As asked.

  • randomperson@lemmy.today
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    8 months ago

    There is a map search mode that does surface location aware results, after explicitly getting your permission to get your location.

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      8 months ago

      Kagi does not request location permission; it uses network location (IP geo lookup).

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        8 months ago

        So this is confusing. I did not know about the maps mode (thanks @randomperson@lemmy.today!). If you show the map and then press the “target” symbol to get your location, Kagi will prompt to enable geolocation.

        When using a regular search for “chinese food near me” I see results for a city thousands of km away. But if I select Maps first, then it shows my local area and I can search on the map.

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          8 months ago

          Oh, yes indeed. Map mode would request accurate geolocation.

          When using a regular search for “chinese food near me” I see results for a city thousands of km away.

          Yeah, that’s an unfortunate reality of IP geolocation, it’s not very accurate to begin with and can be extremely inaccurate in some cases too.
          Does Google (without a login) have the same issue with your public IP?

          Perhaps when a location query is detected Kagi could show a little button to use accurate geolocation instead. They seem to be pretty on top of little UX issues like these, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they implemented a solution like that if you opened a feedback thread.