No Theaters over 15 miles

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. I'm in zip code 73162
2. I set miles to 50 (or anything over 15)
3. No theaters over 15 miles are shown

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I would like to see the Moore Warren Theater which is approx 22 miles away

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.2 on iPhone 3G

Please provide any additional information below.
If I put in a zip code that gets within 15 miles of the theater it shows 
up. But the app doesn't seem to show any past the 15 mile mark regardless 
of the mill setting.

Thanks

Original issue reported on code.google.com by tbo...@gmail.com on 19 Aug 2008 at 7:21

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I have the same problem in Zip code 93454. There is a theater about 16 miles 
away that does not show up. 

Original comment by NugatD...@gmail.com on 21 Aug 2008 at 12:06

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I'm in zip code 85202 (Mesa, AZ). iPhone 3G with v2.0.2.

I set theater range to 50 miles, but on the Theaters page, when set to Distance 
mode,
it only shows theaters up to "Less than 15 miles away."

Original comment by panguy...@gmail.com on 21 Aug 2008 at 1:50

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Zip code 08540, 'hide theaters beyond' set to 50 miles. iPhone 3G, firmware 
v2.0.2, NP v1.2.1 (says it's BO 
v1.3 in the about screen). 

Same problem as previous comment - only displays theaters within 15 miles, 
regardless of preference. This 
was also present in previous version (1.2), but IIRC worked fine in 1.0/1.1.  

Original comment by mdnovem...@gmail.com on 21 Aug 2008 at 11:32

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Duplicate of: http://code.google.com/p/metasyntactic/issues/detail?id=63

Original comment by cyrus.na...@gmail.com on 23 Aug 2008 at 4:17

• Changed state: Duplicate

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Sorry, but no. This is NOT a duplication of issue 63. Issue 63 deals with a 
request for worldwide support. 
This issue is specific to an existing NP 'service area' (for lack of a better 
term) wherein the app is not 
displaying theaters in the user-defined range. It has nothing to do with 
worldwide support.  

Original comment by mdnovem...@gmail.com on 26 Aug 2008 at 3:28

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It's the same issue.  Both are about expanding coverage by adding additional 
providers.  That is the necessary 
step to solve both:
a) worldwide coverage
b) breadth in coverage for North America.

Original comment by cyrus.na...@gmail.com on 26 Aug 2008 at 4:02

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Again, I beg to differ.  The theaters are there when I change zip codes.  The
providers aren't the problem.  The application physically won't display theaters
beyond 15 miles of the zip code entered (or your current location), regardless 
of
where you are or which provider is feeding the theater information.

I live in zip code 08540.  The UA Oxford Valley Mall 16 is approx 18 miles from 
my
apartment.  The theater shows up if I punch in 19407 (Langhorne PA).  But if I 
go
back to 08540 as my 'home' location and set the "hide beyond" pref to 20 miles, 
I
only see theaters up to 15 miles, and the theater in Langhorne doesn't show up.

Original comment by mdnovem...@gmail.com on 26 Aug 2008 at 5:26

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mdnovember, you're not understanding what the 'hide beyond' filter does (which 
is unsurprising since it's just 
3 words that can easily be interpreted in multiple ways).  'Hide Beyond' 
filters out theaters *after* they're 
returned from the data provider.  It does *not* affect the actual data provider 
search.  Some of my current 
data providers only return theaters within a 15 mile radius.  So even if your 
filter is set high, it won't matter.  
I've added text in the program to help explain this in the next version.

This is a dupe of 63 because 63 deals with me expanding coverage *in the US* to 
providers that will return 
data from a larger radius.  

In other words... the problem you are seeing is not within 
BoxOffice/NowPlaying.  It is an artifact of the current 
data providers.  As i expand coverage to more data providers (i.e. what 63 is 
talking about), this artifact will 
diminish (and hopefully go away).

Let me know if you have any more thoughts.  And feel free to contact me 
directly: cyrusn@stwing.upenn.edu

Original comment by cyrus.na...@gmail.com on 26 Aug 2008 at 5:33