Re: [GENERAL] Need Help to implement Proximity search feature

2014-01-16 Thread itishree sukla
Thanks for your reply, i am totally new to Postgis.

we have Database, but not ready for Geocode use.  what i understood from
different blog, we should have latitude and longitude either based on
addresses, or postal code we have. However if I will get the lat and long,
need to calculate earth distance to give  location based on user location.
Formula i got, is calculating shortest distance, which always not true
practically. Please address my concern, how i will get rid of these issues.

Regards,
Itishree


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 11:28 PM, Oleg Bartunov obartu...@gmail.com wrote:

 check knn search,
 http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/talks/pgcon-2010-1.pdf

 On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:04 PM, itishree sukla
 itishree.su...@gmail.com wrote:
  Deal all,
 
  In my project, there is a requirement to implement proximity search
 feature.
  We are running a mobile app, for which proximity search is require. Can
 any
  one guide me how i can achieve this using postgis, or is there any other
 way
  i can achieve this.
 
  We are using postgresql 9.2.
 
  Thanks in advance .
 
  Regards,
  Itishree



Re: [GENERAL] Need Help to implement Proximity search feature

2014-01-16 Thread Gavin Flower

Please see the comment at the bottom of this post.

On 16/01/14 22:52, itishree sukla wrote:

Thanks for your reply, i am totally new to Postgis.

At least you've got into it, I keep meaning do do so myself.



we have Database, but not ready for Geocode use.  what i understood 
from different blog, we should have latitude and longitude either 
based on addresses, or postal code we have. However if I will get the 
lat and long, need to calculate earth distance to give  location based 
on user location. Formula i got, is calculating shortest distance, 
which always not true practically. Please address my concern, how i 
will get rid of these issues.


Regards,
Itishree


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 11:28 PM, Oleg Bartunov obartu...@gmail.com 
mailto:obartu...@gmail.com wrote:


check knn search,
http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/talks/pgcon-2010-1.pdf
http://www.sai.msu.su/%7Emegera/postgres/talks/pgcon-2010-1.pdf

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:04 PM, itishree sukla
itishree.su...@gmail.com mailto:itishree.su...@gmail.com wrote:
 Deal all,

 In my project, there is a requirement to implement proximity
search feature.
 We are running a mobile app, for which proximity search is
require. Can any
 one guide me how i can achieve this using postgis, or is there
any other way
 i can achieve this.

 We are using postgresql 9.2.

 Thanks in advance .

 Regards,
 Itishree


Pleas bottom post like I am here, it is the norm for these mailing 
lists.  Some comments interspersed are also okay.


It makes it easier for people to see the context of what you are saying.

Thanks,
Gavin


Re: [GENERAL] Need Help to implement Proximity search feature

2014-01-16 Thread John R Pierce

On 1/16/2014 1:52 AM, itishree sukla wrote:
we have Database, but not ready for Geocode use.  what i understood 
from different blog, we should have latitude and longitude either 
based on addresses, or postal code we have. However if I will get the 
lat and long, need to calculate earth distance to give  location based 
on user location. Formula i got, is calculating shortest distance, 
which always not true practically. Please address my concern, how i 
will get rid of these issues.


for determining closest proximity, you probably don't need accurate 
spherical earth distance, simple cartesian distance is good enough as 
you're only interested in relative values.  for this, you can use the 
built in postgresql POINT data type, and the -  distance operator.




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[GENERAL] Need Help to implement Proximity search feature

2014-01-15 Thread itishree sukla
Deal all,

In my project, there is a requirement to implement proximity search
feature. We are running a mobile app, for which proximity search is
require. Can any one guide me how i can achieve this using postgis, or is
there any other way i can achieve this.

We are using postgresql 9.2.

Thanks in advance .

Regards,
Itishree


Re: [GENERAL] Need Help to implement Proximity search feature

2014-01-15 Thread Oleg Bartunov
check knn search, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/talks/pgcon-2010-1.pdf

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:04 PM, itishree sukla
itishree.su...@gmail.com wrote:
 Deal all,

 In my project, there is a requirement to implement proximity search feature.
 We are running a mobile app, for which proximity search is require. Can any
 one guide me how i can achieve this using postgis, or is there any other way
 i can achieve this.

 We are using postgresql 9.2.

 Thanks in advance .

 Regards,
 Itishree


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