I’m not really sure what the cause of the problem is… as far as I can see, 
you’re passing in the right parameters and range. If there was some mix-up 
somewhere between radians and degrees or lat/lng around the wrong way (I’ve had 
bad data imports before which have done that), then you wouldn’t even get the 
two closest results, I would think.

I guess I’d be debugging by firing up a mysql console to Sphinx (mysql —host 
127.0.0.1 —port 9306) and running SphinxQL queries to confirm attribute values 
(SELECT * FROM location_core WHERE sphinx_internal_id = x).

On 23 Jan 2014, at 2:21 am, C Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks so much Pat for the response and clarifying exactly what you did. I 
> understood the code you wrote and I can't believe I wasn't able to piece that 
> together!
> 
> Quick question:
> 
>       :with  => {:geodist => 0.0..200_000.0}, 
> 
> The 200km is equivalent to 124.274 miles. However for the search it is 
> pulling from a smaller range than that. It seems like from a 20 mile radius 
> only.
> 
> As I am doing a search with zip code 30052, however it is only returning two 
> locations that are near each other. A third location should be appearing also 
> that's 50 miles away.
> 
> 
> On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 6:26:26 PM UTC-5, Pat Allan wrote:
> So, it seems this is the action that needs changing: 
> 
>     @latitude = params[:latitude].to_f * Math::PI / 180 
>     @longitude = params[:longitude].to_f * Math::PI / 180 
>     @users = Location.search :geo => [@latitude * Math::PI / 180, @longitude 
> * Math::PI / 180], :with => {:geodist => 0.0..200_000.0}, :order => "geodist 
> ASC" 
> 
> I would switch it to: 
> 
>     latitude  = params[:latitude].to_f * Math::PI / 180 
>     longitude = params[:longitude].to_f * Math::PI / 180 
>     
>     location_ids = Location.search_for_ids( 
>       :geo   => [latitude, longitude], 
>       :with  => {:geodist => 0.0..200_000.0}, 
>       :order => "geodist ASC” 
>     ) 
>     @users = User.where(:location_id => location_ids) 
> 
> Note the following: 
> * I’ve removed the double radians conversion 
> * I’m using the search_for_ids method to avoid instantiating unnecessary 
> location objects. 
> * Instance variables are only useful for objects used in the views, so I’ve 
> made a presumption and just set @users, everything else is a local variable 
> instead. 
> 
> If all you want is the user to enter their zip code for the search, then it 
> would be more like this: 
> 
>     location  = Location.find_by_zipcode params[:zipcode] 
>     # if lat/lng are stored as degrees 
>     latitude  = location.latitude * Math::PI / 180 
>     longitude = location.longitude * Math::PI / 180 
>     
>     location_ids = Location.search_for_ids( 
>       :geo   => [latitude, longitude], 
>       :with  => {:geodist => 0.0..200_000.0}, 
>       :order => "geodist ASC” 
>     ) 
>     @users = User.where(:location_id => location_ids) 
> 
> Hope this helps! 
> 
> — 
> Pat 
> 
> On 22 Jan 2014, at 6:09 am, C Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: 
> 
> > Hey Pat, you assisted me with the radians/degrees issue. I was looking for 
> > a clearer idea than what Nicholas suggested for the part I needed advice 
> > on. 
> > 
> > I have TS setup to find locations based on latitude/longitude that are near 
> > one another. This part functions as expected. 
> > 
> > The next step that I am not clear on is how to setup so that if I perform a 
> > location search using a zip code from the Locations table to have it return 
> > users who are within the  specified distance. 
> > 
> > I am building a app so users can find nearby users using their zip code. I 
> > want users to enter any zip code and it will return users within 200km. 
> > 
> > I am not sure if there is more required from me in the searches controller 
> > that will make the search perform how I would like when users a zip code 
> > within the search box.
