In other posts, we have described how to set up a sample Geolocation data set and how to retrieve geopoints using the API. The geopoints in your application would not be the ones from the sample data set, we used it only to make it easier to get started with Backendless Geolocation. Adding geopoints to…
Backendless supports multiple ways to perform a geopoint search. You can search in radius, a rectangular area, or with an SQL query. Additionally, there is a way to search based on a partial metadata match. This type of search can be combined with all other aforementioned search types.
In this week’s Backendless Spotlight, we are excited to introduce you to one of the many nonprofit organizations that use the Backendless platform to support their mobile presence. Help A Paw is a startup out of Bulgaria that is seeking to solve a local problem with an eye for reaching communities facing the same issue…
We resume our webinar series with the plan to conduct two webinars a month. The first one is dedicated to the Backendless 2.0 release where you get an overview of the Platform and the new features of the release. Our webinars are interactive and you can ask us any questions. Join the upcoming free webinar “New Backendless…
It feels really amazing to begin writing this blog post. We got caught in an unusually long release cycle, spent months iterating over the new features, improvements and bug fixes, but in the end it was well worth it. We did it! Backendless 2.0 is here and the product is as cool and powerful as…
I am very happy to report that we released a new version of Backendless. The new release is tagged as version 1.9.0, which is a new numbering scheme for us – we used to label releases with names attached to various events. The new release is packed with features, improvements and bug fixes. I’d like…
Geolocation is one of the core services of Backendless. Using the Geolocation API you can easily add a sense of location to your application. Backendless provides a powerful mechanism for metadata-based searches in a geographic area (rectangle or radius). The latest release of Backendless includes an entirely rewritten Geolocation management interface in the Backendless Console….