Here is the attempt where the URL is working

CheckboxAttempt

<li class="active"><a>Location</a>

	<ul class="nav">
		<li ng-repeat="filterout in searchResults.Filters.Location">
			<div class>
				<input id="{{filterout}}" type="checkbox" name="check" ng-click="getCheckBoxes()">
					<label for="{{filterout}}" class="checklabel">
						{{filterout}}
					</label>
			</div>
		</li>  
	</ul>

</li>

controller.js

app.controller('populateSearchController',['$location','$scope','$http','$resource','$routeParams','commonFactory',function($location,$scope,$http,$resource,$routeParams,commonFactory){
//start code of controller
$scope.numberOfPages = calculatePages(totalItems);
// blah blah all upto this line is before function


	$scope.getCheckBoxes = function () { //yep, this is the function
			var counter = 0;
			$scope.storeCheckBoxes = {};
			console.log("On declaration type = " + typeof($scope.storeCheckBoxes));

			$('input[type=checkbox]').each(function (counter) {
				console.log("inside jQuery type = " + typeof($scope.storeCheckBoxes));

				// console.log("This = " + $(this));

				if($(this).is(":checked")) {
					console.log("inside if type = " + typeof($scope.storeCheckBoxes));
					counter++;
					console.log("Filter = " + $(this).attr('id'));
					var filterParam = "p" + counter;
					$scope.storeCheckBoxes[filterParam] = $(this).attr('id');
				}
			}
			);
			var searchDict = $location.search();
		// console.log(searchDict);
		var newSearchDict = angular.extend(searchDict, $scope.storeCheckBoxes);
		console.log(newSearchDict);
		$location.path('search/products').search(newSearchDict);	
	};
// this is where the rest starts:
	function fetchDummyResults ($resource) {
// blah blah
}
]);