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#SOLR GEODIST ZIP#

The primary search tool is a faceted, Views-based search page based on an index managed by Search API and Search API Solr.

Office locations are stored in a multi-valued field provided by the Location module (an alternative to Addressfield that, at least the time of original implementation, was more reliable and full-featured). TechnicalВ DescriptionД®ach provider is a node of a particular content type. I could not find a module to solve this problem. When searching, counselors want to see the providers listed by their nearest office but also to see the providersвЂ™ other office locations, preferably with distance information for those as well. But many providers have more than one office. If each provider had only one office, sorting by and displaying proximity information would be reasonably easy.

#SOLR GEODIST ZIP#

To date, those search tools have allowed counselors to conduct searches for providers within a given distance from a starting zip code, but the results have not been sortable by distance.

We have built faceted search tools to help INTERFACE staff comb through this data.

#SOLR GEODIST PROFESSIONAL#

The providers database includes mental health specialties, professional qualifications, insurance accepted, office locations, and roughly 50 other data points. Tech-Tamer, LLC helps INTERFACE maintain a large database of licensed mental health and wellness providers. Not only must counselors understand a callerвЂ™s needs and work out what kinds of providers could meet those needs, but they must also find an actual provider who takes the right insurance, is willing to accept a new client and has an office nearby. Finding an appropriate provider is a multi-faceted and, frankly, challenging process. The help line is staffed by counselors who help callers find an appropriate mental health or wellness provider. Our client, the INTERFACE Referral Service of William James College, provides a mental health and wellness referral help line that serves residents of Massachusetts.

His description of the problem and efforts to get the schema updated in the Search API Solr module were invaluable. Since no Drupal module seems to provide this functionality, I thought I should share my solution.ДЄn important acknowledgement: Jeff GeerlingвЂ™s post, Multi-value spatial search with Solr 4.x and Drupal 7, was incredibly helpful with this work. On a Drupal 7 site, I recently solved the problem of sorting search results by distance when the things searched for have multiple locations.

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