At the moment there is a mixed content bug in the place lookup, so it doesn't work over https. I guess it will be fixed in short order though.
There's also not much fuzziness in the search. For example, "Tolado Ohio" will not be found.
There's also not much fuzziness in the search. For example, "Tolado Ohio" will not be found.
It kind of demonstrates how far behind they are with things like navigation, search etc. It's a shame because the actual mapping data behind OSM is absolutely fantastic.
To quote from the link "Well, the first thing to note is that the philosophy of OpenStreetMap is not to offer a one-stop-shop on our main website, but to create truly open data to empower others to do great things with it."
The search has always been... odd, though.