diff --git a/middleware/search.js b/middleware/search.js
index e2fdba63..e5bdfa29 100644
--- a/middleware/search.js
+++ b/middleware/search.js
@@ -1,65 +1,65 @@
-function deg2rad(degrees) {
-	return Math.PI*degrees/180;
-}
+// function deg2rad(degrees) {
+// 	return Math.PI*degrees/180;
+// }
 
-function rad2deg(radians) {
-	return 180.0*radians/Math.PI;
-}
+// function rad2deg(radians) {
+// 	return 180.0*radians/Math.PI;
+// }
 
-// Semi-axes of WGS-84 geoidal reference
-var WGS84_a = 6378137.0;  // Major semiaxis [m]
-var WGS84_b = 6356752.3;  // Minor semiaxis [m]
+// // Semi-axes of WGS-84 geoidal reference
+// var WGS84_a = 6378137.0;  // Major semiaxis [m]
+// var WGS84_b = 6356752.3;  // Minor semiaxis [m]
 
-// Earth radius at a given latitude, according to the WGS-84 ellipsoid [m]
-function WGS84EarthRadius(lat){
-	// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_radius
-    var An = WGS84_a*WGS84_a * Math.cos(lat);
-    var Bn = WGS84_b*WGS84_b * Math.sin(lat);
-    var Ad = WGS84_a * Math.cos(lat);
-    var Bd = WGS84_b * Math.sin(lat);
-    return Math.sqrt( (An*An + Bn*Bn)/(Ad*Ad + Bd*Bd) );
-}
+// // Earth radius at a given latitude, according to the WGS-84 ellipsoid [m]
+// function WGS84EarthRadius(lat){
+// 	// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_radius
+//     var An = WGS84_a*WGS84_a * Math.cos(lat);
+//     var Bn = WGS84_b*WGS84_b * Math.sin(lat);
+//     var Ad = WGS84_a * Math.cos(lat);
+//     var Bd = WGS84_b * Math.sin(lat);
+//     return Math.sqrt( (An*An + Bn*Bn)/(Ad*Ad + Bd*Bd) );
+// }
     
-// Bounding box surrounding the point at given coordinates,
-// assuming local approximation of Earth surface as a sphere
-// of radius given by WGS84
-function boundingBox(latitudeInDegrees, longitudeInDegrees, halfSideInKm) {
-	var lat = deg2rad(latitudeInDegrees);
-    var lon = deg2rad(longitudeInDegrees);
-    var halfSide = 1000*halfSideInKm;
+// // Bounding box surrounding the point at given coordinates,
+// // assuming local approximation of Earth surface as a sphere
+// // of radius given by WGS84
+// function boundingBox(latitudeInDegrees, longitudeInDegrees, halfSideInKm) {
+// 	var lat = deg2rad(latitudeInDegrees);
+//     var lon = deg2rad(longitudeInDegrees);
+//     var halfSide = 1000*halfSideInKm;
 
-    // Radius of Earth at given latitude
-    var radius = WGS84EarthRadius(lat);
-    // Radius of the parallel at given latitude
-    var pradius = radius*Math.cos(lat);
+//     // Radius of Earth at given latitude
+//     var radius = WGS84EarthRadius(lat);
+//     // Radius of the parallel at given latitude
+//     var pradius = radius*Math.cos(lat);
 
-    var latMin = lat - halfSide/radius;
-    var latMax = lat + halfSide/radius;
-    var lonMin = lon - halfSide/pradius;
-    var lonMax = lon + halfSide/pradius;
+//     var latMin = lat - halfSide/radius;
+//     var latMax = lat + halfSide/radius;
+//     var lonMin = lon - halfSide/pradius;
+//     var lonMax = lon + halfSide/pradius;
 
-    return {
-    	'bottom_left': {
-    		'lat': rad2deg(latMin), 
-    		'lon': rad2deg(lonMin)
-    	},
-    	'top_right': {
-    		'lat': rad2deg(latMax), 
-    		'lon': rad2deg(lonMax)	
-    	} 
-    };
-}
+//     return {
+//     	'bottom_left': {
+//     		'lat': rad2deg(latMin), 
+//     		'lon': rad2deg(lonMin)
+//     	},
+//     	'top_right': {
+//     		'lat': rad2deg(latMax), 
+//     		'lon': rad2deg(lonMax)	
+//     	} 
+//     };
+// }
     
 
 
-// middleware
-function middleware(req, res, next){
-  req.clean = req.clean || {};
-  // ideally, bbox should be part of the req (and not to be calculated)
-  // TBD
-  req.clean.bbox = boundingBox(req.query.lat, req.query.lon, 20);
-  next();
-}
+// // middleware
+// function middleware(req, res, next){
+//   req.clean = req.clean || {};
+//   // ideally, bbox should be part of the req (and not to be calculated)
+//   // TBD
+//   req.clean.bbox = boundingBox(req.query.lat, req.query.lon, 20);
+//   next();
+// }
 
-// middleware
-module.exports.middleware = middleware
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+// // middleware
+// module.exports.middleware = middleware
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