[Mapserver-users] distance/radius search

[woodbri at swoodbridge.com]

Nida,

All you have to do is a point query with the method set to SINGLE not 
MULTIPLE and it will return the closest within the TOLERANCE or none 
is there is none in the TOLERANCE. TOLERANCE can be set in pixels or 
map units in the LAYER.

If you use MULTIPLE then you will get all results within TOLERANCE 
and you will have to calculate the distances to find the closest.

-Steve W.

On 20 Mar 2003 at 12:18, nida Khan wrote:

> Hi Every1,
> 
> I am just going through diffrent search approches in mapserver/php. I
> just learned how to do point search .
> 
> I cant find any document/example on the web for distance search.
> I want to search on all the hotels near my house, so I have a postcode
> and I have a list of hotels with their postcodes. so how do I find the
> one nearest to my house???
> 
> Any help is appreciated
> Kind Regards
> Nida.
> 
>