Facebook allows a distance parameter for their search like
https://graph.facebook.com/search?q=coffee&type=place¢er=37.76,-122.427&distance=1000
They don't say what units this is in. Does anyone know?
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The distance is messured in meters (source: Using Actions - Facebook Developers):
place - Page ID of the place where the action took place. You can search for the Place ID using our Graph API.
- Specify type=place
- Specify q as query parameter
- Optional distance (in meters)
But as mentioned here and here, this is not very accurate and limited to 50km.
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That's the exact same limit as the Google Place API, makes sense. – Overv Jun 14 '12 at 21:54
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Can we also search group members by distance? – baptx Dec 10 '17 at 22:20