@MapAmore Initial URL:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/37.8149/-88.5361
Second URL: https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions#map=12/37.8149/-88.5361
Tried something different this time and didn't click on the START MAPPING button (seemingly the obvious one to press).
It worked and I didn't have to offer up a buccal swab trapped between two microscope slides.
Thanks for that.
Now I never have to use crappy old Mapquest again. It might not need a sign-in but it's awful.