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I'm using Drupal 7 with Views 3 module and Location 3 module installed.

I have a content type that has a Location type field and I would like to build a view that given a latitude/longitude input and a maximum distance i have to retrieve all the nodes that are in this range. Is that possible with views or I have to build something by my own (in this case can you show me the way on how to implement it).

Thanks a lot for your help

Danilo

Resuming the question problem is the following:

I have a problem setting a View to show the closest nodes of another (I'm using last dev version of views and locations on drupal 7). So my scenario is the following: I have 2 differents node types (A and B) both with a location field. I want to build a view that given a node A (with a determinate location) a have to retreive all the nodes B in a distance of 2Km. So to do that I created a view with the following filters:

  1. Content: Type = B
  2. Location: Distance / Proximity, with the parameters
    • {origin:"node's lat/lon from views nid argument"}
    • {Node ID argument to use: (it doesnt allow me to select any data)}
    • {Location to use:"CCK Location: field_A_loc"}.

I also added a contextual filter. I selected as contextual filter:

  • {Content: Nid}

and I added % to my path so now the pat is /myviewpath/%. This allow me to choose the value:

  • {Content: Nid} in the field "Node ID argument to use" of the filter "Location: Distance / Proximity".

So i try to run the view but I get no results when the view is called as mydomain.com/myviewpath/3 where 3 is a A node.

I also tried to do not use the contextual filter (that does not allow me to set the "Node ID argument to use" in the "Location: Distance / Proximity, with the parameters" filter) and running the view mydomain.com/myviewpath/node/3 but in this case I get the list of all B nodes..

What I'm doing wrong setting up this view??

Thanks in advance for your help

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Yes, you could set up a view, filtering on Location: Distance / Proximity, and configure what the origin or "starting point" is, eg, the location of the logged in user, a node that has a location, or, in this case, a static lat/long, and then have it display whatever fields in the filtered nodes you want.

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  • Distance / Proximity are available as filters for Views with Location 3 installed? – Citricguy Dec 14 '11 at 3:33
  • Thanks jimajamma I setted the filter with Location: Distance / Proximity. But I dont have any contextual filter to set the lat/long dinamicaly. – ddelizia Dec 14 '11 at 8:50
  • If you need to dynamically set the origin lat/long, you can use the USE PHP TO DETERMINE LATITUDE/LONGITUDE option in the filter to create the coordinate anyway you want. – Jimajamma Dec 14 '11 at 14:35
  • Citricguy, yes, but it's not magic. you need to have set/entered a location for your users and/or nodes for it to have any effect. That's why there is a filter "Location ID" you can filter on "not empty" so you can filter out any users or nodes that haven't had it set. – Jimajamma Dec 14 '11 at 14:41
  • Thanks Jimajamma, if I have 2 different node types (A and B) both with a location filter. I want to build a view that given a node A (with a determinate location) a have to retreive all the nodes B in a distance of 2Km. I created a view with the following filters:(1) Content: Type = B (2) Location: Distance / Proximity, with the parameters{origin:"node's lat/lon from views nid argument"}{Node ID argument to use: (it doesnt allow me to select any data)}{Location to use:"CCK Location: field_A_loc"}. – ddelizia Dec 14 '11 at 22:12
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Think the best docs are now up https://drupal.org/node/1944648

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By doing what you specified the view will show all nodes next to the visited node, as you added a contextual filter. Moreover, make sure to tick Exclude box in More section from {Content: Nid} field in contextual filter. This tutorial may be helpful https://www.reinisfischer.com/how-create-drupal-views-distance-filter-using-location-module

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