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# Gazetteer

Gazetteer is a core module that finds a desired location such as point of interest, geographic area or address depending on configuration. Search results are filtered by selected locale.

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*Fig. 3.1. Country selection.*

While typing in the search field gazetteer will match and list up to 10 best results such as name of a place, postal code, geographic area name or a street address returned by relevant data source.

![](/files/-LNL-po4UklWkF2xeQIi)

*Fig. 3.2. Gazetteer results listing geographic areas.*

![](/files/-LNL0FreTYpVwXSfursb)

*Fig. 3.3. Gazetteer results listing postal areas and districts.*

On selection the map view will be set to selected geography.

![](/files/-LNL0jFECfm9r6dpOx01)

*Fig. 3.4. Map view with SW11 postal district highlighted in green by gazetteer.*


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