To (not) answer my Q myself: After some tests with _safe_ ccTLD codes, I found no proof that the geocoder really cares about the region. For ccTLD of AT (austria), I go "Ma" I got "Massachusetts, United States.." as answer and similar... Btw: I tried it in combination with viewport biasing (and without: same result).
I really wonder what algorithm (or idea) is behind building the actual response for suggestions. Can't get rid of the feeling that there's just a big encyclopedia that contains _all_ names of every address component in the world and has alphabetic ordering and therefore throws every result back at you that appears to be the first match. When trying "hungary" (country), I get "Buda, Nigeria" before "Budapest, Hungary" (the capitol)... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-maps-js-api-v3/-/VXBEzwoJweMJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
