The brief history of the site is that for the first 8 years or so it contained many separate maps, each for a distinct region. These regions were comprised of p

The brief history of the site is that for the first 8 years or so it contained many separate maps, each for a distinct region. These regions were comprised of places where people had contacted us and said they wanted a map, and that they would manage the data for. It just happens that almost all of those regions were in North America. So, we let the users decide what the map would show. Additionally, we had a pact with findapinball.com that we’d stay out of Europe. We recently backed out of that because we merged all the regions together and wanted to allow people to submit locations anywhere. We don’t really have the resources to load data for the whole world. But the code is available, and if you want to figure out a way to cluster data at that scale...! Also, I agree that the website search experience needs improvement. Try the mobile app! We recently redesigned it, and it’s easier to browse the world.