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Re:Nearest Burrito by kevinrpope on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @04:48PM (#3983943)
Cool idea, but I'm less than 2 blocks from a mexican cucina, a Chipotle and a Qdoba and it's sending me 0.7 miles away.

Edit: spelling

Re:Nearest Burrito by maneesh on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @05:02PM (#3983999)
yea right now it's just searching for 'mexican near your address' with google maps. Oh well.
Re:Nearest Burrito by kevinrpope on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @05:37PM (#3984156)
It's a great way to quickly validate your idea. See if anyone would use it, then fix the shortcomings later.
Re:Nearest Burrito by dclowd9901 on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @04:54PM (#3983966)
FYI, man, if I put in 85382 (my local ZIP), it takes me to a burrito place from the starting point that is about 2 miles away, when, in actuality there is one probably 200 feet from the starting point (called Caramba's).
Re:Nearest Burrito by joshka on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @09:01PM (#3984857)
It might be a good idea to allow bookmarking a result. This could drive viral adoption by allowing a user to send the result via email / twitter etc. to their colleagues as a suggestion for lunch.

Edit: In fact, given this is a location based site, make the location really really obvious. The results are 'The nearest burrito to <insert address here>'. Put that as a heading above the map. The ability to then search should be below the map.

The space for the address entry looks a little too small for a reasonable address.

Re:Nearest Burrito by gabrielh on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @05:05PM (#3984010)
Re:Nearest Burrito by bgilroy26 on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @05:06PM (#3984012)
This search worked in my town where WhatthefuckshouldIeat had trouble finding anything.

Could the difference between as layman friendly to understand as different search queries?

Re:Nearest Burrito by zacharycohn on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @05:07PM (#3984018)
Missed two burrito places closer, but I love the idea.
Re:Nearest Burrito by millzlane on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @04:54PM (#3983975)
It showed me a Chinese carry out a couple blocks away.
Re:Nearest Burrito by itsmequinn on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @05:05PM (#3984008)
Can you confirm that the burrito is not hiding there?