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by mromanuk 1458 days ago
I’m wondering what will happen if the first UX is ordered by proximity with distance to it and also a way to open it on the map. I think it’s worth trying it. Is a common use case for my searching for gas stations on Google maps
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It annoys me that Apple Maps enroute will let me "see gas stations" nearby but can't do a simple "find the closest McDonalds to my current route" - I have no desire to turn around and back track even if that's currently the closest one, I'd rather have it say "in fifteen minutes there is one a mile from the freeway".
How would you make it clear to the user that they are sorted by proximity?
Showing the distance at the right of the list:

  First place     1.4km
  Second place    3.6km
  third place     9.0km
Strangely, Google maps doesn't do this and just presents us with a list without any context