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Created January 21, 2022 17:26 — forked from carlzulauf/haversine.sql
PostgreSQL function for haversine distance calculation, in miles
-- Haversine Formula based geodistance in miles (constant is diameter of Earth in miles)
-- Based on a similar PostgreSQL function found here: https://gist.github.com/831833
-- Updated to use distance formulas found here: http://www.codecodex.com/wiki/Calculate_distance_between_two_points_on_a_globe
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.geodistance(alat double precision, alng double precision, blat double precision, blng double precision)
RETURNS double precision AS
$BODY$
SELECT asin(
sqrt(
sin(radians($3-$1)/2)^2 +
sin(radians($4-$2)/2)^2 *