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[Resolved] autocomplete for google maps in parametric search

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Last updated by shirlyk 7 years, 8 months ago.

Assisted by: Juan.

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#410725

when would you add support in google maps autocomplete in the parametric search?

#410895

Juan
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Hi there, thanks for the feedback

We could add autocomplete for any address field rendered in the frontend parametric search as a text input, but that alone would not be very helpful. Let me explain why.

We store the address as the field value. What we store is the direction that you set when saving a post with this address field, and that includes uppercase, lowercase letters, and also commas, ZIP codes, etc. Most of the times, using the Google autocomplete you will get the same string, but there could be some differeces based on language (set in the browser) that escape our control. That means that unless you are able to select the same exact address value as the one set in your stored post, you will get no results at all.

Now, our bigger vplan is a combination of two things:
- First, add autocomplete to those text inputs, so you can easily select addresses
- Second, and this is the most important, let you set a tolerance radios, so you get results with addresses stored inside a given distance to the one that you are selecting
Those two things, combined, will produce much more accurate results, and will avoid side effects like no results at all.

Those two things are already planned and hopefully will land into Toolset Maps soon, so stay tunned for a complete solution.

Hope it helps.

Regards.

#414984

ok, thanks for the answer, I'm looking forward to this feature 🙂

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