[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] Map Data overlay should not zoom by itself (Issue #3360)

[Simon Nuttall]

The automatic zoom-on-select is a barrier to freely exploring the overlayed map data.

For instance when analyzing which ways have what tags the map needs to be at a high zoom level to resolve which way to click on. E.g. this can happen when a bridleway or other path is very close (within a couple of metres) to a district boundary. If the way for the district boundary is mistakenly clicked on (during seeking of the bridleway / path component ways) there's a moment of resignation and a frustrating pause while the map zooms out to the district boundary and a short wait to be advised to zoom back in because there's now too much data!

One way to mitigate this problem might be to have the option of suppressing the zooming behaviour by holding down a shift or control key during the mouse click that selects an overlay.

Another method might be to turn off the default zoom behaviour and instead add a zoom-object-into-view button on the side panel for the selected node/ way / relation.

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