Search on map

  1. Find a place
  2. Quick search

On Yandex Maps, you can search for:

Geographic locality

  • By its name.

    The search results for [Moscow] will show the city, the river, and the hotel named “Moscow”.

  • By the combination of a geographic locality and its type.

    The search results for [Moscow River] will show the Moscow River specifically.

  • By the place coordinates.

    The search results for [79°30′ N 76°54′ E] will show Vize Island in the Kara Sea.

Organization

  • By its name or type.

    The search results for [pharmacy] will show all pharmacies within the map view.

  • By the combination of the name/type and locality.

    The search results for [pharmacy, street name] will show pharmacies on and around the street.

Public transport route

By its number and type (for example, “Bus 39”).

You will see the route line and icons with the route number moving around the map in real time. For more information, see Routes and stops.

Find a place

  1. On the home page, enter a query in the search bar.

    Suggestions under the search bar will help to accelerate your search.

  2. A list of places will appear in the slide-out panel in the left part of the screen.

    To highlight a placemark, hover over the place in the list:

  3. To see the details about a place, click its name in the list or the placemark: the place card will open. The entrance to the building will be marked with .

    To go back to the list of found places, click in the search bar.

  4. To close the card, click in the top-right corner.

If you search for a place by its coordinates, make sure you enter them correctly:

  • Enter coordinates as [latitude, longitude] (comma-separated, in decimal degrees with the fractional part after the decimal point). For example, 55.777044, 37.555554.

    The maximum number of decimal places is seven.

  • By default, the system searches for an option [North latitude, East longitude].

    If you want to enter other values, you can use the following search options: N — North, S — South, E — East, W — West. For example: S55.777044, W37.555554 or 55.777044S, 37.555554W.

Quick search

Use the quick search panel in the side menu of the Yandex Maps home page under the search bar. It shows the popular categories: “Restaurants”, “Groceries”, “Pharmacies”, “Cinemas”, and so on.

To use the quick search:

  1. Click the appropriate button. Organizations of the selected type will be displayed on the map.

    If you've set a route, you'll see places located along the route.

    If you haven't set a route, the map will display places nearby.

  2. All found places are listed in the slide-out panel in the left part of the screen.

    The filter buttons are located above the list. To see only relevant places in the list, click the appropriate filter button. For example, you can filter “Restaurants” by category: Breakfast, Coffee shop, or Pizza.

    To see all available filters, click .

  3. To open a place card, select the place in the list or on the map.

If there's no suitable category in the quick search panel, use the search bar.