The default search allows you to search text within the entire record, such as keywords of the metadata and/or geographic location.

Free text search.  Type a search term in the What? field. You can type anything here (free text). You can use quotes around text to find exact combinations of words.

Text and operators (and, or, not) are not case sensitive. (See Figure 2.1, “The free text field”).

Figure 2.1. The free text field

Geographic search. For the geographic search, two options are available for selecting a particular region to limit the search:

You can select a region from a predefined list (Figure 2.2, “The region field”);

Figure 2.2. The region field

You can select your own area of interest in a more interactive way. A small global map is shown on the screen from which you can drag and drop the frame of your location area. Just click on the button on the upper right of the map screen (Figure 2.3, “Interactive Area Of Interest map”);

Figure 2.3. Interactive Area Of Interest map

Perform search. Both types of search, free text search and geographic search can be combined to restrict the query further.

Click the Search button to proceed and show the results. (Figure 2.4, “The Search button”).

Figure 2.4. The Search button