16. The method of claim 15 , wherein a predefined proximity specifies a threshold distance between a user location where a query prefix is issued and a point of interest.
15. A computer-implemented method comprising: responsive to receiving a query prefix from a user; determining a user location where the query prefix was issued; identifying a first point of interest within a first predefined proximity to the user location; identifying a second point of interest within a second predefined proximity to the user location; determining a first category of the first point of interest; determining a second category of the first point of interest; identifying, using a database that maps categories to queries issued by users at locations within predefined proximities to points of interest having the first category, a first category-specific query in accordance with the first category and a second category-specific query in accordance with the second category, including: determining a first category-specific count representing a total number of times the query prefix was issued by users from user locations having the first category; determining a second category-specific count representing a total number of times the query prefix was issued by users from user locations having the second category; and providing a first category-specific query in accordance with the first category-specific count and a second category-specific query in accordance with the second category-specific count, wherein the first category-specific query includes the query prefix and the second category-specific query includes the query prefix; and providing, to the user, one or more queries including the first category-specific query and the second category-specific query as query suggestions for the query prefix.