CodeforAustralia / school-finder

:eyes: Find schools by location
https://education.nsw.gov.au/school-finder
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If user doesn't accept autocompleted address, results aren't Sydney-centred #267

Closed reekypete closed 7 years ago

reekypete commented 7 years ago

e.g. if you type "Alexandria" you the geocoder returns Alexandria, Washington, and the user gets "Sorry I can't find any schools"

techieshark commented 7 years ago

👍 good catch.

So the problem is geocoding a location doesn't behave in the same way as the autocompleter.

And the expected behavior? When you type a location like 'Alexandria' but don't select the autocompeted suggestion "Alexandria, NSW" and instead just hit <enter>, the geocoder would give the same result that the Autocompleter did (Alexandria, NSW)?

reekypete commented 7 years ago

I think the expected behaviour should be to be consistent with the other auto complete rules, i.e. to apply the same biasing as the rest of the system (i.e. biased toward Sydney and limited to Australia)

techieshark commented 7 years ago

Agreed, thanks.