Keep custom locality notes when adjusting pinned locations

I have stored a number of locations that I frequent, and when I select one it populates the “Locality notes” field; but when I mark the exact location, the information in the “Locality notes” automatically changes/reverts to a generic designation. I can designate the spot but have to write in the location in “Locality notes.”

The pinned location, once selected by the user, should remain as the “Locality notes”

This issue causes inaccuracies and issues of several varieties.

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Yes please.
Mine is named Silvermine. Which is correct.
Google insists on Silver Mine which is WRONG! All the Cape Town obs at ‘Silver Mine’ are wrong - which is most of them.

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/silvermine-nature-reserve
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/silvermine-nature-reserve?tab=observations&subtab=table (see who notices and corrects it, and who does not ‘see’ their locality notes)

If I actually move the pinned location away from ‘my Silvermine’ I can adjust the location notes for myself.

Let the pinned location apply to both the place on the map and the name we choose to use for it.

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