SUBMITTED (25911) - [FEATURE] Add url parameter to filter hides/finds on beta map

[+aB5dEglYeS5P]

Almost every time I (re)load the map the first thing I do is click the personalisation buttons to filter my finds and hides.

I'd much rather this was remembered - the easiest way as far as I can see would be a f=1 (or similar) parameter similar to:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?[sTUFFHERE]&f=1

(Ideally the cache types would be exposed too)

 

I'd like it if "refresh session" also remembered the options I'd chosen.

[Moun10Bike]

Your solution is rather specific (adding a URL parameter); we have a more general request to remember a user's filter settings between sessions currently in our database.

[+aB5dEglYeS5P]

The benefit of also having it as a url parameter being I can easily bookmark (or otherwise load) specific maps already filtered and not worry about session... (given the map frequently seems to forget who I am - which may well be my setup) maybe there's a better way of doing it than my suggestion but there's definitely room for improvement.

Edited December 2, 2011 by aB5dEglYeS5P

[+dfx]

A common way to do this is not as an actual URL parameter, but rather as anchor, i.e. http://server/path#parameters=go;here

[+aB5dEglYeS5P]

I apologise for not writing the feature request in an implementation agnostic manner...

Goal: reduce clicks on map load to set up as desired.

Fringe benefit: reduce server load caused by initial undesired map tile pull.