Can I create a map with a very "vague" address

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Last updated by Luo Yang 5 years ago.

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November 7, 2019 at 6:49 am #1377707

PaulS4783

I want to create a feature where users can register for an account on my site and their "location" will be publicly shown on a map. However, it doesnt need to be too accurate. In fact its probably better that its not for privacy reasons.

It would be good enough if a user entered the name of their "nearest city" and hopefully Google would represent that.

Is what I am describing possible?
Does the ToolSet Maps "address" field require a fully formed street address OR Lat/Longitude data?

November 7, 2019 at 7:23 am #1377723

Luo Yang

Hello,

Yes, your user can input only their city name into the address field, without street or house number, Google map will set a specific location of this city for those address field with the same Lat/Longitude data.

And it will conduct a problem, in the google map, some items are in same location, you can use map clustering for displaying those markers, see our document:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/display-on-google-maps/displaying-markers-on-google-maps/#grouping-close-markers-into-clusters
section "Grouping Close Markers into Clusters"