Hi Jessica,
I understand that this may be a response-too-late considering your app is designed for locating ballot drop boxes. However I came across your post while investigating a similar issue for another user.
It appears that when the "Add distance values to results list" option is disable for the results list, then intersecting records get returned in a randomised list. This can be observed by changing the search radius multiple times and noticing that the order of the list often changes even if the centroid and radius are the same.
There are a couple of enhancements submitted for this particular issue in the Nearby configurable app:
- ENH-000135678 - Configurable App - "Nearby": if the user disables the "Add distance values to results list" Results setting, then records returned by the slide-bar radius are randomized. There should be an option to order the list by attribute.
- ENH-000135943 - 'Nearby' Configurable App: Provide more options to configure results list appearance, such as: Sort, Filter, and Collapsible Records
Hopefully these will be addressed to provide a more user-friendly experience in the future.
Glen.