Search and geolocation

Search

The search tool finds addresses, places, coordinates, and text or feature information on your project’s layers. To open it, open the sidebar and click the Search (magnifying glass) button at the top. Type at least 3 characters into the search box, then press ENTER or click the magnifying glass in the box.

What you can search for

• Addresses and places: street addresses, suburbs, landmarks and other places in Australia. Results closer to the project are ranked higher.
• Coordinates: enter two numbers separated by a comma. Latitude and longitude are entered as latitude, longitude (e.g. -37.8136, 144.9631). Values outside the latitude and longitude range are treated as easting, northing in the project’s coordinate system.
• Text on project layers: text labels drawn on the project’s layers.
• Feature information: attribute values of features on the project’s layers, such as an asset ID or a pit number.

Caution

Civillo only supports primary addresses. If your search includes a secondary address, such as a unit or apartment number (e.g. Unit 6 or 5/34), the results may be inaccurate and a warning is shown above them.

Filters

Click Filter at the top of the search panel to choose what is searched:

• Geosearch (addresses, places)
• Text on project layers
• Feature information
• Search visible layers only: limits text and feature information results to the layers currently turned on in the layer list.

All three sources are searched by default, across all of the project’s layers.

Tip

A search can cover at most 500 layers at once. If your project has more than 500 layers, check Search visible layers only and make sure no more than 500 layers are turned on before searching.

Search results

Up to 15 results are shown, sorted by distance from the center of the map. Each result shows its distance from the map center, or In current map view if it is already on screen. Results from project layers also show the name of the layer they were found in.

Click a result to zoom the map to it. The location briefly flashes so you can spot it. Clicking a result also:

• turns on the result’s layer, for text and feature information results
• opens the feature’s information panel, for feature information results
• shows the information for that point, for coordinate results

Geolocation

Click the Go to my location button in the map controls to see where you are on the map. Your browser may ask for permission to share your location first. The panel that opens shows the accuracy of your location, and has two options:

• Find me on the map: centers the map on your current location.
• Follow me: keeps the map centered on you as you move.