Vim keep cursor location while scrolling

Question

Is there a way to keep the cusror location off-screen in Vim / gVim while scrolling? Similar to many Windows editors.
I know about marks, and do use them. I also know the

Answer 1

Why don't you split the window, look at what you wanted to look at, and then close the split?

:split

or

:vsplit (if you want to split vertically)