How Do I Find People Who Near To My Location

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Hi ,

In my Application I have a part to find a people who near to my location.Is it Possible?Let me explain it,

In this application user asked to sign up .Once the member logged in to the application they can search for who is near to my location. how do i achieve this .I googled it .but i don't find anything related to this.i am so stressed

Guide me the right way. I have a big Question " Is it Possible in Web Application?"

I hope here the experts guide me to achieve this.

Thanks.
-KF

Posted 21-Mar-15 5:16am

King Fisher

Updated 21-Mar-15 5:17am

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PIEBALDconsult 21-Mar-15 11:27am

Yes. Geocoding and math. Simple.

King Fisher 21-Mar-15 11:33am

you mean find Geo location of user from Ip address?

PIEBALDconsult 21-Mar-15 11:36am

I do not. Ask the user for their location. Don't rely on IP address.

King Fisher 21-Mar-15 11:50am

Is it possible to do without asking to the user?

PIEBALDconsult 21-Mar-15 11:55am

No. Haven't you ever accessed a website from somewhere other than where you live or will be?
If you're going to, let's say Paris, and you want to see a list of members who are there, it doesn't matter where you are or where you live.

King Fisher 21-Mar-15 12:38pm

Thank you so much.you helped me a lot and saved my time.

F-ES Sitecore 21-Mar-15 14:07pm

You can use the geolocation of the browser if it supports it

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_geolocation.asp

Whether you get the location depends on if the user has allowed sites to know its location, so it's not guaranteed you'll get it, but if you do you can use it and if not ask the user where they are, or tell users they have to enable geolocation to use the "near me" feature.

King Fisher 21-Mar-15 14:11pm

Griff article says we cant get right location using IP address.

F-ES Sitecore 21-Mar-15 14:29pm

Browser geolocation doesn't use IP address, it's main use is on phones and tablets and it'll use the phone's location API to find out where it is, and for this it uses GPS and\or signal triangulation. For desktop machines you can configure chrome to report a set location, not sure about other browsers.

As I said, it isn't guaranteed, but it's a nice feature to use if the browser does give up its location.

OriginalGriff 21-Mar-15 11:52am

Never trust IP address locations:
http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/792723/Using-IP-based-Geolocation-and-why-its-pretty-much

King Fisher 21-Mar-15 11:56am

Yes I have tested with IP Address but it shows wrong.then,what should i do?

OriginalGriff 21-Mar-15 12:18pm

Ask the user.
IP addresses do not have anything to do with physical locations. See the link I gave you - it explains it.

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-21T05:55:00

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"Is it possible to do without asking to the user?"

No, not in most cases.
IP based geolocation is a waste of time: Using IP based Geolocation - and why it's pretty much useless.[^] - easy to do, but it can;t be relied upon.
And unless your user is on a tablet or phone they probably don't have GPS for you to access - if they would let you get access.

So your best result is to ask them: They may lie to you, but at least they will expect the location to be rubbish in that case!

Posted 21-Mar-15 5:55am

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King Fisher 21-Mar-15 12:40pm

Thank you. I agree your points.thanks again.you and PIEBALDconsult saved my time.Really you are
"Mother BOT". ha ha ha. ;)

OriginalGriff 21-Mar-15 12:58pm

You're welcome!

And I've been called a "mother-something" before, but "bot" is a novelty...:laugh:

PIEBALDconsult 21-Mar-15 13:07pm

I wouldn't say the user may lie, I would say that the user knows the truth better than the device.
Knowing exactly_where_the_user_is_right_now is very often unimportant.

OriginalGriff 21-Mar-15 13:12pm

I would! :laugh:

Look at the number of Indian members who apparently work in the USA - OK, that's the default when you create an account, but it's definitely "an untruth" and that counts as a lie to me! ;)

And when I sign up for some sites, I lie through my teeth: age, name, email, location - none of them are likely to be true if I don't want to get anything sent to me. And no, I'm not talking about "Gentleman's Special Interest" sites! :laugh:

PIEBALDconsult 21-Mar-15 13:18pm

Here on CP I simply left the birthdate field at the default; I didn't lie. :D

King Fisher 21-Mar-15 13:16pm

you are right.User know better than the device. But User may lie.

King Fisher 23-Mar-15 5:09am

I must accept it . ha ha ha.. thanks again.