[OSM-talk] Zoom to search results on the map

Warin 61sundowner at gmail.com
Fri Oct 26 08:28:44 UTC 2018


On 26/10/18 17:26, Maarten Deen wrote:
> When you search on something in the searchbox on openstreetmap.org 
> that returns multiple results, the map moves to the first result and 
> when you hover over the result it displays a marker.
> But for all the other results, you need to click to see where it is. 
> This removes the search results and displays details of the object you 
> clicked.  Suppose this is not what you're looking for, you now have to 
> enter the search parameters again and nominatim now searches from the 
> last point the map was centred at. So the search results differ from 
> the first try. Now you have to remember what results you've looked at 
> so you don't look at them again.
>
> Is there no way to show the second, third, etc, result on the map 
> without removing the search results?

Right click - open in a new window/tab. Works for google searchers too.



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