Users sometimes want to search for X,Y, not only Y,X

[jidanni]

Sometimes the user only has a X,Y, not a Y,X,

Well first of all, iD didn't realize that the user didn't enter 90 degrees.

Second of all, how about a little box that will show up "Flip X/Y? [ ]" when a pair of numbers is detected, to avoid the user needing to tediously cut and paste to make their X,Y into a Y,X, so iD can deal with it correctly.

By the way, in Google Maps we can right click and at the top of the menu we can copy
the rather precise
24.262050809434633, 121.00748362130905
but when we plug it into iD, well all we know is that that point lies in some vague area perhaps in the middle of our screen. No crosshairs, no thumbtack, no nothing.

[tyrasd]

No crosshairs

That was already discussed on multiple occasions, for example in #4218 and #6173.

[tyrasd]

Sometimes the user only has a X,Y, not a Y,X,

It is far more common to get coordinates in lat/lon rather than the other way around. As far as I know, lon/lat coordinates are mostly common in the context of geo file formats and similar technical applications. A user who got a X/Y coordinate (say from copying it out of a GeoJSON file) would likely know that the coordinates might need to be flipped and can do that quite easily.

On the other hand, a user who just copied a coordinate from a GPS tracker or website would likely be confused by the unexpected possibility to flip coordinates.

I think this is working fine as it is.

[jidanni]

Well in some countries it's just the opposite.

I was just thinking of a tiny checkbox that would appear when it is detected that the user had entered coordinates.

[tyrasd]

Ok, fair point.

I would however go with a solution in the style of how osm.org handles it: showing both coordinates (with the lat/lon variant first) when searching:

But only one option if any of the coord values

[draunger]

I am interested in this..

[Deeptanshu-sankhwar]

Thanks for sharing the issue @jidanni @tyrasd. Please checkout the above PR, I have enlisted both variations of lat/lon and lon/lat if the latitude is under the valid bounds of (-90 to 90), and only 1 variation otherwise. Below is a preview to capture the changes.
Thanks

Screen.Recording.2025-01-31.at.10.18.32.PM.mp4