Abstract: A method for defining a relevant area for displaying advertisements based on a category of a user search is disclosed. The method includes receiving a search request from a user; determining a business category based on the search request; determining a location associated with the search request; determining business category density information based at least on the determined business category and the location associated with the search request; determining an extent based on business category density information for the location; determining local content to provide to the user based at least in part on the determined extent, the business category, and the location; and providing for display to the user the local content, wherein the local content is provided to the user in addition to the search results. The location may be explicitly included in the search request, associated with responsive search results, or associated with the search request.

Abstract: A system and machine-implemented method for supplementing navigation routes with landmarks is provided. A navigation route between an origination point and a destination point is received, where the navigation route includes one or more points of divergence. Landmarks located at the one or more points of divergence are identified. One of the identified landmarks located at one of the points of divergence is selected and incorporated into the navigation route at one of the points of divergence. The navigation route with the incorporated landmark is provided for display.

Abstract: Methods, systems, user interfaces, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, for presenting query results. A method includes: receiving a query; responsive to the query, providing a map including a viewport showing a first location and results that are associated with the query; receiving an indication that a user is interacting with the map, including panning, scrolling, repositioning, or zooming, to enable a second, different location to be visible in the viewport; determining that the user has arrived at the second, different location, the second, different location being visible in the viewport as a result of the panning, scrolling, repositioning, or zooming; automatically, without requiring the user to resubmit the query, re-running the query for the second, different location; and presenting query results along with the viewport showing the second, different location.

Abstract: A system and machine-implemented method for associating a product category of consumer products with a location is provided. Data corresponding to consumer products is received, using one or more computing devices. Data for each of the consumer products includes corresponding location information. Each of the consumer products is identified based on the received data, using the one or more computing devices. A product category for each of the identified consumer products is determined, using the one or more computing devices. The consumer products are grouped based on the determined product categories and the corresponding location information, using the one or more computing devices. At least one determined product category is associated and stored with at least one location based on a density of the grouped consumer products and the corresponding location information, using the one or more computing devices.

Abstract: Methods, systems, user interfaces, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, for presenting query results. A method includes: receiving a query; responsive to the query, providing a map including a viewport showing a first location and results that are associated with the query; receiving an indication that a user is interacting with the map, including panning, scrolling, repositioning, or zooming, to enable a second, different location to be visible in the viewport; determining that the user has arrived at the second, different location, the second, different location being visible in the viewport as a result of the panning, scrolling, repositioning, or zooming; automatically, without requiring the user to resubmit the query, re-running the query for the second, different location; and presenting query results along with the viewport showing the second, different location.

Abstract: A software module provides multiple individually selectable items via a user interface. The software module detects a contact with an area on the user interface that includes several of the individually selectable items in a first relative arrangement. The software module determines that the contact corresponds to an attempted selection of a single item. The software module provides a disambiguation menu for selecting the single item from among the several individually selectable items within the area, and arranges the several individually selectable items in the disambiguation menu according to a second relative arrangement different from the first relative arrangement.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining categories for geographic data. In general, one aspect includes a method implemented by one or more processing devices that includes receiving, by one or more processors, geographic information data from a database, the geographic information data comprising location points and being divided into geographic areas, at least some of the geographic areas containing one or more location points, at least some of the location points being associated with at least one category, identifying, by one or more processors, for at least some of the geographic areas, a dominant category, based on categories associated with the location points contained within the geographic areas, and storing, by one or more processors, the dominant category in association with the respective geographic area in the database.

Abstract: A method for defining a relevant area for displaying advertisements based on a category of a user search is disclosed. The method includes receiving a search request from a user; determining a business category based on the search request; determining a location associated with the search request; determining business category density information based at least on the determined business category and the location associated with the search request; determining an extent based on business category density information for the location; determining local content to provide to the user based at least in part on the determined extent, the business category, and the location; and providing for display to the user the local content, wherein the local content is provided to the user in addition to the search results. The location may be explicitly included in the search request, associated with responsive search results, or associated with the search request.

Abstract: A system and machine-implemented method for determining a language intent of a user submitted query is provided. A user query comprising text is received and a location of the user based on the received user query is determined. At least one language usage signal from the text of the user query is identified. A strength of the at least one language usage signal is determined based on the received user query and the determined location of the user. When the strength of the at least one language usage signal is greater than a predetermined threshold, an output language for the query is adjusted based on the language usage signal. Results for the query are returned according to the output language.