Solr and location based searches

2010-02-01 Thread sandro . ruch

Hi all,

We want to use Solr because of its facet based functionalities... now the  
customer want to combine searches based on facets with location based  
searches (all objects 10 miles around this particular zip)...

Is this possible in Solr or is there no way?

Thanks and best regards,
Sandro


Re: Re: Solr and location based searches

2010-02-02 Thread sandro . ruch

Thank guys... very helpful links and good starting points... :-)

Am 02.02.2010 10:23 schrieb Hannes Carl Meyer :

Hi Sandro,


it is possible but beside the technical platform you will need a good  
data basis for example Geonames, Y! Geo etc.
You should also check the following article by Grant Ingersoll:  
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/j-spatial/index.html




Are we talking about a global or more local approach?



Kind Regards



Hannes



https://www.xing.com/profile/HannesCarl_Meyer




On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 6:34 AM, sandro.r...@gmail.com> wrote:



Hi all,




We want to use Solr because of its facet based functionalities... now the  
customer want to combine searches based on facets with location based  
searches (all objects 10 miles around this particular zip)...



Is this possible in Solr or is there no way?





Thanks and best regards,



Sandro