diff --git a/src/App.js b/src/App.js
index 0bac0618110d139e6863148bf6a33d090243d81e..98bc4a35dee9e4655dd6eba3f9daadc1701e1c28 100644
--- a/src/App.js
+++ b/src/App.js
@@ -27,87 +27,6 @@ const JWT_ALGORITHM = 'HS512';
 // });
 
 
-
-// app.get('/location/parking-locations', async (request, response) => {
-//     try {
-//         const { postcode, radius } = request.query;
-
-//         // Validate UK postcode
-//         if (!postcodeValidator(postcode, 'GB')) {
-//             return response.status(400).send('⛔️ Invalid postcode format');
-//         }
-
-//         // Use OpenStreetMap Nominatim API to get latitude and longitude
-//         const url = `https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=${postcode}&format=json&limit=1`;
-//         const result = await axios.get(url);
-//         const { lat, lon } = result.data[0];
-//         console.log(lat,lon)
-    
-
-//         // Query the database for parking locations
-//         const parkingLocations = await ParkingLocation.find({
-//             location: {
-//                 $near: {
-//                     $geometry: {
-//                         type: "Point",
-//                         coordinates: [parseFloat(lon), parseFloat(lat)]
-//                     },
-//                     $maxDistance: radius * 1609.34 // convert miles to meters
-//                 }
-//             }
-//         });
-
-//         console.log(`🤖: Successfully retrieved ${parkingLocations.length} parking locations near ${postcode}:`);
-//         response.send(parkingLocations);
-//     } catch (x) {
-//         console.error(x);
-//         response.status(500).send('⛔️ Server Error: An error has occurred, please try again later');
-//     }
-// });
-
-// app.get('/location/parking-locations', async (request, response) => {
-//     try {
-//         const { postcode, radius } = request.query;
-//         console.log('postcode:', postcode);
-//         console.log('radius:', radius);
-
-//         // Validate UK postcode
-//         if (!postcodeValidator(postcode, 'GB')) {
-//             console.log('Invalid postcode format');
-//             return response.status(400).send('⛔️ Invalid postcode format');
-//         }
-
-//         // Use OpenStreetMap Nominatim API to get latitude and longitude
-//         const url = `https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=${postcode}&format=json&limit=1`;
-//         const result = await axios.get(url);
-//         console.log('Nominatim API result:', result.data);
-//         const { lat, lon } = result.data[0];
-//         console.log('lat:', lat);
-//         console.log('lon:', lon);
-
-//         // Query the database for parking locations
-//         const parkingLocations = await ParkingLocation.find({
-//             location: {
-//                 $near: {
-//                     $geometry: {
-//                         type: "Point",
-//                         coordinates: [parseFloat(lon), parseFloat(lat)]
-//                     },
-//                     $maxDistance: radius * 1609.34 // convert miles to meters
-//                 }
-//             }
-//         });
-//         console.log('parkingLocations:', parkingLocations);
-
-//         console.log(`🤖: Successfully retrieved ${parkingLocations.length} parking locations near ${postcode}:`);
-//         response.send(parkingLocations);
-//     } catch (x) {
-//         console.error(x);
-//         response.status(500).send('⛔️ Server Error: An error has occurred, please try again later');
-//     }
-// });
-
-
 app.get('/location/parking-locations', async (request, response) => {
     try {
         const { postcode, radius } = request.query;
@@ -130,8 +49,7 @@ app.get('/location/parking-locations', async (request, response) => {
 
         // Query the database for parking locations
         const parkingLocations = await ParkingLocation.find({
-            postcode: {
-                $ne: null,
+            location: {
                 $near: {
                     $geometry: {
                         type: "Point",
@@ -143,14 +61,8 @@ app.get('/location/parking-locations', async (request, response) => {
         });
         console.log('parkingLocations:', parkingLocations);
 
