Use sort with geodist() to sort by distance. Getting the distance returned us documented on the wiki if you are not using score. see reference to _Val_
Bill Bell Sent from mobile On Feb 28, 2011, at 7:54 AM, Alexandre Rocco <alel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi guys, > > We are implementing a separate index on our website, that will be dedicated > to spatial search. > I've downloaded a build of Solr 4.0 to try the spatial features and got the > geodist working really fast. > > We now have 2 other features that will be needed on this project: > 1. Returning the distance from the reference point to the search hit (in > kilometers) > 2. Sorting by the distance. > > On item 2, the wiki doc points that a distance function can be used but I > was not able to find good info on how to accomplish it. > Also, returning the distance (item 1) is noted as currently being in > development and there is some workaround to get it. > > Anyone had experience with the spatial feature and could help with some > pointers on how to achieve it? > > Thanks, > Alexandre
