I created places a while back for constituencies within Saint Paul, MN, USA. I created them all as polygons from .KML files. These places do not appear in the general “location” dropdown, but I can find them both under “places” and under the filter menu. When they pop up under the filter menu, it …

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Welcome to the forum, @spnr_ed ! I do not know the answer to your question, but I’m sure someone else will be able to help. Thank you for being a part of the community!

[image] spnr_ed: These places do not appear in the general “location” dropdown, but I can find them both under “places” and under the filter menu. I believe you’re referring to https://www.inaturalist.org/observations ? [image] That field only searches Google Maps, not iNaturalist places.

[image] spnr_ed: How do I correct the “missing” message? This is a translation bug and has been reported . Thank you for bringing it to our attention!

Correct, that is what I was referencing. I thought the bug and the missing menu item might be related. Apparently not! Doesn’t seem worth creating additional places in Google just for the glory of reducing a step in the search process. Thanks!

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tiwane March 25, 2020, 9:17pm 4

I believe you’re referring to https://www.inaturalist.org/observations ?

That field only searches Google Maps, not iNaturalist places.

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"Place type" not formatted correctly in dropdown

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