Chrome, Opera on desktop, also happening on Android app Go to Explore, and under the ‘Place’ filter, search for Greater Sydney Area The correct place is returned, which looks like this: [image] Now instead, type the same place name into the main ‘Location’ search bar instead It returns the entire…

I sort of think Google is mostly to blame for this. If you use their geocoding demo , “Greater Sydney Area” returns the right bounds, but with no name attached that would lead you to Sydney. [image] When iNat is given this info from the Location search box, it takes the name “New South Wales” and …

hmm very annoying from Google; 100% certain this is new behaviour, so no idea why they would change things

This has been bugging me for awhile too. The problem is those Google-defined places are the only ones selectable from the Observations view. So if I type “Greater Austin” into that page, the only available result is “Austin Metropolitan Area, TX, USA” - and this gets displayed as “Texas” - all o…

[image] jgw_atx: The problem is those Google-defined places are the only ones selectable from the Observations view use the Place filter under More Filters. [Screenshot_20240319-000127]

Location search in Explore returns wrong place

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Location search in Explore returns wrong place

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