Index: test/unit/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/visitor/BoundingXYVisitorTest.java
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+// License: GPL. For details, see LICENSE file.
+package org.openstreetmap.josm.data.osm.visitor;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.ProjectionBounds;
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.coor.LatLon;
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.osm.DataSet;
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.osm.Node;
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.testutils.annotations.BasicPreferences;
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.testutils.annotations.Projection;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for class {@link BoundingXYVisitor}.
+ */
+@BasicPreferences
+@Projection
+public class BoundingXYVisitorTest {
+
+    /**
+     * Non-regression test for <a href="https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/24982">#24982</a>
+     */
+    @Test
+     public void testTicket24982() {
+         DataSet ds = new DataSet();
+         // two nodes with coordinates as in the example data
+         Node n1 = new Node(new LatLon(53.1637636, 7.8315384));
+         Node n2 = new Node(new LatLon(53.1729062, 7.7530235));
+         ds.addPrimitive(n1);
+         ds.addPrimitive(n2);
+
+         BoundingXYVisitor v = new BoundingXYVisitor();
+         ds.setSelected(ds.getNodes());
+         assertEquals(2, ds.getSelectedNodes().size());
+         ds.getSelectedNodes().forEach(v::visit);
+         ProjectionBounds boundsBeforeZoom = v.getBounds();
+         v.enlargeBoundingBoxLogarithmically();
+         ProjectionBounds boundsAfterZoom = v.getBounds();
+         // check that the new bounding box isn't smaller than the old one
+         assertTrue(boundsAfterZoom.contains(boundsBeforeZoom.getMin()));
+         assertTrue(boundsAfterZoom.contains(boundsBeforeZoom.getMax()));
+         // check that the new bounding box contains both nodes
+         assertTrue(boundsAfterZoom.contains(n1.getEastNorth()));
+         assertTrue(boundsAfterZoom.contains(n2.getEastNorth()));
+     }
+
+}