Re: spatial search by zipcode

2022-12-14 Thread Walter Underwood
e content is about health care providers and their locations. > From: Walter Underwood mailto:wun...@wunderwood.org>> > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 11:13 AM > To: users@solr.apache.org <mailto:users@solr.apache.org> > mailto:users@solr.apache.org>> > Subject:

Re: spatial search by zipcode

2022-12-14 Thread dmitri maziuk
On 2022-12-14 3:47 PM, Matthew Castrigno wrote: Yes Walter, zip Codes are marginal at best for determining the closeness of locations. The API is used for indexing and searching content of a Sitecore site. Some of the content is about health care providers and their locations. If you have add

Re: spatial search by zipcode

2022-12-14 Thread Matthew Castrigno
: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 11:13 AM To: users@solr.apache.org Subject: Re: spatial search by zipcode Right. The best you could do is some sort of “center” of the zip code, but they aren’t evenly shaped or similar sizes. 89049 is 10,000 square miles and 11109 is two blocks in NYC. 89049 is six

Re: spatial search by zipcode

2022-12-14 Thread Walter Underwood
Right. The best you could do is some sort of “center” of the zip code, but they aren’t evenly shaped or similar sizes. 89049 is 10,000 square miles and 11109 is two blocks in NYC. 89049 is six disconnected areas. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tonopah,+NV+89049/@38.51715,-116.8341002,9z/data

Re: spatial search by zipcode

2022-12-14 Thread dmitri maziuk
On 2022-12-14 10:45 AM, Matthew Castrigno wrote: Hi Gus, Thank you for your reply. I am trying to emulate an existing API that is why I am trying to work with the Zipcode directly. After looking at this it looks like I will have to do a few things. 1. When indexing I will need to index th

Re: spatial search by zipcode

2022-12-14 Thread Matthew Castrigno
pt parameters in item 2. Does this sound about right? Thanks From: Gus Heck Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 7:28 AM To: users@solr.apache.org Subject: Re: spatial search by zipcode Hi Matthew, It's worth keeping in mind that if you are *starting* with

Re: spatial search by zipcode

2022-12-14 Thread Gus Heck
gt; From: dmitri maziuk > > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2022 12:27 PM > > To: users@solr.apache.org > > Subject: Re: spatial search by zipcode > > > > On 2022-12-13 12: 31 PM, Matthew Castrigno wrote: > Is there an > > established method to do spatial search b

Re: spatial search by zipcode

2022-12-13 Thread Markus Jelsma
ind more information about it? > > From: dmitri maziuk > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2022 12:27 PM > To: users@solr.apache.org > Subject: Re: spatial search by zipcode > > On 2022-12-13 12: 31 PM, Matthew Castrigno wrote: > Is there an > established method to do spatial sear

Re: spatial search by zipcode

2022-12-13 Thread Matthew Castrigno
more information about it? From: dmitri maziuk Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2022 12:27 PM To: users@solr.apache.org Subject: Re: spatial search by zipcode On 2022-12-13 12: 31 PM, Matthew Castrigno wrote: > Is there an established method to do spatial search

Re: spatial search by zipcode

2022-12-13 Thread dmitri maziuk
On 2022-12-13 12:31 PM, Matthew Castrigno wrote: Is there an established method to do spatial search by zipcode where zipcode is provided as a parameter? https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/coordinates/ (Because I very recently looked at spatial searches in our index and t