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Worse is when you're looking for something local but it decides there's a great match halfway around the world and zooms you all the way there.

jeffbax 8y ago
Agreed, the amount of times it defaults to finding something a thousand miles away is significantly more infuriating than the rarer case when I want to specifically do that. If its a fairly fresh app launch, default to around me
vinay427 8y ago
Every time I try to search for Asian, I get sent to Asia while my location is in the US. I have no idea how anyone would find that sort of "typo" correction and redirection halfway around the world useful.
- dharmab 8y ago
  Kids using Maps as a globe would find that useful. Why not search for "Asian food"?
  - symlinkk 8y ago
    Hmm which use case is more common...kids usings Maps as a globe, or people looking for Asian food?
  - vinay427 8y ago
    1. I'm perfectly fine with "Asia" redirecting me to the continent, which is generally expected behavior. I don't understand why a word that clearly means something distinct needs to redirect there as well. 2. The lack of consistency is especially annoying. "Italian" redirects to Italian restaurants in my area, and the same goes for "Chinese", etc.
    - junga 8y ago
      Where do you land when searching for "Italy" or "China"? I wouldn't call this "lack of consistency".
macNchz 8y ago
I'm amazed at how long this particular behavior has persisted...how often does someone search for a local business 5000+ miles away without being explicit about it (ie moving the map to that far off area, or putting it in the search query itself).
squeaky-clean 8y ago
I was in NYC 2 weeks ago (live in Miami). If I search for "Walgreens" the first 2 autocomplete suggestions are still locations in Brooklyn, and the third is the general text search for "walgreens". Options 4, 5 and etc onwards are local stores, but also not sorted by distance.

jeffbax 8y ago

Agreed, the amount of times it defaults to finding something a thousand miles away is significantly more infuriating than the rarer case when I want to specifically do that. If its a fairly fresh app launch, default to around me

vinay427 8y ago

Every time I try to search for Asian, I get sent to Asia while my location is in the US. I have no idea how anyone would find that sort of "typo" correction and redirection halfway around the world useful.

dharmab 8y ago
Kids using Maps as a globe would find that useful. Why not search for "Asian food"?
- symlinkk 8y ago
  Hmm which use case is more common...kids usings Maps as a globe, or people looking for Asian food?
- vinay427 8y ago
  1. I'm perfectly fine with "Asia" redirecting me to the continent, which is generally expected behavior. I don't understand why a word that clearly means something distinct needs to redirect there as well. 2. The lack of consistency is especially annoying. "Italian" redirects to Italian restaurants in my area, and the same goes for "Chinese", etc.
  - junga 8y ago
    Where do you land when searching for "Italy" or "China"? I wouldn't call this "lack of consistency".

macNchz 8y ago

I'm amazed at how long this particular behavior has persisted...how often does someone search for a local business 5000+ miles away without being explicit about it (ie moving the map to that far off area, or putting it in the search query itself).

squeaky-clean 8y ago

I was in NYC 2 weeks ago (live in Miami). If I search for "Walgreens" the first 2 autocomplete suggestions are still locations in Brooklyn, and the third is the general text search for "walgreens". Options 4, 5 and etc onwards are local stores, but also not sorted by distance.