Maps used to be much better at searching within the area I'd already focused on. Now whenever I search it seems to either search near my current location or zoom out and search my whole city. It makes it very hard to e.g. look for a bank branch on my route home from work.
This 100x. I don't get it: if I've zoomed in the map or panned, and then make a search -- why isn't it obvious that I want the store closest to the area I'm looking at, and not one 30 miles away?
> if not, how do you expect it to know where you are?
IP addresses are usually enough to get to the right city.
Re:Gmail, We Need to Talk
by manigandham on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @11:20PM
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Not on mobile carrier Internet, those can appear as very far from where you are
Re:Gmail, We Need to Talk
by CamperBob2 on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @04:44AM
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They know what cell tower you're connected to, don't they? The original iPhone didn't have a GPS receiver, so this was the only way Maps could infer your location.
I'm assuming you do have GPS location turned on, and that you're allowing location access on that page and waiting for a GPS lock before searching, correct? (And if not, how do you expect it to know where you are?)