# Location validation

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/location-validation/36184
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [December 21, 2021, 11:41am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/location-validation/36184 "2021-12-21T11:41:34Z")
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### Author: ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/location-validation/36184/4 "2021-12-21T13:21:41Z")

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Glide already has a column to calculate distance for you live and in real time. You don’t have to do the math yourself. Just make sure you have a column with an address or a set of coordinates of the client. Then add a Distance column to compare that’s address/coordinates to your current location. Then you can set filters or visibility (such a visibility of a check-in button, based on the user’s distance to that location.

Glide’s solution is much simpler and doesn’t require you to use the location component, or any complex math. Just an address column and a distance column.

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> [@kyleheney](#):
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> The user’s current location needs to be captured manually at a point in time (Glide can’t “follow” someone without them interacting with the Location component).

While it is technically true that you can’t track live coordinates of a user, the distance column will still work without having to use the location component to capture a user’s coordinates.

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