Meaning of search radius in Drive & Arrive / ArrivalBoard

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Meaning of search radius in Drive & Arrive / ArrivalBoard

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Hi there,

Today I was asked for the following situation:
  • A customer has several boards in the same city.
  • He uses the driver app.
  • Depending on how he specifies the destination (cityname only versus postcode only) he gets different lists of potential arrival boards.
This is caused by the following business logic:
The geocoordinates of the two input patterns are located in the same village but there is a small difference. The search radius in the app is set to about 3000m which is not configureable. (image is manually created so the radius may differ).
The geocoordinates of the two input patterns are located in the same village but there is a small difference. The search radius in the app is set to about 3000m which is not configureable. (image is manually created so the radius may differ).
destination Yellow: one board (#1)<br />destination Blue: two boards (#1 and #2)<br />destination Orange: two boards (#2 and #3)<br />destination red: no hits at all
destination Yellow: one board (#1)
destination Blue: two boards (#1 and #2)
destination Orange: two boards (#2 and #3)
destination red: no hits at all
So by specifying the town center (blue example) the interface finds Board#1 and Board#2.
By specifying the postal code the result is : Board#2 and Board#3

Best regards
Bernd
Bernd Welter
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