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Radius Distance Search Plugin |
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Radius Distance Search Plugin.
A plugin for SOBI2, that allows you to add proximity search easily to your existing search form in SOBI2.
 SOBI2 Radius Distance Search The visitor on your page just has to enter his zip code, select the maximum distance from it in miles or kilometres (adjustable in SOBI2 back-end) and he will get all matching SOBI2 entries, considering the standard SOBI2 search results.
Features:
- Easy to install, using the standard SOBI2 Plugin Interface
- Includes Open Geo Database from the GeoNames database
- Includes 12 months Update Service and Support
- Does not require any source code modifications
- Ajax Autocomplete function
- Three Search methods selectable:
- Search using geographical coordinates (longitude and latitude for each entry necessary - see SOBI2 FAQ section for an easy way to get the coordinates in SOBI2)
- Search using Postal Code - National (only postal code for each entry is necessary)
- Search using Postal Code - International (postal code and country code for each entry are necessary)
- Own database. No need to connect continuously to an external server.
- Administration of the plugin is in English or German language.
- The following front-end languages are available: English, French, German
Demo of Radius Distance Search
You can also log in to the backend of the demo site to view the administration panel of this plugin.
Below you will find some screenshots of back-end and front-end.
Administration Panel - General Configuration

Administration Panel - Database

Front-End - Search

Currently available databases:
- Andorra - Number of entries: 7 (new)
- Australia - Number of entries: 10161
- Austria - Number of entries: 46375
- Belgium - Number of entries: 3807
- Bulgaria - Number of entries: 5304
- Canada - Number of entries: 1619
- Croatia - Number of entries: 6943
- Czech Republic - Number of entries: 15507
- Denmark - Number of entries: 1177
- Faroe Islands - Number of entries: 119
- Finland - Number of entries: 4638
- France - Number of entries: 39072
- Germany - Number of entries: 16376 (updated)
- Greenland - Number of entries: 29 (new)
- Guadeloupe - Number of entries: 19
- Guam - Number of entries: 23
- Guyana - Number of entries: 9
- Holy See (Vatican City State) - Number of entries: 2
- Hungary - Number of entries: 4041
- Iceland - Number of entries: 148
- India - Number of entries: 14777 (new)
- Italy - Number of entries: 15656
- Japan - Number of entries: 94388 (new)
- Liechtenstein - Number of entries: 14
- Luxembourg - Number of entries: 4334
- Macedonia - Number of entries: 220 (new)
- Marshall Islands - Number of entries: 2
- Martinique - Number of entries: 16
- Mexico - Number of entries: 75203 (new)
- Moldova - Number of entries: 1753 (new)
- Monaco - Number of entries: 29
- Netherlands - Number of entries: 5104 (updated)
- Northern Mariana Islands - Number of entries: 4
- Norway - Number of entries: 4565
- Pakistan - Number of entries: 11847
- Poland - Number of entries: 22000
- Portugal - Number of entries: 204006
- Puerto Rico - Number of entries: 186
- Reunion - Number of entries: 44
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Number of entries: 2
- San Marino - Number of entries: 10
- Slovakia - Number of entries: 4152
- Slovenia - Number of entries: 557
- Spain - Number of entries: 56542 (updated)
- Sri Lanka - Number of entries: 15656
- Sweden - Number of entries: 14108
- Switzerland - Number of entries: 5225 (updated)
- Thailand - Number of entries: 902
- Turkey - Number of entries: 2130
- United Kingdom - Number of entries: 27586 (updated)
- United States - Number of entries: 43624 (updated)
- Mayotte - Number of entries: 3
- South Africa - Number of entries: 3920
- Virgin Islands, U.S. - Number of entries: 16
Requirements:
- Joomla! 1.0.x, Joomla! 1.5.6 or Mambo 4.6.3
- SOBI2 RC2.8.x
- MySQL version 4.1.21 or higher
- Safe Mode off
- Iconv Library installed
- allow_url_fopen = on or Client URL Library installed
- Possibility to connect to Sigsiu.NET update server through XML-RPC
- All requirements for SOBI2 have to be complied also
If you are unsure about having these please ask your provider.
Because the starting point of the radius search is still a postal code even if the geographical search method is used, it is mostly not possible that results within a distance below 5 km can be defined exactly.
Because Royal Post in UK/Canada has copyright to the postcodes, the results aren't precise for UK/Canada! Using geographical coordinates is recommended. Postcode search method is not possible.
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