[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #52249: Events: Show user multiple location choices to disambiguate

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#52249: Events: Show user multiple location choices to disambiguate
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 Reporter:  iandunn         |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui              |
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 When a user types their city into the Events Widget, the API geocodes it
 to the best match. There's a lot of complexity involved in that, and the
 top result isn't the correct one too often.

 Over the years we've spent a lot of time refining the API, see #meta5562
 for the latest in a long string of tickets. I think the inherent problem
 is that we're trying to pick a single perfect result, which is just not
 practical.

 Instead, we could
 [https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/best-practices
 return the top ~5 results, and let the user pick the one they intended].

 That'd offer a better UX, and much more reliable results.

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