Hello, When I try to search for observations in “Boston, MA, USA” it always selects “Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Boston, MA, USA”. I type “Boston, MA, USA” in the Location box, and in the dropdown I click “Boston, MA, USA” but then the results and the selection area are always …

[image] thecephalotaxusguy: I type “Boston, MA, USA” in the Location box Instead of using the location box, type “Boston” into the “Place” box: [Screen Shot 2021-12-21 at 1.14.06 AM]

If I search for “Boston, MA, US” I get to this place, which looks ok to me: https://inaturalist.lu/places/boston-ma-us Either this place does not have the polygon associated to it that you expect, or you end up at some other place. maybe you could post the link to the search result that you end up…

The usual issue I expect. See … Filter location: United States - Bug Reports - iNaturalist Community Forum

Selecting “Boston, MA, USA” from the location dropdown menu selects “Boston African American [Museum]” as location instead.

Please use the workaround described above by sgene – use Filters->More Filters->Place.

Cannot search for observations in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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saturnring December 21, 2021, 9:20am 5

Instead of using the location box, type “Boston” into the “Place” box:

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Cannot search for observations in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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