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Datsik
Datsik

Reputation: 14824

I want to only show markers within a certain radius of geolocation?

On my page, when it loads it gets your location and sets a marker on your spot, then I want it to load all markers from my database and set them on the map, but I only want to load markers that are within 1km of their location. I'm trying to set it up but I'm having a bit of trouble.

So the markers are loaded from the database like so:

<?php while($stmt -> fetch()) { ?>
var longi = "<?php echo $gLongitude; ?>";
var lati = "<?php echo $gLatitude; ?>";
var title = "<?php echo $gTitle; ?>";
setMarker(lati, longi, title);
<?php } $stmt -> close(); $mysqli -> close();?>

and then the setMarker function calls like this:

function setMarker(lati, longi, title) {
    var latLongMarker = new google.maps.LatLng(lati,longi);
    marker = new google.maps.Marker({
        position: latLongMarker,
        map: map,
        draggable: false,
        title: title
    });
    arrMarkers.push(marker);
}

That all works fine and dandy, and loads all the markers from the database onto the map but how might I load only ones that are 1km from me? I read about computeDistanceBetween() but I can't find an example to save my life. Thanks everybody in advance.

I ended up working out a way to do it that ended up being much easier and faster to process here you go for anybody looking for this in the future:

        <?php while($stmt -> fetch()) { ?>
        var longi = "<?php echo $gLongitude; ?>";
        var lati = "<?php echo $gLatitude; ?>";
        var title = "<?php echo $gTitle; ?>";
        var content = 'Bus arrives at: ' + "<?php echo $gWeekdayDay; ?>";
        database.push({latitude: lati, longitude: longi, markerTitle: title, content: content});
        <?php } $stmt -> close(); $mysqli -> close();?>

for (var i = 0; i < database.length; i++) {
                    createMarker(database[i].latitude, database[i].longitude, database[i].markerTitle, initialLocation, 
                        database[i].content);
                }

function createMarker(lati, longi, title, myPosition, content) {
    var latLongMarker = new google.maps.LatLng(lati, longi);
    distanceCompare.push({position: latLongMarker, markerTitle: title});
    setMarker(myPosition, latLongMarker, title, content);
}

function setMarker(myPosition, latLongMarker, title, content) {

        distance = google.maps.geometry.spherical.computeDistanceBetween(latLongMarker, myPosition);
        console.log('Distance of '+latLongMarker+ 'and original position' + myPosition + 'Is equal to '+distance);
            updateResults();
        if (distance < setDistance) {
            addMarker(latLongMarker, title, content);
            stopsfound++;
            updateResults();
            console.log(content);
        }
}

function addMarker(position, title, content) {
    console.log('Adding Marker ' + content);
    marker = new google.maps.Marker({
        position: position,
        map: map,
        title: title
    });
    bindInfoWindow(marker, content);
    markersArray.push(marker);
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1806

Answers (2)

ダミアン ರ_ರ
ダミアン ರ_ರ

Reputation: 72

first, you need create a table, call places, for example, and this need have the fields lat and long. Then you need create a query that get the places of a radius (km or milles) here an example of the query

public function getRecents($nro_places, $lat='-33.45287', $lng='-70.58598') {
    $query = Doctrine_Query::create();
    $query->select('p.*, ( 6371 * acos( cos( radians('.$lat.') ) * cos( radians( m.lat ) ) * cos( radians( m.lng ) - radians('.$lng.') ) + sin( radians('.$lat.') ) * sin( radians( m.lat ) ) ) ) AS distance'); //this is all you need
    $query->from('Places p, p.Maps m');
    $query->having('distance < 3'); //3kms
    $query->where('status = 1'); //places enabled
    $query->orderBy('p.created_at DESC, distance ASC');
    $query->limit($nro_places);
    $result = $query->execute(array(), Doctrine_Core::HYDRATE_ARRAY);

    return $result;
}

Here an example of the query with the query that you need. http://wiki.linuxservertech.com/faq/index.php?action=artikel&cat=4&id=7&artlang=en

hope this help

Upvotes: 0

david strachan
david strachan

Reputation: 7228

You will need to use the Haversine formaula. The code below uses this formula using PDO. You will need change it for $mysqli.

$stmt = $dbh->prepare("SELECT  name, lat, lng, (6372.8 * acos( cos( radians(?) ) * cos( radians( lat ) ) * cos( radians( lng ) - radians(?) ) + sin( radians(?) ) * sin( radians( lat ) ) ) ) AS distance FROM mytable HAVING distance < 1 ORDER BY distance ASC LIMIT 0 , 20");
    // Assign parameters
    $stmt->bindParam(1,$center_lat);//Coordinates of location
    $stmt->bindParam(2,$center_lng);//Coordinates of location
    $stmt->bindParam(3,$center_lat);

This query was used in this DEMO

Upvotes: 2

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