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What kind of formula is used for geolocation distance calculation in salesforce?
Hi all,
What kind of formula is used for geolocation distance calculation in salesforce?
I am in scenario in which I want to calculate the distance between pair of longitude and latitude in salesforce.
Please give suggestion
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1 Reply
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Hi Mohit,
Distance is calculated as a straight line—as the bird flies—regardless of geography and topography between the two points. In reality Salesforce uses the Haversine formula to calculate the great-circle distance between two points.
Hope this helps you.
Thanks
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