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Yes, and the list is sorted with the closest / most recent hits on top. It's way better than just seeing a bunch of pins on a map.

danShumway 8y ago
> It's way better than just seeing a bunch of pins on a map. Is it? Showing the pins on the map seems like it would show you roughly the same distances but with the added information of direction and area. At worst you might eyeball the distance wrong, but does it matter if something is 3.5 miles away or 3.6 miles away? Most of the time I search something in Google maps I want to see the relative area so I can make a choice based on route and whatever else is near the location. I guess it comes down to how likely you are to rely on Google map ratings/info. If I'm searching for a restaurant, I generally trust Google's location information, but otherwise I don't trust their ratings and store times to be accurate. Other people could be different though.
- jonknee 8y ago
  Yes, because the list shows you stuff like the name of the place, its address, ratings, hours and all sorts of other stuff. Plus the full screen map view is a short swipe away.
  - vturner 8y ago
    That bugs me the swipe though...sometimes it will show part of the map and I tap the map expecting to see it full screen. No, it just erases, goes to a blank search.
- gervase 8y ago
  Often, I will search for a string such as "Cost"; I'll probably be referring to Costco, but in the map, it will also show me results for Cost Plus World Market, for example. If I'm only looking at pins, I can't see the names without clicking on each pin, which isn't really feasible in the middle of driving. However, in the list, it's easy to differentiate between the two, in addition to by distance (since that's the information the list shows). Conversely, if I'm on the way somewhere, and I want to add a stop using the "add stop" feature, such as a gas station, then it sorts by the amount of extra time it will add for each stop, as well as showing the pins on the map. Since I don't really care where I go, as long as I get gas, this seems like a reasonable compromise. (It also puts the gas prices on the map, which is nice.) However, perhaps I am a happy-path user, or have been trained over time to use the application as the developers intended. Regardless, the current behavior works well for me.
  - danShumway 8y ago
    > which isn't really feasible in the middle of driving. That makes a lot of sense to me. I typically only use my GPS while walking, but now I'm thinking of a use case where I couldn't stop for a few seconds and pan around the map with a finger, and I think I would want a list in that scenario.
_tulpa 8y ago
Pretty sure it's sorted by average rating first. The place literally across the road from me is a screen down the list (on mobile) because it's got lower reviews (by about one star or so) than the place 7km away which is at the top of the list.
- jonknee 8y ago
  Like most things Google, I don't think it's that simple. It seems to rank on multiple factors including distance, rating, if you've been there before, if you've saved it, popularity and surely lots of other signals. My search results from your location are probably different than your search results.

danShumway 8y ago

> It's way better than just seeing a bunch of pins on a map. Is it? Showing the pins on the map seems like it would show you roughly the same distances but with the added information of direction and area. At worst you might eyeball the distance wrong, but does it matter if something is 3.5 miles away or 3.6 miles away? Most of the time I search something in Google maps I want to see the relative area so I can make a choice based on route and whatever else is near the location. I guess it comes down to how likely you are to rely on Google map ratings/info. If I'm searching for a restaurant, I generally trust Google's location information, but otherwise I don't trust their ratings and store times to be accurate. Other people could be different though.

jonknee 8y ago
Yes, because the list shows you stuff like the name of the place, its address, ratings, hours and all sorts of other stuff. Plus the full screen map view is a short swipe away.
- vturner 8y ago
  That bugs me the swipe though...sometimes it will show part of the map and I tap the map expecting to see it full screen. No, it just erases, goes to a blank search.
gervase 8y ago
Often, I will search for a string such as "Cost"; I'll probably be referring to Costco, but in the map, it will also show me results for Cost Plus World Market, for example. If I'm only looking at pins, I can't see the names without clicking on each pin, which isn't really feasible in the middle of driving. However, in the list, it's easy to differentiate between the two, in addition to by distance (since that's the information the list shows). Conversely, if I'm on the way somewhere, and I want to add a stop using the "add stop" feature, such as a gas station, then it sorts by the amount of extra time it will add for each stop, as well as showing the pins on the map. Since I don't really care where I go, as long as I get gas, this seems like a reasonable compromise. (It also puts the gas prices on the map, which is nice.) However, perhaps I am a happy-path user, or have been trained over time to use the application as the developers intended. Regardless, the current behavior works well for me.
- danShumway 8y ago
  > which isn't really feasible in the middle of driving. That makes a lot of sense to me. I typically only use my GPS while walking, but now I'm thinking of a use case where I couldn't stop for a few seconds and pan around the map with a finger, and I think I would want a list in that scenario.

_tulpa 8y ago

Pretty sure it's sorted by average rating first. The place literally across the road from me is a screen down the list (on mobile) because it's got lower reviews (by about one star or so) than the place 7km away which is at the top of the list.

jonknee 8y ago
Like most things Google, I don't think it's that simple. It seems to rank on multiple factors including distance, rating, if you've been there before, if you've saved it, popularity and surely lots of other signals. My search results from your location are probably different than your search results.