Geolocation Configuration

Geolocation Configuration Settings

Geolocation Coding

Administrators can edit and add geolocation parameters using the Geolocation Editor.

The Geolocation Editor displays which locations are geocoded and which are not. When data comes in that is not geocoded, the Geolocation Editor allows Administrators to geocode these locations by entering latitude and longitude parameters. Some locations do not have geolocation coordinates, such as rural areas or cities that are not incorporated. By entering the latitude and longitude manually in the Geolocation Editor, these locations can then be found using geolocator functionality. The Geolocation Editor provides the ability for Administrators to edit the geocoding of their locations to be certain those locations are properly placed. Users can search for locations, edit geocoding details of those locations, and then, re-trigger geocoding.

Locations are easy to find using the filters and sorting capabilities in the Geolocation Editor. Administrators can filter and search job locations and company offices as well as sort the locations in either ascending or descending order. The filter criterion available differs depending on whether you are searching for job locations or company offices.

Geolocation Customization Backup and Restore

When a full refresh of all jobs via the Job Connector is performed, all new locations are imported and previously entered Geolocation customizations are removed. Administrators have the option to backup and save their custom Geolocation latitude and longitude values for job locations to eliminate the need to reconfigure customizations.

This backup feature creates a single cloud-based file for geo-coded locations which can be used to easily restore the customizations. Only a single file is created and saved in the cloud and previous backups are not available. For this reason, Administrators have the option to export each file into an Excel format that can be saved for later reference.

After entering geolocation customizations, Administrators click the Backup Job Geolocation Data button. Their customizations are saved in the cloud until another backup is performed. When another backup is performed this file gets overwritten, so if Administrators want to keep each of their backups, they must export the cloud files into Excel. This is done by clicking Download backup file. Once a job refresh is run, the customizations are removed, and can then be restored by clicking the Restore Job Geolocation Data button.

Note: Remember that only one cloud-based file is saved at a time. Clicking the Backup Job Geolocation Data button overwrites the existing backup file. To preserve this data, the file must be exported to Excel.

Disable Browser Geolocator

Administrators can disable the location services that prompts users to share their location.

Administrators can now choose to disable the browser geolocator without disrupting the PlaceFinder functionality. When the Use Browser Geolocation setting is on, and the user has no previous settings for the site's URL in their browser, the location services will prompt the user for sharing their location. When the setting is off, and no privacy settings were previously set, then the user will not be prompted to share their location. This setting is found in Configuration > Geolocation > Geo Search > Use Browser Geolocation.

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The setting is only valid for users visiting the site for the first time since the choice for this setting would exists in the browser's preferences on every consecutive visit.