diff --git a/app/api/srch/search.rb b/app/api/srch/search.rb
index 12f034eeb9..e647e3ae86 100644
--- a/app/api/srch/search.rb
+++ b/app/api/srch/search.rb
@@ -115,6 +115,29 @@ class Search < Grape::API
         sresult
       end
 
+      # Request URL should be /api/srch/locations?srchString=QRY[&seq=KEYCOUNT&showCount=NUM_ROWS&pageNum=PAGE_NUM]
+      # Note: Query(QRY as above) must have latitude and longitude as srchString=lat,lon
+      desc 'Perform a search of documents having nearby latitude and longitude tag values',
+           hidden: false,
+           is_array: false,
+           nickname: 'srchGetLocations'
+      params do
+        requires :srchString, type: String, documentation: { example: 'Spec' }
+        optional :seq, type: Integer, documentation: { example: 995 }
+        optional :showCount, type: Integer, documentation: { example: 3 }
+        optional :pageNum, type: Integer, documentation: { example: 0 }
+      end
+      get :locations do
+        sresult = DocList.new
+        unless params[:srchString].nil? || params[:srchString] == 0 || !(params[:srchString].include? ",")
+          sservice = SearchService.new
+          sresult = sservice.nearbyNodes(params[:srchString])
+        end
+        sparms = SearchRequest.fromRequest(params)
+        sresult.srchParams = sparms
+        sresult
+      end
+
       # end endpoint definitions
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/doc_result.rb b/app/models/doc_result.rb
index 5b30a57a63..1ceb188432 100644
--- a/app/models/doc_result.rb
+++ b/app/models/doc_result.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # A DocResult is an individual return item for a document (web page) search
 class DocResult
-  attr_accessor :docId, :docType, :docUrl, :docTitle, :docSummary, :docScore
+  attr_accessor :docId, :docType, :docUrl, :docTitle, :docSummary, :docScore, :latitude, :longitude, :blurred
 
   def initialize; end
 
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@ def self.fromSearch(idval, typeval, urlval, titleval, sumval, scoreval)
     obj
   end
 
+  def self.fromLocationSearch(idval, typeval, urlval, titleval, sumval, scoreval, latitude, longitude, blurred)
+    obj = new
+    obj.docId = idval
+    obj.docType = typeval
+    obj.docUrl = urlval
+    obj.docTitle = titleval
+    obj.docSummary = sumval
+    obj.docScore = scoreval
+    obj.latitude = latitude
+    obj.longitude = longitude
+    obj.blurred = blurred
+    obj
+  end
+
   # This subclass is used to auto-generate the RESTful data structure.  It is generally not useful for internal Ruby usage
   #  but must be included for full RESTful functionality.
   class Entity < Grape::Entity
@@ -24,5 +38,8 @@ class Entity < Grape::Entity
     expose :docTitle, documentation: { type: 'String', desc: 'Title or primary descriptor of the linked result.' }
     expose :docSummary, documentation: { type: 'String', desc: 'If available, first paragraph or descriptor of the linked document.' }
     expose :docScore, documentation: { type: 'Float', desc: "If calculated, the relevance of the document result to the search request; i.e. the 'matching score'" }
+    expose :latitude, documentation: { type: 'String', desc: "Returns the latitude associated with the node." }
+    expose :longitude, documentation: { type: 'String', desc: "Returns the longitude associated with the node." }
   end
+
 end
diff --git a/app/services/search_service.rb b/app/services/search_service.rb
index 5673bd1bd0..b34dbc1b0e 100644
--- a/app/services/search_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/search_service.rb
@@ -183,4 +183,40 @@ def textSearch_questions(srchString)
     end
     sresult
   end
+
+  # Search nearby nodes with respect to given latitude and longitude
+  def nearbyNodes(srchString)
+    sresult = DocList.new
+    coordinates = srchString.split(",")
+    lat = coordinates[0]
+    lon = coordinates[1]
+
+    nids = NodeTag.joins(:tag)
+               .where('name LIKE ?', 'lat:' + lat[0..lat.length - 2] + '%')
+               .collect(&:nid)
+
+    nids = nids || []
+
+    items = Node.includes(:tag)
+                .references(:node, :term_data)
+                .where('node.nid IN (?) AND term_data.name LIKE ?', nids, 'lon:' + lon[0..lon.length - 2] + '%')
+                .limit(200)
+                .order('node.nid DESC')
+
+    items.each do |match|
+      blurred = false
+
+      match.node_tags.each do |tag|
+        if tag.name == "location:blurred"
+          blurred = true
+          break
+        end
+      end
+
+      doc = DocResult.fromLocationSearch(match.nid, 'coordinates', match.path(:items), match.title, 0, match.answers.length.to_i, match.lat, match.lon, blurred)
+      sresult.addDoc(doc)
+    end
+    sresult
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/doc/API.md b/doc/API.md
index 673a8a0458..7256dfab3b 100644
--- a/doc/API.md
+++ b/doc/API.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Per-model API endpoints are:
 * Questions: https://publiclab.org/api/srch/questions?srchString=foo
 * Tags: https://publiclab.org/api/srch/tags?srchString=foo
 * Notes: https://publiclab.org/api/srch/notes?srchString=foo
+* Locations: https://publiclab.org/api/srch/locations?srchString=lat,lon
 
 We also provide RSS feeds for tags and authors, in the format:
 
diff --git a/test/functional/search_api_test.rb b/test/functional/search_api_test.rb
index 496cb6312d..1c7695906c 100644
--- a/test/functional/search_api_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/search_api_test.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ def app
   test 'search notes functionality' do
     get '/api/srch/notes?srchString=Blog'
     assert last_response.ok?
-
     # Expected search pattern
     pattern = {
       srchParams: {
@@ -26,7 +25,31 @@ def app
     assert_equal nodes(:blog).path, json['items'][0]['docUrl']
     assert_equal "Blog post",       json['items'][0]['docTitle']
     assert_equal 13,                json['items'][0]['docId']
-    
+
+    assert matcher =~ json
+
+  end
+
+  test 'search nearby nodes functionality' do
+    get '/api/srch/locations?srchString=71.00,52.00'
+    assert last_response.ok?
+
+    # Expected search pattern
+    pattern = {
+        srchParams: {
+            srchString: '71.00,52.00',
+            seq: nil,
+        }.ignore_extra_keys!
+    }.ignore_extra_keys!
+
+    matcher = JsonExpressions::Matcher.new(pattern)
+
+    json = JSON.parse(last_response.body)
+
+    assert_equal nodes(:blog).path, json['items'][0]['docUrl']
+    assert_equal "Blog post",       json['items'][0]['docTitle']
+    assert_equal 13,                json['items'][0]['docId']
+
     assert matcher =~ json
 
   end