Re:Say Hello to Transit
by samvermette on Sunday September 23, 2012 @11:04PM
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Thanks for the technical precisions re: address geocoding in NYC.
Right now, tapping the return key will try finding an exact match of what you entered on Foursquare. If it fails, it will fall back to the geocoder and then proceed immediately with the routing request. This will be improved in 1.2.1 as the return key will now be labeled "Search" instead of "Route" and will no longer trigger the direction request.
Indeed the foursquare suggestions make address lookup confusing, as the Foursquare suggestions sometimes make no sense with what the user entered. I thought of maybe leaving them out when the search text starts with a number, but then that would leave out venues that start with numbers as well.
Right now, tapping the return key will try finding an exact match of what you entered on Foursquare. If it fails, it will fall back to the geocoder and then proceed immediately with the routing request. This will be improved in 1.2.1 as the return key will now be labeled "Search" instead of "Route" and will no longer trigger the direction request.
Indeed the foursquare suggestions make address lookup confusing, as the Foursquare suggestions sometimes make no sense with what the user entered. I thought of maybe leaving them out when the search text starts with a number, but then that would leave out venues that start with numbers as well.