I'm also thinking since Northern VA is so big in terms of people if I get a good thing going here I can port that to other major cities but if I find a less server heavy method I can use that for smaller areas possibly. Not sure, I'll see.
JJ On Sunday, July 15, 2012 1:22:10 PM UTC-4, Nicolas Emiliani wrote: > > > > What you have just explained seems to be a good option! Is the option to >> use latitude and longitude a very common one? I'm not >> as familiar as to which options of calculation have known to be the most >> stable, usable, fast, or efficient. Or there is any common >> knowledge about the such thing. >> > > Well with (lat, long) you can point to any place on earth, it's like > having an (x,y) point on a cartesian plane. > And yes, it is the standard method. > > >> >> Here's what I'm thinking. First the user enters their town for example so >> Vienna, VA. Then they choose how far from their location so 25 miles. But >> then they also have an advanced search option where they can refine their >> request even more. They are able to play around with a Google Map on the >> side and zoom into their physical house location on the map and put a >> marker/point there of some sort. This could be lat/long I don't know yet. >> This way if that data checks out they get and even more accurate >> representation of the artists in their area. Any thoughts or opinions on >> how you think I >> should go about this? >> >> > With the (lat,long) that belongs to the user position yo can then ask for > a radius in blocks, meters o whatever. > So, now you can get the surface of a circle and with some basic math you > go through your db checking if any artist > are inside the limit of that circle. > > >> Thanks so much! >> >> JJ >> >> On Sunday, July 15, 2012 10:22:53 AM UTC-4, Nicolas Emiliani wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 1:58 AM, JJ Zolper <codinga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> So heres my goal: >>>> >>>> The user logins in and goes to a discover page. They enter a distance >>>> from their location as the requested results scope. Lets say 25 miles from >>>> where I live for example. Additionally they could pick like a genre or >>>> music but not as important. >>>> >>>> So they hit seach and see in a 25 mile spanse in all directions in a >>>> circle form the closest artists to their location. From there they can see >>>> the top result and click that and step through the top results from 1 to 2 >>>> to 3.... To top 10 and so on as much as their heart desires. >>>> >>>> So i was thinking maybe GeoIP might be good because it will use the >>>> users location and last known GeoIP of the artist for example. >>>> >>>> >>> I'm currently developing a project based on google maps, and it sounds >>> that you might want to take a look at their API, >>> You could use markers (latitude and longitude) for your artists, ask the >>> user to place themselves on the map and then >>> calculate if they are on the wanted area or not. >>> >>> https://developers.google.com/maps/ >>> >>> I was curious if anyone had any ideas or better ideas then I had. >>>> >>>> Thanks so much, >>>> >>>> JJ Zolper >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Django users" group. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/_ERIIZrolmUJ. >>>> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Nicolas Emiliani >>> >>> Lo unico instantaneo en la vida es el cafe, y es bien feo. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/xqKHuCVictIJ. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
