I am just starting a project on google map.
i am using below link to get user current location
Click Here
how can i find other nearby users / places based on current lat , long?
any suggestion help me a lot. thanks
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In practice you have to save the current position for each user and calculate the distance through a database query.
Note MySQL supports spatial indexes only with MyISAM …
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cereal 1,524 Nearly a Senior Poster Featured Poster
Check this link:
In practice you have to save the current position for each user and calculate the distance through a database query.
Note MySQL supports spatial indexes only with MyISAM and InnoDB engines, the latter since 5.7.5. But you may want to consider PostGIS also.
mangel.murti 5 Helps you in some way
thanx for your reply. it helped me.
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