orderBy=geo_distance not ordering by distance

[JAbella]

We are building a resource locator. The user can filter on services provided and we'd like them to be able to order the results by distance from a searched address. The filters work, the geolocation works* (the build that is not yet pushed to the url above), and the orderBy distance is not. 

This is the query in the code: 

And according to hsDebug=true* this is how the query is sent:

What am I missing that is causing the orderBy to not work? 

*Thank you to @Jsum  and @lscanlan for helping me figure out how to persist the lat and lon from the google maps api.

**Thank you to @mcoley  for the hsDebug=true tip. That extension is a lifesaver!

[stefen]

@JAbella have you tried it without the "mi"? I don't think that part is needed. The example in the documentation looks like this:

orderBy=geo_distance(location_column,42.37,-71.07)

[JAbella]

Thanks @stefen  -- removing the mi doesn't change the ordering of the returned rows.  Sort of related, when I remove the additional filters, and try to sort everything, I get this error: 

Does that mean there's an error with my location column? There are no blanks in the column and the lat, lon is properly formed (ie no missing commas,  valid data).

[stefen · Accepted solution]

@JAbella are you viewing a page with the query parameters at the end of the url? It looks like it might be empty. e.g. example.com/map?latitude=123&longitude=321

[JAbella]

@stefen You are brilliant!  The url isn't empty, but I had included the key and value in the query where it should just be the value. **facepalm**

Thank you!!