Problems with area filtering

For example, if you enter "New Zealand" as the search string you only seem to get activities around the middle of New Zealand

This is because the map is focused on the 10 most recent activities in New Zealand. If you click to the next page the map will move to those 10 activities.

I thought this might be the case initially but I have checked again and gone right back through the history and there are no activities in Auckland or Christchurch for example that make it into the "New Zealand" list.

So I do think there is a problem with the filtering as described in my first post.

I see your point, but is there a reason you have to search "New Zealand?" Why not enter "Aukland" in the search box? I search for Aukland and pull up several activities. Also, you can drag the map around to change the focus of your search. If I search for USA, then I get the geographic center of the USA rather than the entire country. But that is not usually what I'm searching. Putting in something more specific would give me much better results.

Here's another twist on this. I live in northern VA, near Washington DC. If I enter my hometown (Springfield), I get 10 activities that are tied to Springfield, but I don't get anything for any neighboring communities, even though they may only be a few miles away. I tried entering "northern Virginia," but that didn't return anything. So I guess the only way to find activities in my area would be to type in each community? That would be pretty tedious. Furthermore, I live close to Maryland and Washington DC, but likewise the only way to find activities there would be to separately enter those areas, which again is tedious. Perhaps a better way would be to have the option to search a user-selectable radius around a central location, which is a way a lot of store locators are implemented on web pages, e.g., find a Borders within 25 miles of a certain zipcode.

Another odd thing is if I simply type "Virginia," the search returns a few activities in NC.

Andrew and DW152,

You're right, we have a bit of quirkiness in our location searches. I recommend executing a location search of "New Zealand" or "Springfield, VA" to get your search close to the desired location, and then panning/zooming the map until you reach your desired location. Clicking "Search" again will execute a "Current Map View" of this area.

The limitations have been noted and will be improved upon in the near future. Thanks for the feedback, guys!