diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index fef944cec..d210e5644 100755
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
         <script type="text/javascript" src="js/iD/renderer/tiles.js"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="js/iD/renderer/Map.js"></script>
+        <script type="text/javascript" src="js/iD/renderer/hash.js"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="js/iD/renderer/markers.js"></script>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="js/iD/ui/Inspector.js"></script>
 
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@
     });
     map.setZoom(18)
         .setCentre({ lat: 40.7965621, lon: -74.4773184 });
+    iD.Hash().map(map);
 
     window.onresize = function() {
         map.setSize(m.node().offsetWidth,
diff --git a/js/iD/renderer/Map.js b/js/iD/renderer/Map.js
index 18e1524f9..1a56682c7 100755
--- a/js/iD/renderer/Map.js
+++ b/js/iD/renderer/Map.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ iD.Map = function(obj) {
             .scale(512).translate([512, 512]),
         connection = obj.connection;
 
+    var event = d3.dispatch('move');
+
     var inspector = iD.Inspector();
 
     var linegen = d3.svg.line()
@@ -239,11 +241,22 @@ iD.Map = function(obj) {
               .translate(d3.event.translate)
               .scale(d3.event.scale);
         }
+        event.move(map);
         tileclient.redraw();
         drawVector();
         download();
     }
 
+    function getCenter() {
+        var ll = projection.invert([
+            width / 2,
+            height / 2]);
+        return {
+            lon: ll[0],
+            lat: ll[1]
+        };
+    }
+
     function setCentre(loc) {
         // summary:		Update centre and bbox to a specified lat/lon.
         var t = projection.translate(),
@@ -261,6 +274,7 @@ iD.Map = function(obj) {
     map.setCentre = setCentre;
     map.setCenter = setCentre;
 
+    map.getCenter = getCenter;
     map.getZoom = getZoom;
     map.setZoom = setZoom;
     map.zoomIn = zoomIn;
@@ -272,5 +286,5 @@ iD.Map = function(obj) {
 
     setSize(width, height);
     redraw();
-    return map;
+    return d3.rebind(map, event, 'on');
 };
diff --git a/js/iD/renderer/hash.js b/js/iD/renderer/hash.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fa60730d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/iD/renderer/hash.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+iD.Hash = function() {
+  var hash = {},
+      s0, // cached location.hash
+      lat = 90 - 1e-8, // allowable latitude range
+      map;
+
+  var parser = function(map, s) {
+    var args = s.split("/").map(Number);
+    if (args.length < 3 || args.some(isNaN)) return true; // replace bogus hash
+    else {
+      map.setZoom(args[0]);
+      map.setCenter({lat: Math.min(lat, Math.max(-lat, args[1])), lon: args[2]});
+    }
+  };
+
+  var formatter = function(map) {
+    var center = map.getCenter(),
+        zoom = map.getZoom(),
+        precision = Math.max(0, Math.ceil(Math.log(zoom) / Math.LN2));
+    return "#" + zoom.toFixed(2) +
+             "/" + center.lat.toFixed(precision) +
+             "/" + center.lon.toFixed(precision);
+  };
+
+  function move() {
+    var s1 = formatter(map);
+    if (s0 !== s1) location.replace(s0 = s1); // don't recenter the map!
+  }
+
+  function hashchange() {
+    if (location.hash === s0) return; // ignore spurious hashchange events
+    if (parser(map, (s0 = location.hash).substring(1)))
+      move(); // replace bogus hash
+  }
+
+  hash.map = function(x) {
+    if (!arguments.length) return map;
+    if (map) {
+      map.off("move", move);
+      window.removeEventListener("hashchange", hashchange, false);
+    }
+    if (map = x) {
+      map.on("move", move);
+      window.addEventListener("hashchange", hashchange, false);
+      location.hash ? hashchange() : move();
+    }
+    return hash;
+  };
+
+  hash.parser = function(x) {
+    if (!arguments.length) return parser;
+    parser = x;
+    return hash;
+  };
+
+  hash.formatter = function(x) {
+    if (!arguments.length) return formatter;
+    formatter = x;
+    return hash;
+  };
+
+  return hash;
+};