By adlitinc on

I'm working on a website that will be a geographic directory and I'm trying to figure out what best to use. I'm looking at taxonomy modules and location.module

one or more pieces of content would be listed under subject1>world >country >province/state >city and possbly subject2>world >country >province/state >city

or even world >country >province/state >city >subject2

How would I come to a standardized list of cities in the us as required input as well as the categories?

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robertdouglass commented

Hi adlitinc,

as I understand it, you are wondering how to get the information needed to display your content in this way. The good news is, the location and taxonomy modules will do this for you. If your users pick subject from the taxonomy and fill out city (or zipcode) in the location form, then you can build cusom pages to display your posts with the breadcrumbs you described, or make directory-like links that are organized by geography.

For the input you have to make sure that city or zipcode is requried information.

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adlitinc commented

I'm probaly doing this wrong. I've set up some categories location>usa>state>city and added a page and set the category for the city level. When i browse to the country, I'm already seeing the content. I was expecting to see the name of the state and the number of listings which I would then have to click to drill down further.

Is this done through different module?

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robertdouglass commented

The exact module you want doesn't exist. Here's how I would do it:

1) Use categories to make your subjects
2) Let the location module take care of _where_ things are (city, state, country etc.) - it is already good at this.
3) Write or commission a module that allows users to browse content on your site based on location. This would work like the Site menu module but would list things with the location breadcrumbs you've described above.

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cincy_kid commented

I have been trying to do the same thing. Its been a few years since the original post so I am hoping there is an easier way or module that supports this?