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<p><b>@nertc</b> commented on this pull request.</p>

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<p>In <a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/4904#discussion_r1705350194">app/assets/javascripts/index/directions.js</a>:</p>
<pre style='color:#555'>> @@ -109,26 +125,61 @@ OSM.Directions = function (map) {
 
       var viewbox = map.getBounds().toBBoxString(); // <sw lon>,<sw lat>,<ne lon>,<ne lat>
 
-      $.getJSON(OSM.NOMINATIM_URL + "search?q=" + encodeURIComponent(endpoint.value) + "&format=json&viewbox=" + viewbox, function (json) {
-        endpoint.awaitingGeocode = false;
-        endpoint.hasGeocode = true;
-        if (json.length === 0) {
-          input.addClass("is-invalid");
-          alert(I18n.t("javascripts.directions.errors.no_place", { place: endpoint.value }));
-          return;
-        }
+      if (endpoint.value.match(/^([+-]?\d+(\.\d*)?)(?:\s+|\s*[/,]\s*)([+-]?\d+(\.\d*)?)$/)) {
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<p dir="auto">As we reuse <code class="notranslate">/^([+-]?\d+(\.\d*)?)(?:\s+|\s*[/,]\s*)([+-]?\d+(\.\d*)?)$/</code> regex, it would be more understandable if we create separate constant variable for it and then use it with the variable name.</p>

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<p>In <a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/4904#discussion_r1705363028">app/assets/javascripts/index/directions.js</a>:</p>
<pre style='color:#555'>>  
-        geocodeCallback();
-      });
+          if (endpoint.latlng.distanceTo(L.latLng(json.lat, json.lon)) > 200.0) {
+            input.val(endpoint.value);
+          } else {
+            endpoint.value = json.display_name;
+            input.val(json.display_name);
+          }
+
+          geocodeCallback();
+        });
+      } else {
+        $.getJSON(OSM.NOMINATIM_URL + "search?q=" + encodeURIComponent(endpoint.value) + "&format=json&viewbox=" + viewbox, function (json) {
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<p dir="auto">When concatenating many strings, I think, using <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Template_literals" rel="nofollow">Template literals</a> are more suitable and easier to read way.</p>

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<p>In <a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/4904#discussion_r1705364641">app/assets/javascripts/index/directions.js</a>:</p>
<pre style='color:#555'>> -        geocodeCallback();
-      });
+          if (endpoint.latlng.distanceTo(L.latLng(json.lat, json.lon)) > 200.0) {
+            input.val(endpoint.value);
+          } else {
+            endpoint.value = json.display_name;
+            input.val(json.display_name);
+          }
+
+          geocodeCallback();
+        });
+      } else {
+        $.getJSON(OSM.NOMINATIM_URL + "search?q=" + encodeURIComponent(endpoint.value) + "&format=json&viewbox=" + viewbox, function (json) {
+          endpoint.awaitingGeocode = false;
+          endpoint.hasGeocode = true;
+          if (!json || json.length === 0) {
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<p dir="auto">This can be shortened as <code class="notranslate">!json?.length</code></p>

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