Author: avarab[at]gmail.com
[Added to the original trac issue at 9.20pm, Saturday, 6th June 2009]

Ticket #436 is related to this.

Author: StefanB
[Added to the original trac issue at 8.05am, Sunday, 12th July 2009]

#added people from (duplicate?) issue #436 to CC.

How about introducing per user adjustable "users near me radar" radius with a current default?
Not only would users "see" up to that defined distance, but would also make them visible to users that far (if the other user has the same or higher radius set).

Total number of people would still be limited, but to a higher number (100 seems fine).
If someone in the next city is only interested in local stuff he sets a lower radius and doesn't see me nor is he seen to me. I'd set my radius to 200km to be able to connect with people that far away if they have stated their interest in such "long distance relationships" by setting their "radar" radius big enough.

Or in radar terms: if you want more powerful radar to see others you have to have a bigger radar reflector to be seen in return.

This would allow fair balance between sharing own position and getting other users' position. Users would be able to completely hide their position but in return they wouldn't be seeing anyone else on their radar. Or they could set their radius to 20,000 km to see and be seen globally (but every radar would only show the nearest 100 hits)

Author: Andy Allan
[Added to the original trac issue at 2.24pm, Wednesday, 30th October 2019]

Nearby users has been increased in the intervening time, it's currently at 30.

We don't have any plans to make the more complex "radar" feature mentioned here.