Search for locations should be "fuzzy"

[benhammondmusic]

PROBLEM:

The geography search box should implement fuzzy matches where possible. For example, to find St. John, Virgin Islands, any of the following searches should work:

• St John (no period)
• Saint John

Would be ideal to have aliasing as well, for locations that have extremely common alternate names:. For example, the following searches don't yield the expected results

• USVI
• DC
• US or USA

If possible, should ignore the word "county"; right now typing Sarasota, Fl doesn't yield because you need to type county in as well

[jgonzalezmsm]

all great ideas. can we get an estimate on effort and would it make sense to include the city / county search as part of this?

[jgonzalezmsm]

Think this is still worthwhile - let's see when timing makes sense.