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I am currently working with Drupal 7 and Location 7.x-3.4 module

I have created a view, choose the Gmap format, and added the post code and distance field in filter section, so that the visitors are able to search for the locations they want.

Gmap Settings:

Data Source = Location.module

Marker handling = Use single marker type

Here is my configuration for the Location: Distance / Proximity :

Expose this filter to visitors, to allow them to change it = 1

Filter type to expose = Distance / Proximity

Operator = Proximity (Circular)

Postal code = Blank

Distance = Blank

Origin = Postal Code (assume default country)

Filter identifier = distance

After saving the changes, the result is not changing. Is anyone knows what's wrong with my configuration above? Please help..

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  • What do you mean by "the result is not changing"? Do you mean when a user entersa value into the exposed filter and submits it doesn't work, or something else?
    – rooby
    Nov 27, 2014 at 12:05
  • Also it's worth pointing out that this doesn't relate to the gmap module, it relates to the location module. What version of the location module are you using.
    – rooby
    Nov 27, 2014 at 12:05
  • Hi Rooby, I'm currently using 7.x-3.4 When I hit submit, it doesn't work.
    – Maddie
    Nov 27, 2014 at 12:08
  • Do you get errors or no results when there should be some or results that shouldn't be there?
    – rooby
    Nov 27, 2014 at 12:12
  • There's no errors at the moment. The display of the pointers in the map are as is when I hit submit. There is no change in the results.
    – Maddie
    Nov 27, 2014 at 12:15

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It's a bit hard to say for sure but my guess is that you have missed a step when installing the location module.

For post code proximity searching the location module uses a database of postcodes and their coordinates to convert the postcode to the lat/lon coordinates that are then used to calculate whether other locations fall in the request distance.

See installation step 6 in the INSTALL.txt file of the location module.

  1. (Optional) Import a postal codes database for the countries served by your website, to support proximity searches and other useful features. Postal code databases may be found in the "databases/" sub-directory of the Location module directory. The files are in the format of zipcodes.CC.mysql, where CC is a two-letter country code such as 'us' or 'de'.

    Note: If your site is using table prefixes, you will need to adjust for this manually, by opening the file in a text editor and replacing 'zipcodes' with 'prefix_zipcodes' throughout.

    To import the files from the command line, enter the following:

    cd sites/SITENAME/modules/location mysql -u username -p database-name < database/zipcodes.us.mysql

Note that this proximity functionality may not work for some countries if the data is not available.

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  • Hi Rooby, it works perfectly! Thank you so much for your help :)
    – Maddie
    Nov 27, 2014 at 12:42

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