# Supported directions URL parameters

**URL:** https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/supported-directions-url-parameters/1698
**Category:** Maps Website
**Created:** [May 12, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/supported-directions-url-parameters/1698 "2020-05-12T12:48:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![tijmen](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/tijmen/32/543_2.png) [@tijmen](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/tijmen)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/supported-directions-url-parameters/1698/1 "2020-05-12T12:48:59Z")

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I’m working on a project where I like to include a ‘directions’ link that directs users to a map on the openrouteservice website with the start and end point already set.

I got this link structure that does almost everything I want it to do ( [Openrouteservice Maps](https://maps.openrouteservice.org/directions?n1=51.727223&n2=4.156225&n3=10&a=51.566867,3.796718,51.890888,4.47288&b=0&c=0&k1=en-US&k2=km) ), but there are some issues.

It for example doesn’t show a map layer itself, it just draws the route on a grey background unless I manually activate the OpenStreetMap layer. Is there a url parameter that I can set so this happens automatically? Also it shows this surface / elevation box, which I don’t want there. Can this also be hidden with a url parameter?

I tried to search for documentation what all the different parameters in the URL mean, and what’s supported, but I can’t find anything about it? If this is documented somewhere, then please let me know where and I will take a look 🙂

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### Author: ![nils](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/nils/32/6_2.png) [@nils](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/nils)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/supported-directions-url-parameters/1698/2 "2020-05-12T13:05:05Z")

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Right. We were JUST talking about that.

Currently the maps client defaults to a broken tiles server. We’ll change the default very soon to OSM tiles, today or the latest end of this week.

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### Author: ![amandus](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/amandus/32/669_2.png) [@amandus](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/amandus)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/supported-directions-url-parameters/1698/3 "2020-05-12T13:15:20Z")

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regarding the elevation box, you can diable it in the settings ![grafik](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/uploads/default/original/1X/c04b90aec1f5e59b4d28d328eb173c827269ed04.png)

The baselayer as well as whether you show the elevation or not should be remembered by your browser.

best regards