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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks Brad, for the great help. Here is the
final SQL neatly formatted to do what I needed to do, order points in meters
from closest to farthest from a specific point:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SELECT <BR>
location_id, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> distance_spheroid
( </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
point_geom, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
SetSRID(MakePoint(-117.12538, 32.6857),4326), </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
'SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137,298.257223563]'</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> ) <BR>FROM </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> locations </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ORDER BY <BR>
distance_spheroid(</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
point_geom, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> SetSRID(
MakePoint( -117.13538, 32.6857 ), 4326 ), </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
'SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137,298.257223563]'</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> )</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<A title=brad@bradediger.com href="mailto:brad@bradediger.com">Brad Ediger</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 30, 2006 1:18
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [postgis-users] Finding
Points with distance to a location.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>You don't want to order by the point_geom because Postgres doesn't
understand the geometry type natively. You should ORDER BY
distance_spheroid(...) with the distance_spheroid clause being the same as in
the SELECT clause.</DIV><BR>
<DIV>
<DIV>On Dec 30, 2006, at 1:12 AM, Adam wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've changed this to give me output by
miles:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SELECT </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> location_id, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> ( </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
distance_spheroid(point_geom, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
SetSRID(MakePoint(-117.13538, 32.6857),4326), </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
'SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137,298.257223563]') / 1609.344 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> ) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>FROM </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> locations;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How would I change this to give me the first
returned row as the closest point and ascend to the farthest point? I
know I'd usually use an "ORDERY BY" clause, but what do I "ORDER BY"?
I tried "ORDER BY point_geom" but that isn't exactly in order.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<A title=brad@bradediger.com href="mailto:brad@bradediger.com">Brad
Ediger</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 30, 2006
12:58 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [postgis-users] Finding
Points with distance to a location.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>My bad.</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>SELECT location_id, Distance(point_geom,
SetSRID(MakePoint(-117.13538, 32.6857),4326)) FROM locations;<SPAN
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<DIV>PostGIS does some sanity checks to ensure you're not operating on
different SRIDs (which would be meaningless). You have to tell PostGIS
that the point you're creating has SRID 4326 (WGS84). Note that SetSRID
won't convert a geometry from one SRID to another; you need Transform()
for that. You're simply tagging that point with the 4326 SRID.</DIV><BR>
<DIV>
<DIV>On Dec 30, 2006, at 12:54 AM, Adam wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>WHen I run: <FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>SELECT location_id, Distance(point_geom, MakePoint(-117.13538,
32.6857)) FROM locations;</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I get error: Operation on two
GEOMETRIES with different SRIDs</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What does that mean?</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=brad@bradediger.com href="mailto:brad@bradediger.com">Brad
Ediger</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net
href="mailto:postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net">PostGIS Users
Discussion</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 30, 2006
12:49 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [postgis-users]
Finding Points with distance to a location.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>SELECT location_id, Distance(point_geom, MakePoint(-117.13538,
32.6857)) FROM table;</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>You don't need a WHERE clause unless you want to restrict the
result rows (for example, if you wanted to limit the results to
locations within 50 miles of the target point).</DIV>
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<DIV>I would suggest reviewing the PostgreSQL documentation for some
basic SQL instruction (at <A
href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/</A>;
the manual is actually very good). Then you can refer to the PostGIS
reference (<A
href="http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/ch06.html">http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/ch06.html</A>) for
a list of functions.</DIV>
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<DIV>You really don't need a lot of knowledge on top of PostgreSQL to
use PostGIS effectively. Most everything that seems confusing or vague
about the PostGIS documentation can be clarified by reading the
OpenGIS specs, at <A
href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sfa">http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sfa</A>
and <A
href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sfb">http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sfb</A>.</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>And you can always ask on postgis-users if you need
clarification.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hope this helps,</DIV>
<DIV>Brad</DIV><BR>
<DIV>
<DIV>On Dec 30, 2006, at 12:10 AM, Adam wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've tried:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SELECT point_geom, location_id<BR>FROM
locations<BR>WHERE Distance(point_geom, 'POINT(-117.13538
32.6857)')<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But get error: argument of WHERE
must be type boolean, not type double precision</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR
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<A title=adam@spatialsystems.org
href="mailto:adam@spatialsystems.org">Adam</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 30,
2006 12:07 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [postgis-users]
Finding Points with distance to a location.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I figured this out last year, but
can't figure out how I figured it out. I've read "Mapping
Hacks" and "Web Mapping Illustrated" along with what I could find
in the WIKI and documentation but can't start to figure it
out.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have my geometry column named
"point_geom" and a unique column named "location_id".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I want to query the distance of all
the points in my "point_geom" column to coords: Long =
-117.13538 :: Lat = 32.6857</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>What would the query for this
look like? Is there a comprehensive article or book out that
goes in depth into how spatial queries work?</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The output would look like
this:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>location_id |
distance</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>-------------------------------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>5 | 45.38823</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>9 | 50.39952</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1 | 82.39923</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>-------------------------------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm guessing that you'd use
distance_spheroid for the
calculation. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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