How to obtain latitude and longitude?

[RezaMortezaee]

Hi,
Can anyone please tell me how I should obtain latitude and longitude to make a point class?

In the example of package documentation, should the Port model have separate latitude and longitude fields in the database with a data type of float plus a location field?

As an example, is this what it should be like:
'location' => Point::makeGeodetic($this->latitude , $this->longitude)
OR there are other ways to get those?

[saibotk]

Hey 👋

You only need those when you create a Point in code manually. The database can store both coordinates in a single field and magellan casts it to a Point.

Use the magellanPoint() function in a migration to create such a column in the database.

Hope this helps 🙌

[RezaMortezaee]

Thank you so much for your reply.

I actually did it (the magellanPoint() function in a migration).
As mentioned in the package doc, to create a location, this is what it should be like:
'location' => Point::makeGeodetic(49.87108851299202, 8.625026485851762)
BUT the problem/ambiguity for me is:

• How those lat & long are coming from?
• How should I handle this in the controller?
• Is it necessary to have lat & long and location as a $fillable property, or is just location enough, or neither?

Also, by assuming lat & long in $fillable property, these are the properly named getters and setters:

protected function latitude(): Attribute
    { return Attribute::make(

            // Accessor
            get: fn(array $attributes) => $attributes['latitude'],

            // Mutator
            set: fn() => ['latitude' => $this->attributes['latitude']]
        );
    }

In my project, All I need is user should select his/her address on the map with a pointer, and this will be saved in location column.

[studnitz]

Hi, in a controller you would just write something like.

Something::create([
    // rest of the properties
    'location' => Point::makeGeodetic($request->latitude, $request->longitude),
]);

This is actually how we handle a Marker input. No need for extra Attributes for latitude and longitude and also no need to add them as separate columns. Just make sure you have latitude and longitude set in the POST/PUT request.