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The tools use the browser location as it's easy to access in a few lines of code, and the users can select the location themselves in multiple ways:

* In the browser console

* In the browser settings

* In a browser extension

Meanwhile, addresses are hard in a global context. Implementing address search can be a lot of work because browsers don't provide one so you need either a (global) address database or an API endpoint to access one. Also, people expect a search which is both fuzzy and with autocompletion, which works best by prioritising results based on the browser location. Finally, you need to implement a user interface for the search field.




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