App/service to plot layered points/paths/regions on a map, particularly streets

[johnbillion]

I commonly read local news articles which mention street names, and particularly names of inter-sectioning streets ("on the corner of Church Lane and Market Street"), and I don't know the exact location.

I may know where Church Lane is but I don't know where it intersects with Market Street. This makes visualising the location of a news story very difficult.

I want an app or service which allows me to throw location names into it and plot them all on the same map so I can collect reference points. Saving would be neat but not necessary.

OSM allows you to plot a street (partially, at least) by selecting its node:

uMap is the closest I've seen but its search is poor and there doesn't appear to be a means of plotting a street given its name.

I actually built an MVP a few years ago using the Mapbox but it's not very reliable. Zooming breaks things. Search terms need to be accurate and specific.

OpenLayers might also be useful.

[uamv]

Have you utilized My Maps via Google which allows for self-defined layers or in what ways do you see this differing from that service?

[johnbillion]

Yeah I've used My Maps in the past but the plotting of streets is the missing feature there. OSM is so far the only maps platform I've found that provides this.

[uamv]

Ah, I see. You can kind of cheat that in Google … by finding a street, then adding a route from one end of the street to the other. But, a cheat.