BookCars Locations

Locations in BookCars are geographic points used to organize car availability, search, and mapping. They support multilingual names, optional visual and geospatial data, and can contain nested sub-locations and parking spots.

Structure of a Location

Each location consists of the following properties:

• Image (optional):
  Used to visually represent the location on the landing page.

• Country (required):
  Indicates the country in which the location resides.

• Parent Location (optional):
  Allows locations to be organized hierarchically. Child locations inherit visibility in search.

• Name (Multilingual) (required):
  A name must be provided for each supported language.

• Longitude (optional):
  Used to position the location on a map.

• Latitude (optional):
  Used to position the location on a map.

• Parking Spots (optional):
  A list of parking areas associated with the location (see below).

Parking Spots

Parking spots are optional child entities within a location. Each parking spot includes:

• Name (Multilingual) (required)
• Longitude (required)
• Latitude (required)

Parking spots enhance user experience by appearing on the Search and Checkout maps.

Visibility on the Platform

Depending on the data provided, locations appear on various parts of the platform:

Condition	Display Contexts
Has image	Shown in Locations section on the Landing Page
Has coordinates (longitude + latitude)	Displayed on Maps in the Landing, Locations, Search, and Checkout pages
Has parking spots	Displayed on Maps in Search and Checkout pages

Search Behavior

BookCars supports nested location search:

If a user selects a parent location P that does not have cars, but one of its child locations C does, cars from C will appear in the search results for P.

This enables flexible and intuitive browsing for users who search by broader regions.

Permissions

• Suppliers can:

  • Create and edit their own locations and countries.
  • View but not edit locations and countries created by admins or other suppliers.

• Admins can:

  • Manage all locations and countries without restriction.

Summary

Property	Required	Notes
Image	❌	Enhances UI on landing page
Country	✅	Each location must belong to a country
Parent Location	❌	Enables hierarchical grouping
Name (All Languages)	✅	Ensures localization
Longitude & Latitude	❌	Required for map display
Parking Spots	❌	Adds detailed sub-location info