[SGVLUG] Distance between two locations

Christopher Smith x at xman.org
Sat Aug 4 11:39:06 PDT 2007


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Peter Fogg wrote:
> Thanks for the responses, guys! My requirement is for great circle
> distance between locations. There is code out there for calculating the
> required distance but it requires that the longitude and latitude of the
> end-points be manually entered. This will, of course, work.
> 
> However, the site is a MySpace-type site in which a a member can search
> for other members within a given distance. The distance required is
> great circle distance between addresses. BTW, within the Continental USA.
> 
> I am hoping that I can contact someone with experience this capability
> in a Web site.

http://williams.best.vwh.net/gccalc.htm

It's all done with Javascript on the client. Should work fine on a
"MySpace-type site".

- --Chris
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