I want Kagi to know my location, when I'm searching

nousername

I may be running into a philosophy roadblock here. Kagi's FAQ says specifically that you don't track users' "location, identity, and search history," and I'm big on privacy — I don't want you tracking my identity or search history. But I DO want Kagi to know where I am.

Could users opt-in to sharing our locations?

Kagi doesn't know I'm in Seattle, so when I search for Beacon Cinema (a local theater) I get a theater in Phoenix. When I search for 'weather' I get the forecast for Chicago (why Chicago?). When I search for Amtrak station, I get the entire list of all stations in America. Etc.

Google, of course, knows where I am, and assumes (correctly) that I'm looking for info pertinent to my area, Seattle. In this one way, Kagi lags behind.

I'd like to not have to type 'Seattle' as part of every search for anything in Seattle.

I'm fine with sharing my location, willing to opt-in. I'm obscured through a VPN anyway.

Luis

nousername we already allow you to share with your location with us through kagi.com/maps.

The UX isn't where we want it to be, but we're actively working on a major revamp of Kagi Maps to address this. Currently, we use location data for queries like "theaters near me," but this system will also be reworked. In short, we're investing resources into overhauling Kagi Maps and improve our location-based queries alongside it.
We're aiming to release the first significant changes by early/mid-Q2.

nousername

Luis

Excellent, thank you. Yeah, I hadn't thought to look there 'cuz I wasn't using the map function, but it makes sense and I should've. \

AOK TO CLOSE -- thank you.