diff --git a/drb-c2-core/app/internal/intelligence.py b/drb-c2-core/app/internal/intelligence.py
index 251d67c..f07bb72 100644
--- a/drb-c2-core/app/internal/intelligence.py
+++ b/drb-c2-core/app/internal/intelligence.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Talkgroup: {talkgroup_name}
 {ten_codes_block}{vocabulary_block}{transcript_block}"""
 
 # Nominatim viewbox half-width in degrees (~11 km at mid-latitudes)
-_GEO_DELTA = 0.1
+_GEO_DELTA = 0.5  # ~55 km bias radius; viewbox used as preference, not hard bound
 
 # node_id → state abbreviation/name from one-time reverse geocode
 _node_state_cache: dict[str, str] = {}
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ async def _geocode_location(
         "format":  "json",
         "limit":   1,
         "viewbox": viewbox,
-        "bounded": 1,
+        "bounded": 0,  # viewbox biases results but doesn't hard-clip them
     }
     headers = {"User-Agent": "DRB-Dispatch/1.0 (public-safety radio monitor)"}
     try:
diff --git a/drb-frontend/components/MapView.tsx b/drb-frontend/components/MapView.tsx
index 8518395..f0bd722 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/components/MapView.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/components/MapView.tsx
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function incidentIcon(type: string | null): L.DivIcon {
 function nodeFanIcon(members: NodeRecord[]): L.DivIcon {
   const n = members.length;
   const CARD = 13;
-  const STEP = 7;
+  const STEP = 5;
   const totalW = CARD + (n - 1) * STEP;
   const maxRot = Math.min(28, n * 7);
   const cards = members
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ function FanIncidentLayer({
   );
 
   const incById = useMemo(
-    () => new Map(plotted.map((p) => [p.id, p.inc])),
+    () => new Map(plotted.map((p: { id: string; lat: number; lng: number; inc: IncidentRecord }) => [p.id, p.inc])),
     [plotted]
   );
 
@@ -454,14 +454,14 @@ export default function MapView({ nodes, activeCalls, incidents = [], lastUpdate
         <button
           onClick={handleFitAll}
           title="Fit all markers in view"
-          className="absolute bottom-[4.5rem] right-3 z-[1001] w-8 h-8 bg-gray-950/90 border border-gray-700 rounded text-white text-base leading-none hover:bg-gray-800 transition-colors flex items-center justify-center select-none"
+          className="absolute bottom-[9.5rem] right-3 z-[1001] w-8 h-8 bg-gray-950/90 border border-gray-700 rounded text-white text-base leading-none hover:bg-gray-800 transition-colors flex items-center justify-center select-none"
         >
           ⤢
         </button>
       )}
 
-      {/* ── Legend ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */}
-      <div className="absolute bottom-8 left-3 z-[1001] bg-gray-950/90 border border-gray-800 rounded-lg px-3 py-2 text-xs font-mono pointer-events-none space-y-1">
+      {/* ── Legend — bottom-right to avoid incident panel on left ────────────── */}
+      <div className="absolute bottom-8 right-3 z-[1001] bg-gray-950/90 border border-gray-800 rounded-lg px-3 py-2 text-xs font-mono pointer-events-none space-y-1">
         <div className="flex items-center gap-2"><span className="text-green-400">●</span> Online</div>
         <div className="flex items-center gap-2"><span className="text-orange-400">●</span> Recording</div>
         <div className="flex items-center gap-2"><span className="text-indigo-400">●</span> Unconfigured</div>
@@ -476,8 +476,8 @@ export default function MapView({ nodes, activeCalls, incidents = [], lastUpdate
       {/* ── Incident overlay panel ───────────────────────────────────────────── */}
       {incidents.length > 0 && (
         <>
-          {/* Desktop: right sidebar */}
-          <div className="absolute top-14 right-3 bottom-[4.5rem] z-[1001] hidden md:flex flex-col w-56 overflow-y-auto space-y-1.5">
+          {/* Desktop: left sidebar — kept away from the LayersControl (topright) */}
+          <div className="absolute top-3 left-3 bottom-[4.5rem] z-[1001] hidden md:flex flex-col w-56 gap-1.5 overflow-y-auto">
             {incidents.map((inc) => {
               const color = INCIDENT_COLORS[inc.type ?? "other"] ?? INCIDENT_COLORS.other;
               return (