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

Re: Solr and location based searches

2010-02-02 Thread 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

Re: Solr and location based searches

2010-02-02 Thread Markus Jelsma
Hi, You can use three different approaches: - Solr Spatial [1]; - Local Solr [2]; - Implement it yourself [3]. The first is promising, the latter is fun but is far less useful and powerful! [1]: http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SpatialSearch [2]: http://wiki.apache.org/solr/LocalSolr [3]: http://wi