The Pub (Local) Maximum Radius?

[Chase Wright]

Is there a limit to the radius size?

I'm trying to get all checkins from Japan using 4 circles. The circle centered around Tokyo gets a lot of hits near its center but nothing in the outer area. Also the other 3 circles are centered in basically the middle of nowhere, but still cover a large portion of Japan, and they return zero results even though I know checkins are happening within their radius.

Here's the data I'm using:

if ($option eq "Tokyo")
{
    $lat = 35.6895;
    $lng = 139.6917;
    $radius = 530;
}
elsif ($option eq "Sapporo")
{
    $lat = 42.9167;
    $lng = 143.2000;
    $radius = 220;
}
elsif ($option eq "Okinawa")
{
    $lat = 27.3689;
    $lng = 128.5667;
    $radius = 155;
}
elsif ($option eq "Kagoshima")
{
    $lat = 31.2833;
    $lng = 130.3167;
    $radius = 190;
}

Again, the Tokyo one is centered in Tokyo and returns results just fine. The Okinawa one is centered around a small island to the north, but covers all of Okinawa, and returns zero results when I KNOW there are checkins around Okinawa.

Thanks!

[Chase Wright]

If I use the coordinates listed above I get zero checkins, even if I increase the radius to 500 miles.

But if I use generic Google coordinates of Okinawa (lat=26.5000&lng=128.0000) it seems to work alright. Those coordinates are closer to Okinawa main island leading me to suspect that there's a radius limit or something going on with the API.

[Greg Avola]

Hey Chase - the max on radius is 25 miles, that's probably why you are seeing issues. However - once you go up higher than 25, it defaults to 25. It's possible there are no checkins within a 25 miles of that location?

Greg

On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Chase Wright <mystic...@gmail.com> wrote:

If I use the coordinates listed above I get zero checkins, even if I increase the radius to 500 miles.

But if I use generic Google coordinates of Okinawa (lat=26.5000&lng=128.0000) it seems to work alright. Those coordinates are closer to Okinawa main island leading me to suspect that there's a radius limit or something going on with the API.

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[Chase Wright]

Thanks Greg, that does explain it.

radius (int, optional) - The max radius you would like the check-ins to start within

I would suggest updating the documentation.

-Chase

[Greg Avola]

Will do! Thanks for you patience and pointing out the documentation error!

Greg

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