Can we add geolocation to find point of event on the map?

[fifteen15studios]

Hi Modern Tribe,

We would like to have events added to the map view (in Advanced Filter Bar) automatically by reading the address. Is there a way to add a Google Geolocation API to the map so we can do this?

Thanks,
Brendan

[Cliff]

Hi Brendan.

I’m not sure I fully understand your request.

The PRO plugin does use the Google Maps Geocoding API to obtain the latitude/longitude coordinates for each Venue that has an address that Google can geocode.

Also, our iCal Importer has similar code to obtain the coordinates for a Venue when it’s imported.

Then our Map View displays events on a map (for the events assigned a Venue that has coordinates).

Maybe it’d be helpful for you to reference our Maps Settings and the Troubleshooting Map View article and let me know if you have any follow-up questions.

Thanks!

[fifteen15studios]

Cliff,

Thanks for replying! I guess I didn’t think that through.

It looks like the issues is more with reporting distance than it is with geolocation. There are lat and long data in the listings so that’s all set. My problem is that my site only seems to report distance on the map view, and only under certain conditions.

I’m using the function to get the distance, and it seems to be working IF I have a location selected (which makes sense) and IF I am in map view (at at certain times, only IF I’m working in Firefox). If I’m in any other view, the distance seems to not work.

I’m going to add some information to this in a private reply so you can see what I’m talking about.

Thanks!
Brendan

[fifteen15studios]

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[Cliff]

Thanks for all the info.

Observation: I’m guessing you filtered the Cost display to output the distance instead, since the distance is in the .list_event_schedule_cost element.

Could you please provide the code/customization you have implemented so I can take a closer look?

[fifteen15studios]

Hmm.. I’m not sure what you mean. I’ll add my code for the page, but the display has to do with this snippet:

<?php 
			if ( ! empty( $post->distance ) ) {
				echo tribe_get_distance_with_unit( $post->distance ); 
			} else {
				echo "<i>Distance Not Listed</i>";
			}
		?>

[fifteen15studios]

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[Cliff]

Thanks for the additional info.

I wasn’t quite sure how to help so one of our developers helped.

This snippet may be of use to you, but if it’s not you’ll need to work things out yourself or reference our list of known customizers because it’s outside our Scope of Support / Terms.

Here it goes:

// Get the post list for the current query
global $wp_query;
$posts =& $wp_query->posts;

// Get current coords - needs safety checks
$lat = $_REQUEST['tribe-bar-geoloc-lat'];
$lng = $_REQUEST['tribe-bar-geoloc-lng'];

// Assign distance values
$tribe_geo = Tribe__Events__Pro__Geo_Loc::instance();
$tribe_geo->assign_distance_to_posts( $posts, $lat, $lng )

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