diff --git a/observations/static/observations/js/observationList.js b/observations/static/observations/js/observationList.js
index 1ad744f711e880a43c3be3b4c7ff0090767b137d..054a89e2e7fb8c2ecfe8f82218f70451ca8c2a37 100644
--- a/observations/static/observations/js/observationList.js
+++ b/observations/static/observations/js/observationList.js
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ var initMap = function(
     var centerPosition = ol.proj.transform(center, 'EPSG:4326', map.getView().getProjection().getCode());
     var view = new ol.View({
             center: centerPosition,
-            zoom:zoomLevel
+            zoom:zoomLevel,
+            maxZoom:7
     });
     map.setView(view);