SELECT * FROM MAPWANTS WHERE DISTANCE(2,VAL(M.LAT),VAL(M.LONG),VAL(LAT),VAL(LONG),1)<=1 The <= 1 is 1 mile. Here's his distance function: *----------------------------------------------------------------------* *http://www.intellectiongroup.com/ *Dave Bernard *bernard.dave@comcast.net * Given a pair of lattitude and longitudes, return the approximate * distance in nautical miles between points A and B. * * P_FUNC 1 = DD:MM:SS format, 2 = DD.MMMM format * P_LT1 Lattitude of point A * P_LG1 Longitude of point A * P_LT1 Lattitude of point B * P_LG2 Longitude of point B * P_TYPE 0=Nautical Miles, 1=Statute Miles, 2=Kilometers * * All lattitude and longitude values are passed as strings in function 1 * and as numbers in function 2. * * Assumes N lattitude and W longitude * * Examples: * a = Distance(1, "33:57:00", "118:24:00", "40:38:00", "73:47:00", 2) * a = Distance(2, 33.95, 118.4, 40.6333, 73.7833, 2) * * Test with http://www.indo.com/distance * *----------------------------------------------------------------------* function Distance parameters p_func, p_lt1, p_lg1, p_lt2, p_lg2, p_type private p_func, p_lt1, p_lg1, p_lt2, p_lg2, p_svdec, p_pi,; p1_degN, p1_minN, p1_secN, p1_degW, p1_minW, p1_secW,; p2_degN, p2_minN, p2_secN, p2_degW, p2_minW, p2_secW,; p_lat1, p_lon1, p_lat2, p_lon2, p_dist, p_type p_svdec = set("decimals") set decimals to 9 if type("p_type") <> "N" p_type = 0 endif if p_type > 2 p_type = 0 endif p_pi = pi() do case case p_func = 1 p_lt1 = p_lt1 + ":00" p_lg1 = p_lg1 + ":00" p_lt2 = p_lt2 + ":00" p_lg2 = p_lg2 + ":00" p1_degN = val(left(p_lt1, at(":", p_lt1) - 1)) p_lt1 = substr(p_lt1, at(":", p_lt1) + 1) p1_minN = val(left(p_lt1, at(":", p_lt1) - 1)) p_lt1 = substr(p_lt1, at(":", p_lt1) + 1) p1_secN = val(p_lt1) p1_degW = val(left(p_lg1, at(":", p_lg1) - 1)) p_lg1 = substr(p_lg1, at(":", p_lg1) + 1) p1_minW = val(left(p_lg1, at(":", p_lg1) - 1)) p_lg1 = substr(p_lg1, at(":", p_lg1) + 1) p1_secW = val(p_lg1) p2_degN = val(left(p_lt2, at(":", p_lt2) - 1)) p_lt2 = substr(p_lt2, at(":", p_lt2) + 1) p2_minN = val(left(p_lt2, at(":", p_lt2) - 1)) p_lt2 = substr(p_lt2, at(":", p_lt2) + 1) p2_secN = val(p_lt2) p2_degW = val(left(p_lg2, at(":", p_lg2) - 1)) p_lg2 = substr(p_lg2, at(":", p_lg2) + 1) p2_minW = val(left(p_lg2, at(":", p_lg2) - 1)) p_lg2 = substr(p_lg2, at(":", p_lg2) + 1) p2_secW = val(p_lg2) p_lat1 = (p1_degN + ((p1_minN + (p1_secN / 60)) / 60)) * p_pi / 180 * p_pi * (p1_degN + (p1_minN / 60) + (p1_secN / 3600)) / 180 p_lon1 = (p1_degW + ((p1_minW + (p1_secW / 60)) / 60)) * p_pi / 180 p_lat2 = (p2_degN + ((p2_minN + (p2_secN / 60)) / 60)) * p_pi / 180 p_lon2 = (p2_degW + ((p2_minW + (p2_secW / 60)) / 60)) * p_pi / 180 case p_func = 2 p1_degN = p_lt1 p1_minN = 0 p1_secN = 0 p1_degW = p_lg1 p1_minW = 0 p1_secW = 0 p2_degN = p_lt2 p2_minN = 0 p2_secN = 0 p2_degW = p_lg2 p2_minW = 0 p2_secW = 0 p_lat1 = p1_degN * p_pi / 180 p_lon1 = p1_degW * p_pi / 180 p_lat2 = p2_degN * p_pi / 180 p_lon2 = p2_degW * p_pi / 180 otherwise set decimals to &p_svdec return 0 endcase ***Method 1 p_dist = acos((sin(p_lat1) * sin(p_lat2)) + (cos(p_lat1) * cos(p_lat2) * cos(p_lon1 - p_lon2))) p_dist = int((p_dist * 180 * 60 / p_pi) +.5) && Distance in Nautical Miles ***Method 2, with conversion to UTM (Mercator) coordinates p_er = 6371.315 && Average radius of the Earth ***Assume N lattitude and W longitude *** For S lattitude: p_radlat1 = (p_pi / 2) + p_lat1 *** Others remain the same p_radlat1 = (p_pi / 2) - p_lat1 p_radlon1 = (p_pi * 2) - p_lon1 p_radlat2 = (p_pi / 2) - p_lat2 p_radlon2 = (p_pi * 2) - p_lon2 ***Spherical coordinates: x=r*cos(long)sin(lat), y=r*sin(long)*cos(lat), z=r*cos(lat) p_x1 = p_er * cos(p_radlon1) * sin(p_radlat1) p_y1 = p_er * sin(p_radlon1) * sin(p_radlat1) p_z1 = p_er * cos(p_radlat1) p_x2 = p_er * cos(p_radlon2) * sin(p_radlat2) p_y2 = p_er * sin(p_radlon2) * sin(p_radlat2) p_z2 = p_er * cos(p_radlat2) p_d = sqrt((p_x1 - p_x2)^2 + (p_y1 - p_y2)^2 + (p_z1 - p_z2)^2) ***Side, side, side, law of cosines and arccos p_theta = acos(((p_er^2 * 2) - (p_d^2)) / (p_er^2 * 2)) ***These need to be rounded p_dist2 = p_theta * p_er && Distance in Kilometers p_dist3 = p_dist2 / 1.609344 && Distance in Miles p_dist4 = p_dist2 / 1.852 && Distance in Nautical Miles set decimals to &p_svdec do case case p_type = 0 return p_dist case p_type = 1 return p_dist3 case p_type = 2 return p_dist2 endcase return p_dist