user-location

Hi,

I'm trying to use Drupal 6 as back-end for a map web application that show "ubuntu supporters" in Belgium (see http://map.ubuntu-be.org) and need guidance. The plan is to store user location and their commitments in Drupal. Then the existing JavaScript could be refactored to fetch the data from Drupal instead of the current had-hoc backend. After some research, it seems that the best solution to add (optional) information to user profile is to the Content Profile to create a "Profile node" for volunteering users. This node would have to provides a means to store user location.

Hey together!

Is there any current development inprogress to integrate USER location-data in views?
The great location_views module does an excellent job regarding the integration of node-locations ... however, often you (well, at least i ;) need to integrate - and later proximity-search - the location of the user who posted the content.
Example: a Skill- or Equipmepment-Database build with CCK, location and views, where Skill- or Equipment-nodes are added by each user and listet/searched via a view. There you need to display and proximity-search for the user's location - not a node-specific location (since not a single skill or equipment has a - maybe changing! - location, but it's user).