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    Distance calculation function

    Does Alpha have an exposed haversine function for calculating distance between 2 lat/lons? Of course it is easy to do my own in xbasic. I am just suprised I don't find something from Alpha.

    Bill.

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    Jay Talbott has one.
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      I already built one. Just suprised that I didn't find a built-in one since Alpha obviously uses it (or similar) a lot.

      Bill.

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        Hi Bill,

        Originally posted by Bill Parker View Post
        Just suprised that I didn't find a built-in one since Alpha obviously uses it (or similar) a lot.
        Where do you see Alpha using it a lot? They may go out to the web using google maps or similar, but I see nothing built-in that operates locally that incorporates geo distance calculations.
        Regards,

        Ira J. Perlow
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          Just "assuming" that with the radius and other mapping stuff they have for components that some calculations were being done on the Alpha side. If those features are exclusive to SQL geography fields, then maybe not.

          I am now off to trying to calculate "driving" distance between 2 points. I have found javascript code for Google's API. The challenge is trying to convert to xbasic for running on desktop.

          Bill.

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            Bill, if you ever get it woprking, I would like to buy a copy of it from you.
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              I about have it working. Using an xbasic approach vs. javascript. Wading through Alpha's XML parser at the moment.

              Bill.

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                Hi Martin, Bill

                Originally posted by martinwcole View Post
                Bill, if you ever get it woprking, I would like to buy a copy of it from you.
                I have a whole suite of geo-coding rountines (e.g. distance, bearing, queries etc) that I developed for A5 earlier than 2003, and I know I had developed Alpha Four versions as early as 1994. While the basic stuff is actually quite straightforward, after running many tests and simulations through them, there are calculations that can blow up if care is not taken to handle those cases. They don't generally happen within the US latitudes and longitudes I believe, but it's been a while since I visited those calculations and I could be wrong. There are points in the arc functions that go to infinity for some values that cause the problem combined with precision of the numbers.

                Many of my routines were extended using a user supplied zipcode table to get latitude and longitudes. I hadn't extended any to the web though.
                Regards,

                Ira J. Perlow
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                  Ira,

                  The geo-coding world can certainly be a rat's nest of different datums, algorithms, precision, etc. My head began to spin.

                  My current need is just for USA coordinates and I don't need to go between maps and GPS. I have even found that with different Google APIs that the same lat/lon is identified as being on different sides of a street. Fortunately that fits within my accuracy requirements.

                  Bill.

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                    Hi Bill,

                    Originally posted by Bill Parker View Post
                    The geo-coding world can certainly be a rat's nest of different datums, algorithms, precision, etc. My head began to spin.
                    I know the feeling. And then whether the earth is a sphere or pear-shaped, or the number of degrees of accuracy (0.00001 decimal degrees is about 3 feet on earth).

                    But then Google is no panacea either. How many people live a half block down the street according to google? I know I do. I wish they allowed you to mark your house on satellite and street views with a physical address to allow better accuracy. At times, the accuracy of the satellite image to the streets also varies a lot too.
                    Regards,

                    Ira J. Perlow
                    Computer Systems Design


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