The Location Search spud lets visitors find events that take place within a specific distance of their current location (detected automatically) or of a geographical location they provide (for example, within 20 kilometers of Auckland, New Zealand or within 10 miles of 1200 5th Avenue, Seattle).
To set the unit of measure (miles versus kilometers):
In the editing environment, make the publication active for which you want to set the unit of measure. Click Publish Settings.
In the Publishing Control Panel, on the Publish Settings tab, click Edit Publish Settings.
In the Publish Settings section of the form, select the unit of measure you want to use and click OK.
Unit of measure settings are automatically reflected in the Location Search spud.