[Steely Jim]

I think the underlying point that the search feature is there for a reason is quite valid; however, I also think that relating information about ship locations is better done by the seas they travel rather than the land masses to which they have no apparent tie and may not be visible from the near coastline of said land masses.

EDIT: Also, I realize it isn't particularly relevant since both those citations are more recent than the update itself, but the conditions at sea changed considerably with the latest update. In particular, the Dead Man's Trough is now more clearly a high level sea, with added Predators and overall more high-level traffic and less low-level traffic (they tend to stay in Bloody Bayou when they're south of Cuba).