{"id":50018,"date":"2026-10-30T23:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/kb-2026-additional\/how-to-search-for-a-geolocation-address-and-set-the-map-centre"},"modified":"2026-11-02T11:17:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T09:17:53","slug":"how-to-search-for-a-geolocation-address-and-set-the-map-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/how-to-search-for-a-geolocation-address-and-set-the-map-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Search for a Geolocation Address and Set the Map Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Geolocation editor can search an address and display a suggested position. The location record also stores central coordinates, separately from its actual permitted zone geometry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is this option for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use address search to locate the workplace quickly before defining the allowed shapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before you begin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open a new or existing location editor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Know a real address or the position of the site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Understanding the controls<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<dl>\n<dt><strong>Address<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Optional administrative address.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Find Address<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Searches geocoding suggestions.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Address Results<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>A result can be selected to position the location.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Center Coordinates<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Displayed latitude and longitude of the location centre.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Fit Map<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Fits existing zones in the map view.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step-by-step instructions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open Geolocation and select Add Location or an existing site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter a meaningful Name.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the address in the Address field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select Find Address.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review returned suggestions; choose the result corresponding to the actual site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check the displayed centre coordinates and map position.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Draw or inspect the permitted zones; address search alone does not create them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click Save after confirming the location has at least one allowed zone.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chosen location position helps orient the map for configuring attendance boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Selecting an address does not automatically grant access everywhere near that address.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A valid allowed zone is required independently of the address field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Geolocation editor can search an address and display a suggested position. The location record also stores central coordinates, separately from its actual permitted zone geometry.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geolocation-zones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50107,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50018\/revisions\/50107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/ba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}