diff --git a/src/app/router/router.component.ts b/src/app/router/router.component.ts
index 0edbf38d..e40a1beb 100644
--- a/src/app/router/router.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/router/router.component.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { combineLatest, of } from 'rxjs/index';
 import { SubscriptionService } from '../core/subscription.service';
 import { CityService } from '../city/city.service';
-import { RouteValidatorService } from '../services/route-validator.service';
+import { RoutingService } from '../services/routing.service';
 import { switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 @Component({
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export class RouterComponent implements OnInit {
     private subscriptionService: SubscriptionService,
     private route: ActivatedRoute,
     private router: Router,
-    private routeValidator: RouteValidatorService,
+    private routeValidator: RoutingService,
     private cityService: CityService
   ) {}
 
diff --git a/src/app/services/route-validator.service.ts b/src/app/services/routing.service.ts
similarity index 94%
rename from src/app/services/route-validator.service.ts
rename to src/app/services/routing.service.ts
index d117e5aa..e29d480b 100644
--- a/src/app/services/route-validator.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/routing.service.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ import { DataService, lookupFountainAlias } from '../data.service';
 import { FountainService } from '../fountain/fountain.service';
 import { City } from '../locations';
 import { CityService, defaultCity } from '../city/city.service';
-import { illegalState } from '../shared/illegalState';
-import { Database, FountainSelector, isDatabase, LngLat } from '../types';
-import { getSingleNumericParam, getSingleStringParam, isNumeric } from './utils';
+import { Database, FountainSelector, LngLat } from '../types';
+import { getSingleStringParam, isNumeric } from './utils';
 import { catchError, filter, first } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { MapConfig } from '../map/map.config';
 
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ export interface QueryParams {
 @Injectable({
   providedIn: 'root',
 })
-export class RouteValidatorService {
+export class RoutingService {
   // Validates route names
 
   constructor(
@@ -329,22 +328,18 @@ export class RouteValidatorService {
   getShortenedQueryParams(): Observable<QueryParams> {
     return this.fountainService.fountainSelector.map(fountainSelector => {
       // Get query parameter values from app state. use short query params by default for #159
-      const queryParams: QueryParams = {
-        l: this.languageService.currentLang, // use short language by default// mode: state.mode,
-      };
-      if (fountainSelector !== undefined) {
-        if (fountainSelector.queryType === 'byCoords') {
-          // if selection by coordinates
-          queryParams.lat = fountainSelector.lat;
-          queryParams.lng = fountainSelector.lng;
-        } else if (fountainSelector.queryType === 'byId') {
-          // if selection by id
-          queryParams.i = fountainSelector.idval;
-        }
-      }
+      const queryParams: QueryParams = fountainSelector ? this.getQueryParamsForSelector(fountainSelector) : {};
+      queryParams.l = this.languageService.currentLang;
       return queryParams;
     });
   }
+
+  private getQueryParamsForSelector(fountainSelector: FountainSelector): QueryParams {
+    switch (fountainSelector.queryType) {
+      case 'byId':
+        return { l: this.languageService.currentLang };
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 function isWikidataId(id: string): boolean {
diff --git a/src/app/types.ts b/src/app/types.ts
index 5d7b1cc8..8f735c10 100644
--- a/src/app/types.ts
+++ b/src/app/types.ts
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ export function isDatabase(s: string): s is Database {
 }
 
 export interface FountainSelector {
-  queryType: 'byCoords' | 'byId';
+  queryType: 'byId';
   lat?: number;
   lng?: number;
   radius?: number;