a more intuitive search for lassi

We are excited to introduce an entirely new search experience for LASSI! In a complete over-haul of it's search functionality, we are introducing a significantly more intuituve and easy to use search functionality for LASSI.

As you may have already noticed, we have also made a few changes to the way LASSI looks with this change. With the new search feature being able to accommodate the majority of the searches you would perform, we have automatically hidden the panel on the left that contains LASSI's more traditional search options.

The search field for LASSI is prominenly placed at the top center of the map area.

New search field placed at the top center of the map area



The new way of searching LASSI

You can simply start typing in the new search field to start finding what you are looking for. For example, if you are looking for an address, when you start typing the address, LASSI will start showing addresses matching what you are typing. As you type more details of the address, for example, start with a street number, then type the street name and then the area/suburb, LASSI will refine the results it will show you. LASSI wil start automatically looking for matches when you type 3 characters or more.

Search results are updated as you type

When LASSI starts finding matches for what you are typing, by default LASSI will list all types of features it finds. For example, the search results could include addresses, street names, survey labels, place names, survey mark, etc. The type of each search results (whether it's an address, road name, etc) is indicated by the bold text on the left of each row of results. If you want to restrict your search only to a specific type (for example, if you are looking only for addresses), then you can select that type by selecting its respective check-box.

Different search types and selecting only specific types

how the left panel works now

LASSI wil automatically expand the panel on the left when you perform a relevant action. For example, when you use the "identify property" tool to identify a property or use the "identify survey mark" tool to identify a survey mark, when you click on the property or the survey mark you want to identify, LASSI will automcatically expand the panel on the left to display information about what you identified.

You can also manually expand the panel on the left by clicking on the "expand panel" icon. This is the first icon on the tool bar as shown below. The icon will change when the panel is expanded to indicate that it can also be collapsed manually.

Icon to manually expand the left panel

If the panel on the left is already open and you don't currently need it or would like to see the map take up more space on the screen, you can click on the "collapse panel" icon. Again, this is the first icon on the tool bar. The "expand panel" icon will automatically change to the "collapse panel" icon and vice versa depending on whether the panel is open or not.

Icon to manually collapse the left panel

what you can search with the new search

While we will be working continuously to ehance and improve the new search feature, as of this release, the new search supports the following search types.

LASSI new search coverage

For the following search types, please use LASSI's old search panel.