# Navigating the Map
JMap NG offers several ways to navigate the map and explore your data:
* Search for a specific location
* Search for features in the project (simple search)
* Navigate with your fingers or mouse
* Centre the map on precise coordinates and adjust the scale
## Search for a Location
You can search for a specific location to centre the map on it:
1. Click the Location icon to open the search field.
2. **Enter the location information** (address, postal code, city, place name, etc.). JMap NG uses the Mapbox Geocoding service to find the location. Matching results are displayed as you type.
3. **Select the desired location** by clicking it in the list. The map automatically centres on that location, identified by a marker , and zooms in to show more details. A tooltip displays the location information.\
**Note:** When you search for a new location, the marker for the previous location disappears.
4. Click the Close icon to clear the search terms.
5. Click the Location icon to close the search and remove the last displayed location information.
## Search for Features in the Project (Simple Search)
You can search for features across the project layers based on their attribute values.
{% hint style="info" %}
The attributes used for simple searches must be **indexed in the data source** and **selected in the project layer**. Contact your JMap Cloud administrator if you would like specific attributes to be available for simple searches.
{% endhint %}
1. Click the Search icon or press the **/** key to open the **Search in project** field.
2. **Enter your search terms.** As you type, a list displays all features in the project whose attributes match your terms, across all layers.
3. **Click a feature** in the list to locate it. The feature is selected and the map centres on it.
4. **Click the name of a layer** to select all features in that layer matching your search. The map centres to display all of these features.
## Navigate with Your Fingers or Mouse
You can explore the map interactively:
#### **With Your Fingers (touch device)**
* **Pinch/spread:** Zoom out/in
* **Drag:** Pan the map
* **Two-finger rotation:** Rotate the map
* **Two-finger swipe up/down:** Tilt the map (3D navigation)
#### **With Your Mouse**
* **Scroll wheel:** Zoom in/out
* **Left click + drag:** Pan the map
* **Ctrl + click + drag:** Rotate and tilt the map
#### **Control Orientation**
1. Click the Orientation icon to display information about the rotation (in degrees relative to North) and the tilt (in degrees relative to the horizontal plane).
2. Click the Orientation icon to restore the default orientation (flat view oriented North). The icon turns grey and indicates North on the horizontal plane.
## Center the Map on Coordinates and Modify the Scale
You can center the map on a precise coordinate and change the map scale:
### **Modify the Scale**
1. Click the Geographic Information icon to open the geographic information window.
2. Click **Scale** to open the **Change the map scale** window.
3. **Enter a new scale** or adjust it using the arrows. The map scale updates in real time.
4. Click **OK** to close the window and apply the chosen scale.
### **Change the Coordinate System**
Click **EPSG:4326** or **EPSG:3857** to switch between coordinate reference systems:
* **EPSG:4326:** Coordinates in Latitude and Longitude (Lat, Lon)
* **EPSG:3857:** Coordinates in X and Y (meters) in the Web Mercator projection
The displayed coordinates correspond to the current cursor position and update as you move it.
### **Center on Precise Coordinates**
1. Click the **displayed coordinates** to open the **Recenter the map** window.
2. **Enter the desired coordinates** or adjust them with the arrows. The map recenters automatically and a point marks the exact position.
3. Click **OK** to close the window. You can click the Back icon to return to the previous view.
to open the search field.
2. **Enter the location information** (address, postal code, city, place name, etc.). JMap NG uses the Mapbox Geocoding service to find the location. Matching results are displayed as you type.
3. **Select the desired location** by clicking it in the list. The map automatically centres on that location, identified by a marker 
, and zooms in to show more details. A tooltip displays the location information.\
**Note:** When you search for a new location, the marker for the previous location disappears.
to clear the search terms.
5. Click the Location icon 
or press the **/** key to open the **Search in project** field.
2. **Enter your search terms.** As you type, a list displays all features in the project whose attributes match your terms, across all layers.
3. **Click a feature** in the list to locate it. The feature is selected and the map centres on it.
to display information about the rotation (in degrees relative to North) and the tilt (in degrees relative to the horizontal plane).
2. Click the Orientation icon 
to open the geographic information window.
2. Click **Scale** to open the **Change the map scale** window.
3. **Enter a new scale** or adjust it using the arrows. The map scale updates in real time.
4. Click **OK** to close the window and apply the chosen scale.
### **Change the Coordinate System**
Click **EPSG:4326** or **EPSG:3857** to switch between coordinate reference systems:
* **EPSG:4326:** Coordinates in Latitude and Longitude (Lat, Lon)
* **EPSG:3857:** Coordinates in X and Y (meters) in the Web Mercator projection
The displayed coordinates correspond to the current cursor position and update as you move it.
to return to the previous view.