GeoCode not always saving in wp_usermeta

  • Resolved larnoult

    (@larnoult)


    7 years, 4 months ago

    Hello,
    Your plugin works great, allowing the teachers from our NGO to register their school location upon registration. (asso.parlemonde.org)
    Indeed if I browse to the extended profile of all users, I can track back their adress..
    I already use MapsMarker Pro as a map service ; I’d like to automatize the transfer of geolocalization data in between your two plugins.
    Unfortunately, digging into the wp_usermeta table, I see that geocode is only written for about 1/3 of the registered user (meta_key = geocode_6 in my case) !?
    Which I don’t get, since I can ‘see’ their adress looking at their extended profile.
    Any idea where these ‘missing’ geocode could be??
    Thanks in advance!

    Cheers,

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  • Plugin Author shanebp

    (@shanebp)

    Just because you can see the address does not mean that the Google API was able to provide lat / lng coords.

    If your users are simply typing in the address and then doing a save, that will not work.
    They need to start typing and then select one of the complete and verified addresses that Google provides in the dropdown.
    Otherwise, a call is not made to Google and therefore the lat / lng coords are not returned.

    A few other people have had this issue – we tried several approaches to force users to make a selection from the dropdown. Unfortunately, while we could force them to make a selection, there were other side effects that created a potentially very confusing UX.

    So the only usable solution was adding a note in the field description that alerted the user to the fact that they have to made a selection if they want to appear on the map.

    Thread Starter larnoult

    (@larnoult)

    Hello,
    Ok, that makes sense.
    Just for the record, I find it quite surprising (and a bit depressing) that 2/3 of the users do not select an adress!
    Thanks for your explanation!
    Best,

    It Still not Saving even we click the address and i am not able to see any thing related to lat and long in user_meta table

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