This enhancement idea would be to add the ability to sort Place results by
distance rather than the API default results which are sorted by some type of
popularity weight.
A patch has been created by logan.johnson (see issue 203 below) that displays
Places sorted by proximity. Since this doesn't seem to be the desired method
for everyone or for all situations, I would propose one or both of the
following enhancements:
1. Selectable option in the Settings to choose default sort method.
2. Have an option somewhere in the results page (for example, an option when
you hit Menu) that allows you to toggle between sorting by distance or sorting
by popularity. I'd even propose adding a sort alphabetically. (it's faster to
scan through a list like that to find a venue than to have to manually type in
a name and search again.)
This puts the search results in the power of the user and the accuracy of their
GPS, rather than always relying on the API to make its best guess. Users can
try both methods and decide which they prefer.
This is, really, the core utility of Foursquare... finding a venue and checking
into it. Anything that eases this process is, imo, EXTREMELY important.
As discussed in closed issue #203:
http://code.google.com/p/foursquared/issues/detail?id=203
Original issue reported on code.google.com by sir...@gmail.com on 28 Jul 2010 at 4:20
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
sir...@gmail.comon 28 Jul 2010 at 4:20