GPS

[Bob Rasmussen]

This caught my geeky interest. A quick google of "distance between long 
lat coordinates" produces several possible sites giving and explaining the 
formula(s). The first one looks good (if you can do trig in filePro):
    http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html

On Tue, 27 Jan 2015, Ted B Dodd wrote:

> I need an algorithm of sorts.  I have the coordinates of a container stored
> in a record and they are in two fields.  For example, one field will contain
> 35.64321 as the North coordinate and 101.45675 as the West coordinate. (I
> strip off the negative sign)  If a person calls at a different coordinate I
> need way of finding the closest container.    Can someone please help with
> the calculation?
>
>
> Ted B
> Aka ted-b-dodd at big-foot.com
> Remove the dashes
>
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