a CustomScoreQuery combined with a FieldCacheSource that holds the
the lat/lon might work.
- will
On Aug 29, 2007, at 11:15 AM, Mike wrote:
I've searched the mailing list archives, the web, read the FAQ, etc
and I
don't see anything relevant so here it goes…
I'm trying to implement a radius based searching based on zip/
postal codes.
(The user enters their zip code and I show nearby matches under x
miles
away sorted by linear distance.) I already have the data required
to pull
this off (zip codes, long/lat coordinates, etc.) Extreme accuracy
is not a
requirement. It just needs to be an approximation (plus or minus a
few
miles.)
What I'm looking for is a little direction. How have others
implemented
this type of search? What are the pros/cons of various methods? I
have a
few ideas but obviously none of them are very good or I guess I
wouldn't be
here asking. ;)
By the way, my index is updated about every 10 minutes and holds about
25,000 records. However, this may increase in the next year or so to
hundreds of thousands. So whatever I do needs to be fairly
scalable. The
items being searched as well as the people searching will be
located all
over the world. Some areas may be busier than others so there is an
opportunity for caching more common locals.
Thank you for your time. I'd appreciate any suggestions that you
can give.
- Mike