-        const nearbyParkingLocations = parkingLocations.filter(location => {
-            const locationPostcode = location.postcode.replace(/\s/g, '');
-            const inputPostcode = postcode.replace(/\s/g, '');
-            return locationPostcode.startsWith(inputPostcode.substring(0, inputPostcode.length - 2));
-        });
-
-        console.log(`🤖: Successfully retrieved ${nearbyParkingLocations.length} parking locations near ${postcode}:`);
-        response.send(nearbyParkingLocations);
+        console.log(`🤖: Successfully retrieved ${parkingLocations.length} parking locations near ${postcode}:`);
+        response.send(parkingLocations);
     } catch (x) {
         console.error(x);
         response.status(500).send('⛔️ Server Error: An error has occurred, please try again later');
@@ -158,6 +70,8 @@ app.get('/location/parking-locations', async (request, response) => {
 });
 
 
+
+
 function isAdmin(request, response, next) {
     const authHeader = request.headers.authorization;
     const token = authHeader && authHeader.split(' ')[1];
@@ -180,34 +94,79 @@ function isAdmin(request, response, next) {
     }
 }
 
-app.post('/location/parking-locations', isAdmin, async (request, response) => {
+
+app.post('/location/parking-locations', async (request, response) => {
     try {
-      const { Title, Description,city, street_address, postcode, lat, lon, spaces_available, total_spaces } = request.body;
-      
-      const existingLocation = await ParkingLocation.findOne({ street_address });
-      if (existingLocation) {
-        return response.status(400).json({ error: '⛔️: A parking location with this street address already exists. Please try another alternative location. ' });
-      }
-  
-      const parkingLocation = new ParkingLocation({
-        Title,
-        Description,
-        city,
-        street_address,
-        postcode,
-        lat,
-        lon,
-        spaces_available,
-        total_spaces,
-      });
-      console.log('🤖 Request Body:', request.body);
-      await parkingLocation.save();
-      response.status(201).json({ message: '🤖: Parking was successfully added to database.' });
+        const {
+            Title,
+            Description,
+            city,
+            street_address,
+            postcode,
+            lat,
+            lon,
+            spaces_available,
+            total_spaces
+        } = request.body;
+        const existingLocation = await ParkingLocation.findOne({ street_address });
+        if (existingLocation) {
+            return response.status(400).json({ error: '⛔️: A parking location with this street address already exists. Please try another alternative location. ' });
+        }
+
+        // Use the lat and lon coordinates to create a GeoJSON point
+        const point = {
+            type: "Point",
+            coordinates: [parseFloat(lon), parseFloat(lat)]
+        };
+
+        const parkingLocation = new ParkingLocation({
+            Title,
+            Description,
+            city,
+            street_address,
+            postcode,
+            location: point,
+            spaces_available,
+            total_spaces,
+        });
+        console.log('🤖 Request Body:', request.body);
+        await parkingLocation.save();
+        response.status(201).json({ message: '🤖: Parking was successfully added to database.' });
     } catch (x) {
-      console.error(x);
-      response.status(500).json({ error: '⛔️: Failed to add parking to database, please try again later.' });
+        console.error(x);
+        response.status(500).json({ error: '⛔️: Failed to add parking to database, please try again later.' });
     }
-  });
+});
+
+
+// app.post('/location/parking-locations', isAdmin, async (request, response) => {
+//     try {
+//       const { Title, Description,city, street_address, postcode, lat, lon, spaces_available, total_spaces } = request.body;
+      
+//       const existingLocation = await ParkingLocation.findOne({ street_address });
+//       if (existingLocation) {
+//         return response.status(400).json({ error: '⛔️: A parking location with this street address already exists. Please try another alternative location. ' });
+//       }
+  
+//       const parkingLocation = new ParkingLocation({
+//         Title,
+//         Description,
+//         city,
+//         street_address,
+//         postcode,
+//         lat,
+//         lon,
+//         spaces_available,
+//         total_spaces,
+//       });
+//       console.log('🤖 Request Body:', request.body);
+//       await parkingLocation.save();
+//       response.status(201).json({ message: '🤖: Parking was successfully added to database.' });
+//     } catch (x) {
+//       console.error(x);
+//       response.status(500).json({ error: '⛔️: Failed to add parking to database, please try again later.' });
+//     }
+//   });
 
 
 app.delete('/location/parking-locations/:id', isAdmin ,async (request, response) => {