diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/ConfigurationType.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/ConfigurationType.js
index bb4cc6b271011fa703430c6cf220b7a0980d8dc6..defc30720f30b40ee06e0236b61d8fd0fe4954b5 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/ConfigurationType.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/ConfigurationType.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 
 var ConfigurationType = {
-
   DEFAULT_MAP : "DEFAULT_MAP",
   GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_IDENTIFIER : "GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_IDENTIFIER",
   LOGO_IMG : "LOGO_IMG",
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ var ConfigurationType = {
   LEGEND_FILES : "LEGEND_FILES",
   MIN_COLOR_VAL : "MIN_COLOR_VAL",
   MAX_COLOR_VAL : "MAX_COLOR_VAL",
+  SEARCH_DISTANCE : "SEARCH_DISTANCE",
   USER_MANUAL_FILE : "USER_MANUAL_FILE",
 };
 
diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/ServerConnector.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/ServerConnector.js
index 468df26d5eaa9d22abe5a848703baf739a45fc72..f49f246c52f0e1f327ff2a3798f2d3ceef92b2a6 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/ServerConnector.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/ServerConnector.js
@@ -896,6 +896,10 @@ ServerConnector.getLogoLink = function() {
   return this.getConfigurationParam(ConfigurationType.LOGO_LINK);
 };
 
+ServerConnector.getMaxSearchDistance = function() {
+  return this.getConfigurationParam(ConfigurationType.SEARCH_DISTANCE)
+};
+
 ServerConnector.getOverlayById = function(layoutId, projectId) {
   var self = this;
   return self.getProjectId(projectId).then(function(data) {