There is a weird glitch in the game that makes it so that if you point at a certain place in a bigger map than the lab and press n (which would normally just spawn the selected item at the place you're pointing at) it spawns in the middle of the map... it's incredibly annoying. Please fix, will you?
You can disable zooming via [Settings > Mouse > Allow scrollwheel] and [Settings > Keymap > Camera > In/Out] if you don't like it.