> > 
> > 
> > Location.search :geo => [33.89 * Math::PI / 180, -83.95 * Math::PI / 180], 
> > :with => {:geodist => 0.0..200_000.0}, :order => "geodist ASC" 
> >   Sphinx Query (338.5ms)  SELECT GEODIST(0.5914920835008783, 
> > -1.4652039070492398, latitude, longitude) AS geodist, * FROM 
> > `location_core` WHERE `geodist` BETWEEN 0.0 AND 200000.0 AND 
> > `sphinx_deleted` = 0 ORDER BY `geodist` ASC LIMIT 0, 20 
> >   Sphinx  Found 983 results 
> >   Location Load (0.5ms)  SELECT `locations`.* FROM `locations` WHERE 
> > `locations`.`id` IN (12828, 12848, 12882, 12851, 12852, 12853, 12854, 
> > 12855, 12859, 12830, 12856, 12857, 12822, 12834, 12836, 12838, 12898, 
> > 12899, 12900, 12901) 
> >  => [#<Location id: 12828, zipcode: "30017", city: "Grayson", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 33.89, longitude: -83.95, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12848, zipcode: "30039", city: "Snellville", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 33.85, longitude: -84.0, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12882, zipcode: "30078", city: "Snellville", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 33.85, longitude: -84.0, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12851, zipcode: "30042", city: "Lawrenceville", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 33.94, longitude: -83.99, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12852, zipcode: "30043", city: "Lawrenceville", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 33.94, longitude: -83.99, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12853, zipcode: "30044", city: "Lawrenceville", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 33.94, longitude: -83.99, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12854, zipcode: "30045", city: "Lawrenceville", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 33.94, longitude: -83.99, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12855, zipcode: "30046", city: "Lawrenceville", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 33.94, longitude: -83.99, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12859, zipcode: "30052", city: "Loganville", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 33.83, longitude: -83.89, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12830, zipcode: "30019", city: "Dacula", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 33.98, longitude: -83.88, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12856, zipcode: "30047", city: "Lilburn", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 33.88, longitude: -84.13, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12857, zipcode: "30048", city: "Lilburn", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 33.88, longitude: -84.13, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12822, zipcode: "30011", city: "Auburn", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 34.01, longitude: -83.83, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12834, zipcode: "30024", city: "Suwanee", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 34.05, longitude: -84.07, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12836, zipcode: "30026", city: "North Metro", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 34.0, longitude: -84.15, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12838, zipcode: "30029", city: "North Metro", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 34.0, longitude: -84.15, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12898, zipcode: "30095", city: "Duluth", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 34.0, longitude: -84.15, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12899, zipcode: "30096", city: "Duluth", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 34.0, longitude: -84.15, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12900, zipcode: "30097", city: "Duluth", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 34.0, longitude: -84.15, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>, 
> > #<Location id: 12901, zipcode: "30098", city: "Duluth", state: "GA", 
> > latitude: 34.0, longitude: -84.15, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil>] 
> > 
> > 
> > user = User.first 
> >   User Load (0.3ms)  SELECT `users`.* FROM `users` ORDER BY `users`.`id` 
> > ASC LIMIT 1 
> >  => #<User id: 1, email: "[email protected]", password_digest: 
> > "$2a$10$OuN0/fqWzy4ZTyIf4y94teIdnndAqwS.1V5zxgO9X7wW...", zip_code: 
> > "30052", birthday: "1986-08-25", name: nil, username: "admin", gender: 
> > "Male", ethnicity: nil, sexuality: "Straight", career: nil, education: nil, 
> > religion: nil, politics: nil, children: nil, height: nil, user_smoke: nil, 
> > user_drink: nil, about_me: nil, inches: nil, feet: nil, created_at: 
> > "2014-01-16 14:17:36", updated_at: "2014-01-16 14:17:36", auth_token: 
> > "8Zwh3HF6WnA8wthFZirkQw", password_reset_token: nil, 
> > password_reset_sent_at: nil, admin: nil, role: "admin", roles_mask: nil, 
> > age: nil, default_photo_id: nil, location_id: nil, time_zone: nil> 
> > 2.0.0-p353 :004 > user.location 
> >    (15.4ms)  SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `locations` WHERE (zipcode = '30052') 
> >   Location Load (6.8ms)  SELECT `locations`.* FROM `locations` WHERE 
> > (zipcode = '30052') ORDER BY `locations`.`id` ASC LIMIT 1 
> >  => #<Location id: 12859, zipcode: "30052", city: "Loganville", state: 
> > "GA", latitude: 33.83, longitude: -83.89, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil> 
> >   
> > 
> > 
> > Location columns: 
> > 
> >       t.string :zipcode 
> >       t.string :city 
> >       t.string :state 
> >       t.float :latitude 
> >       t.float :longitude 
> > 
> > User columns: 
> >       t.string :email 
> >       t.string :password_digest 
> >       t.string :zip_code 
> >       t.string :location_id 
> >       t.string :time_zone 
> >       t.string :birthday 
> >       t.string :name 
> >       t.string :username 
> >       t.string :gender 
> >       t.string :ethnicity 
> >       t.string :sexuality 
> >       t.string :career 
> >       t.string :education 
> >       t.string :religion 
> >       t.string :politics 
> >       t.string :children 
> >       t.string :height 
> >       t.string :user_smoke 
> >       t.string :user_drink 
> >       t.string :about_me 
> >       t.string :inches 
> >       t.string :feet 
> > 
> > 
> > class DistanceController < ApplicationController 
> >   def search 
> >     @latitude = params[:latitude].to_f * Math::PI / 180 
> >     @longitude = params[:longitude].to_f * Math::PI / 180 
> >     @users = Location.search :geo => [@latitude * Math::PI / 180, 
> > @longitude * Math::PI / 180], :with => {:geodist => 0.0..200_000.0}, :order 
> > => "geodist ASC" 
> >   end 
> >   
> >   def users 
> >       @users = User.all 
> >   end 
> >   
> >   def index 
> >     @users = User.all 
> >   end 
> > end 
> > 
> > 
> > ThinkingSphinx::Index.define :location, :with => :active_record do 
> >   indexes city 
> >   
> >   has "RADIANS(locations.latitude)",  :as => :latitude,  :type => :float 
> >   has "RADIANS(locations.longitude)", :as => :longitude, :type => :float 
> > end 
> > ThinkingSphinx::Index.define :user, :with => :active_record do 
> >   indexes name, :as => :user, :sortable => true 
> >   indexes zip_code 
> >   has created_at, updated_at 
> >   has location.id, :as => :location_id 
> > end 
> >   
> > 
> > <%= form_tag searches_path, method: :get do %> 
> > <p> 
> >         <%= text_field_tag :search, params[:search] %> 
> >         <%= button_tag "Search", name: nil %> 
> >         </p> 
> > <% end %> 
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