Microsoft.Azure.CognitiveServices.Search.EntitySearch.EntitySearchClient.Entities.Search(location: <latitude>:? <longitude>:? - search

Question

I'm running the Microsoft sample for Bing Entity Search using the SDK and (NOT the REST API.) I can.t figure out how to enter the location key/value pair, based on this documentation:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.azure.cognitiveservices.search.entitysearch.entitiesoperationsextensions.search?f1url=https%3A%2F%2Fmsdn.microsoft.com%2Fquery%2Fdev15.query%3FappId%3DDev15IDEF1%26l%3DEN-US%26k%3Dk(Microsoft.Azure.CognitiveServices.Search.EntitySearch.EntitiesOperationsExtensions.Search);k(TargetFrameworkMoniker-.NETFramework,Version%3Dv4.7.2);k(DevLang-csharp)%26rd%3Dtrue&view=azure-dotnet
I would like to continue to use named parameters so I can still do this:
var restaurants = client.Entities.Search(query: currentQuery, location: lat:? long:?);

Answer 1

The method with the query and location from the Microsoft sample will look like this:
public static void MultipleCurrentQueryLookup(string subscriptionKey)
{
var client = new EntitySearchClient(new ApiKeyServiceClientCredentials subscriptionKey));
try
{
string currentQuery = Settings1.Default.CurrentQuery;
var restaurants = client.Entities.Search(query: currentQuery,
location: "lat:47.623, long:-122.361, re:380m");
if (restaurants?.Places?.Value?.Count > 0)
{
// get all the list items that relate to this query
var listItems = restaurants.Places.Value.Where(thing => thing.EntityPresentationInfo.EntityScenario == EntityScenario.ListItem).ToList();
if (listItems?.Count > 0)
{
var sb = new StringBuilder();
foreach (var item in listItems)
{
var place = item as Place;
if (place == null)
{
Console.WriteLine("Unexpectedly found something that isn't a place named \"{0}\"", item.Name);
continue;
}
sb.AppendFormat(",{0} ({1}) {2}", place.Name, place.Telephone, place.Url);
}
Console.WriteLine("Ok, we found these places: ");
Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString().Substring(1));
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Couldn't find any relevant results for \"The Current Query\"");
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Didn't see any data..");
}
}
catch (ErrorResponseException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Encountered exception. " + ex.Message);
}
}