement a hybrid solution. SEO results for Google etc. need to go into a sitemap.xml or similar (like http://matemonkey.com/map/search/München).
The real problem is how to change/map everything into one URL.

Example:

• The user visits http://matemonkey.com/
• The app uses their geo location and changes the url to `http://matemonkey.com/map/@lat,lon
• The user then selects a dealer (what happens now) http://matemonkey.com/map/dealer/xy or http://matemonkey.com/map/dealer/xy@lat,lon or http://matemonkey.com/map/@lat,lon/dealer/xy
• The user searches for Munich
• What happens now (the dealer might still be selected) http://matemonkey.com/search/Munich/@lat,lon/dealer/xy seems stupid

I think each http://matemonkey.com/search/ URL should simply resolve to a `http://matemonkey.com/map/@lat,lon URL invalidating the filters and dealer selection.