# Expanding on location field

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanding-on-location-field/50501>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [22.Сентябрь.2016 18:39:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanding-on-location-field/50501 "2016-09-22T18:39:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![mikechristopher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mikechristopher/32/89135_2.png) [@mikechristopher](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikechristopher)\
**Post date:** [22.Сентябрь.2016 18:39:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanding-on-location-field/50501/1 "2016-09-22T18:39:29Z")

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I know this is probably plugin territory but was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on expanding the location function. We would like to make it easier for users to be able to interact with others in a close physical locality to others. We want to introduce a medium to allow people to be able to meet offline where they are but with the current functionality of location it’s only a text field so anyone could put anything in and without asking you don’t know if the person you are talking to online is near you or not.

Hope that makes sense

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