Can users be searched by location?

I have included location module fields in the registration process and I'm able to collect user locations and view them using gmap.

How can Search by Location be used to reuturn a list of USERS (uid) that meet the search criteria (proximity)?

"Search by Location" does return a list of nodes if location info is supplied for them.

I would like users to be able to search for other users by proximity then click the IDs of the usernames returned and be directed to the user profiles of the site members they have found.

Any suggestions for this?

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mr.andrey’s picture

mr.andrey commented

I would love to see this working.

I'm currently using site_user_list, which gives the ability to search for users based on any field. It is quite nice and flexible. I think interfacing the two modules would be amazing.

For now I'm using GMap/GMap Location module, and users can locate those nearby by using a google map to zoom into their area.

I think the search capability should be based on coordinates and not postal codes, as the node proximity search now works. My site is international, and there is no support for world-wide postal codes.

Best,
Andrey.

usonian’s picture

usonian commented

I'm wondering if Node Profile might be a possible solution; assuming you can enable location fields on node profiles like any other content type, it might be a quick fix to the problem.

bdragon’s picture

bdragon commented
Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

Marking as duplicate of #319278: [master][meta] Location_search rewrite.