diff --git a/ruby/Gemfile b/ruby/Gemfile
index a715c99a3..907ca1b79 100644
--- a/ruby/Gemfile
+++ b/ruby/Gemfile
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ gem 'aasm', '3.0.16'
 gem 'devise', '>= 1.1.2'
 gem 'postgres-copy'
 
-gem 'geokit', :git => 'https://github.com/imajes/geokit.git'
-gem 'geokit-rails3'
+gem 'geokit-rails'
+gem 'postgres_ext'
 
 if devenv
   gem 'jam_db', :path=> "../db/target/ruby_package"
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb
index baea30286..763a6ccbc 100755
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ require "action_mailer"
 require "devise"
 require "sendgrid"
 require "postgres-copy"
+require "geokit-rails"
+require "postgres_ext"
+
 require "jam_ruby/lib/module_overrides"
 require "jam_ruby/constants/limits"
 require "jam_ruby/constants/notification_types"
@@ -82,4 +85,4 @@ include Jampb
 
 module JamRuby
 
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/max_mind_geo.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/max_mind_geo.rb
index 0c8f2c082..47e6610a8 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/max_mind_geo.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/max_mind_geo.rb
@@ -5,24 +5,17 @@ module JamRuby
 
 
     def self.import_from_max_mind(file)
-      # File Geo-124
+      # File Geo-139
       # Format:
       # startIpNum,endIpNum,country,region,city,postalCode,latitude,longitude,dmaCode,areaCode
 
       MaxMindGeo.transaction do
         MaxMindGeo.delete_all
         File.open(file, 'r:ISO-8859-1') do |io|
-          MaxMindGeo.pg_copy_from io, :map => { 'startIpNum' => 'ip_bottom', 'endIpNum' => 'ip_top', 'country' => 'country', 'region' => 'region', 'city' => 'city'}, :columns => [:startIpNum, :endIpNum, :country, :region, :city] do |row|
-            row[0] = ip_address_to_int(row[0])
-            row[1] = ip_address_to_int(row[1])
-            row.delete_at(5)
-            row.delete_at(5)
-            row.delete_at(5)
-            row.delete_at(5)
-            row.delete_at(5)
-          end
+          MaxMindGeo.pg_copy_from io, :map => { 'startIpNum' => 'ip_start', 'endIpNum' => 'ip_end', 'country' => 'country', 'region' => 'region', 'city' => 'city', 'latitude' => 'lat', 'longitude' => 'lng'}, :columns => [:startIpNum, :endIpNum, :country, :region, :city, :latitude, :longitude]
         end
       end
+      User.find_each { |usr| usr.update_lat_lng }
     end
 
 
@@ -35,4 +28,4 @@ module JamRuby
   end
 
 
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/search.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/search.rb
index c3c33c7e2..da3209923 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/search.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/search.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ module JamRuby
 
     LIMIT = 10
 
+    ORDER_LIKED = ['Most Liked', :liked]
+    ORDER_FOLLOWS = ['Most Followed', :followed]
+    ORDER_PLAYING = ['Playing Now', :playing]
+    ORDERINGS = [ORDER_LIKED, ORDER_FOLLOWS, ORDER_PLAYING]
+    ORDERING_KEYS = ORDERINGS.collect { |oo| oo[1] }
+
+    def self.order_param(params)
+      ordering = params[:orderby]
+      ordering.blank? ? ORDERING_KEYS[0] : ordering
+    end
+
     # performs a site-white search
     def self.search(query, user_id = nil)
 
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/user.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/user.rb
index 7af848254..28b08db71 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/user.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/user.rb
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ module JamRuby
     devise :database_authenticatable,
            :recoverable, :rememberable
 
+    # include Geokit::ActsAsMappable::Glue unless defined?(acts_as_mappable)
+    # acts_as_mappable
 
