Title: importing/mapping additional_info?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# importing/mapping additional_info?

 *  [webguy262](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webguy262/)
 * (@webguy262)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importingmapping-additional_info/)
 * Kyle… Great job with Simple Locator!
 * I made a test CSV import and data came in fine.
 * A few questions…
 * – can there be a “State” search input in addition to Zip?
    – can maps be turned
   off in search results? – anyway to display an alphabetical list of all entered
   locations?
 * Thanks for this plugin and the others you’ve built!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-locator/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-locator/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Kyle Phillips](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylephillips/)
 * (@kylephillips)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importingmapping-additional_info/#post-6560750)
 * 1) There is currently only one input available… you can label it however you’d
   like, but I’d recommend keeping it “Location”. There are logical issues with 
   distance/radius search, Geocoding locations, and results that I plan on writing
   about on the plugin site when I get a chance.
 * 2) Maps can’t be turned off. This would violate Google’s API terms (the maps 
   API is used to geocode locations entered, and based on their API terms, a Google
   map must be displayed if you’re using their data). You could hide them via CSS,
   but again, you’re technically breaking Google’s Map API terms at that point. 
   See [the Google API FAQs](https://developers.google.com/maps/faq?hl=en#geocoder_exists)
   for more information.
 * 3) The results are listed in order of distance from the location entered in the
   search. Currently, there’s no way to reorder that list. If you’re just looking
   for an alpha list of all locations, you could setup your own loop and query the`
   location` post type (or if you’ve changed the post type to your own, query that).
 *  Thread Starter [webguy262](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webguy262/)
 * (@webguy262)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importingmapping-additional_info/#post-6560796)
 * So no easy way to get a list of locations by state?
 *  Plugin Author [Kyle Phillips](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylephillips/)
 * (@kylephillips)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importingmapping-additional_info/#post-6560798)
 * There’s no built-in methods, but it’d be pretty straightforward to list locations
   by state using a custom WP_Query object.
 * If you’re using the built-in post type/fields, you could use the `wpsl_state`
   meta field to query against.
 * [https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Custom_Field_Parameters](https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Custom_Field_Parameters)
 *  Thread Starter [webguy262](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webguy262/)
 * (@webguy262)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importingmapping-additional_info/#post-6560814)
 * Got it! Thanks!

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