Problem:

The customer was trying to create a search functionality on their website that displayed locations based on a user's input. They had built a view that showed locations within 50 miles of the user and created a nested view to display results within 350 miles if no results were found within the initial range. However, the nested view did not trigger correctly based on the user’s input, leading to issues in displaying the appropriate results.

Solution:

We confirmed the customer's setup and created a working example to demonstrate how to achieve the desired functionality. We provided guidance on setting up the main view and the nested view using the URL parameter toolset_maps_distance_center for filtering. We also suggested moving the map markers from the block directly into the content template to ensure that the markers would rebuild when the nested view was called.

Although the customer inquired about displaying the distance from each result to the user's location, we noted that this feature was under consideration for future versions of Toolset. However, a straightforward solution was not readily available.

After implementing the changes we suggested, the customer confirmed that the nested view was functioning as expected, effectively displaying the relevant markers on the map.

Relevant Documentation:

https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/maps/maps-shortcodes/#wpv-map-marker
https://toolset.com/documentation/legacy-features/views-plugin/passing-arguments-to-views/