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$route is used for deep-linking URLs to controllers and views (HTML partials). It watches $location.url() and tries to map the path to an existing route definition.
Brings especially mid-/long-term many benefits. Is a requirement when replacing some or all visualizations with AngularJS. Would make implementing features like https://github.com/piwik/piwik/issues/5977#issuecomment-52820055 easier
Maybe we could also replace the menu.js with AngularJS in the same step? Not sure!
https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ngRoute/service/$route