-    attr_accessible :first_name, :last_name, :email, :city, :password, :password_confirmation, :state, :country, :birth_date, :subscribe_email, :terms_of_service, :original_fpfile, :cropped_fpfile, :cropped_s3_path, :photo_url, :crop_selection
+    after_update :check_lat_lng
+
+    attr_accessible :first_name, :last_name, :email, :city, :password, :password_confirmation, :state, :country, :birth_date, :subscribe_email, :terms_of_service, :original_fpfile, :cropped_fpfile, :cropped_s3_path, :photo_url, :crop_selection, :lat, :lng
 
     # updating_password corresponds to a lost_password
     attr_accessor :updating_password, :updating_email, :updated_email, :update_email_confirmation_url, :administratively_created, :current_password, :setting_password, :confirm_current_password, :updating_avatar, :updating_progression_field
@@ -896,6 +900,39 @@ module JamRuby
       end
     end
 
+    def self.musician_search(params={}, current_user=nil)
+      rel = User.where(:musician => true)
+      unless (instrument = params[:instrument]).blank?
+        rel = rel.joins("INNER JOIN musicians_instruments AS minst ON minst.user_id = users.id")
+          .where(['minst.instrument_id = ?', instrument])
+      end
+
+      location_distance, location_city = params[:distance], params[:city]
+      if location_distance && location_city
+        citylatlng = []  # FIXME:  get the lat/lng for the city
+        rel = rel.within(location_distance, :origin => citylatlng)
+
+      elsif current_user 
+        latlng = []
+        if current_user.lat.nil?
+          # FIXME:  Lookup latlng from params[:remote_ip]
+        else
+          latlng = [current_user.lat, current_user.lng]
+        end
+        distance = location_distance || 50
+        rel = rel.within(distance, :origin => latlng)
+      end
+      
+      case ordering = Search.order_param(params)
+      when :liked
+        rel = rel.order("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users_likers WHERE users_likers.user_id = ")
+      when :followed
+      when :playing
+      end
+
+      rel.page(params[:page].to_i)
+    end
+
     def self.search(query, options = { :limit => 10 })
 
       # only issue search if at least 2 characters are specified
@@ -921,6 +958,32 @@ module JamRuby
       .limit(options[:limit])
     end
 
+    def provides_location?
+      !self.city.blank? && (!self.state.blank? || !self.country.blank?)
+    end
+
+    def check_lat_lng
+      update_lat_lng if city_changed? || state_changed? || country_changed?
+    end
+
+    def update_lat_lng(ip_addy=nil)
+      yn = false
+      if provides_location?  # ip_addy argument ignored in this case
+        query = {:city => self.city}
+        query[:state] = self.state unless self.state.blank?
+        query[:country] = self.country unless self.country.blank?
+        geo = MaxMindGeo.where(query).limit(1).first
+        self.update_attributes({:lat => geo.lat, :lng => geo.lng})
+        yn = true
+      elsif ip_addy
+        if geo = MaxMindGeo.where(['ip_start >= ? AND ip_end <= ?',ip_addy,ip_addy]).limit(1).first
+          self.update_attributes({:lat => geo.lat, :lng => geo.lng}) 
+          yn = true
+        end        
+      end
+      yn
+    end
+
     # devise compatibility
 
     #def encrypted_password
diff --git a/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/musician_search_spec.rb b/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/musician_search_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d3a9a47e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/models/musician_search_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe User do
+
+  before(:each) do
+    params = {
+      first_name: "Example", 
+      last_name: "User", 
+      email: "user1@example.com",
+      password: "foobar", 
+      password_confirmation: "foobar", 
+      musician: true, 
+      email_confirmed: true,
+      city: "Apex", 
+      state: "NC", 
+      country: "USA"
+    }
+    @user1 = FactoryGirl.create(:user, params)
+    params[:email] = "user2@example.com"
+    @user2 = FactoryGirl.create(:user, params)
+  end
+
+  it "should find all musicians sorted by likes with pagination" do
+    pending
+    User.musician_search
+  end
+
+  it "should find all musicians sorted by follows with pagination" do
+    pending
+  end
+
+  it "should find all musicians sorted by now playing" do
+    pending
+  end
+
+  it "should find musicians with an instrument" do
+    pending
+  end
+
+  it "should find musicians within a given distance of location" do
+    pending
+  end
+
+end