1 Reply Latest reply: Jul 19, 2011 8:31 AM by MurraySummers RSS

    Website Search Engine

    PrintingByDBE Community Member

      Good Morning Everyone!

       

           I wanted to start sometype of automotive site where say someone is looking for a smog check place. they go to the site and punch in the zip and a list of places come up? Is this realitvly easy to accomplish and how would I be able to accomplish this? Any ideas would be AWESOME! =)

        • 1. Re: Website Search Engine
          MurraySummers CommunityMVP

          You would need a database containing a list of locations along with a latitude and longitude for each.  Then you'd need a database of zip codes with lat and long for each zip.  Then you'd need a script to calculate the distance between the user's zip and each of the qualifying locations.

           

          How easy is that?  Not too hard if you are familiar with server scripting and databases.

           

          Alternatively, you may be able to find a commercial product that will do all of this - Google 'distributor locator' and see what you get.