Distance
The Distance function calculates the minimum distance between two geographies, in specified units.
You can use the Distance function on Snowflake and BigQuery connections.
Distance is one of Sigma's Geography functions.
Syntax
Distance(units, geog1, geog2)
The function arguments are:
- units
- Required
- The unit of measurement for the distance
- Valid values are
"kilometers","meters", and"miles". - geog1
- Required
- First geography of the pair between which we calculate the distance
- Must be in valid Geography format.
- To work from known latitude and longitude values, use the MakePoint or MakeLine functions.
- geog2
- Required
- Second geography of the pair between which we calculate the distance
- Must be in valid Geography format.
- To work from known latitude and longitude values, use the MakePoint or MakeLine functions.
Examples
Distance("kilometers", [Coordinates], MakePoint(0, 0))
Distance("miles", [Coordinates], MakePoint(0, 0))
The Distance function returns the following values for the Coordinates column, when specifying distance in either kilometers or miles from coordinates (0, 0):
