Spatial search with Solr

Submitted by ygerasimov on Sat, 10/15/2011 - 01:30
I would like to introduce new module Search API Location that provides possibility to do spatial search using Apachesolr. At the moment we can search by radius on the map putting the center of the circle. You are welcome to test on Demo site. Technical details Search API Solr module is used for integration with Solr. Search API Location module exports location data to Search API via hook_entity_property_info_alter(). Apachesolr itself uses LocalSolr library that should be compiled into apachesolr. You can follow instructions in README to compile apachesolr or download ready apachesolr from demo site. Demo site Location Search is built as a view. Search API Location module provides exposed filter for radius with slider. Hope you enjoy and welcome to participate in development of spatial search functionality for drupal.
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drupal planet
apachesolr
search api

Comments

Submitted by S1L on Sat, 10/15/2011 - 02:38
This is cool stuff! Demo site = wow! I didn't know there where that many Drupalists in Utrecht ;) FYI: the text 'Search API location' links to http://drupal.org/project/search_api_solr instead of http://drupal.org/project/search_api_location

Submitted by ygerasimov on Sat, 10/15/2011 - 10:47
Thank you! Link fixed.

Submitted by Davy on Sun, 10/16/2011 - 12:14
Any chance you'll be implementing zipcode search?

Submitted by ygerasimov on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 10:57
I think it would be possible to implement zipcode search. Lets discuss this task in issue queue. Main question is where to get coordinates of the zipcodes for different countries.

Submitted by drupal_sensei on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 10:26
Thanks for sharing! this is awesome