Who's Nearby feature #20

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noah · 2023-04-05T19:21:06Z

noah commented

2023-04-05 19:21:06 +00:00

The site is still small so it may not be too crucial yet but eventually a Who's Nearby feature can be helpful.

Users could opt in their location by either:

Using GPS permission from their web browser to get their current location.
Selecting from a map where they are located (would be more robust than asking for zip codes which would only work within the US)
- Example using Open Streetmap: https://jsfiddle.net/uqcyudex/5/

The People search page could then have a feature to order people by nearest to you and help nudists connect with some real life friends.

To flesh out more how the feature would look:

On your user settings page, have a Location tab
- A button to opt-in to HTML5 Geolocation: prompt the user for their GPS and post the lat/long to backend.
- An OpenLayers map for users to manually drop a pin on a map wherever they want, for users who don't/can't get the GPS working.
On the member directory: a "Who's Nearby" feature
- Have a location refresh button here, too. It could either ask for the Geolocation API too and/or refresh it, or have a link to the Settings tab to pick their location manually.
On the database side: use the Postgis extension for PostgreSQL to query and sort users by GPS coordinates.

The site is still small so it may not be too crucial yet but eventually a Who's Nearby feature can be helpful. Users could opt in their location by either: * Using GPS permission from their web browser to get their current location. * Selecting from a map where they are located (would be more robust than asking for zip codes which would only work within the US) * Example using Open Streetmap: https://jsfiddle.net/uqcyudex/5/ The People search page could then have a feature to order people by nearest to you and help nudists connect with some real life friends. To flesh out more how the feature would look: * On your user settings page, have a Location tab * A button to opt-in to HTML5 Geolocation: prompt the user for their GPS and post the lat/long to backend. * An OpenLayers map for users to manually drop a pin on a map wherever they want, for users who don't/can't get the GPS working. * On the member directory: a "Who's Nearby" feature * Have a location refresh button here, too. It could either ask for the Geolocation API too and/or refresh it, or have a link to the Settings tab to pick their location manually. * On the database side: use the [Postgis](https://postgis.net/) extension for PostgreSQL to query and sort users by GPS coordinates.

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