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Balkrishnan
Helper II
Helper II

Distance between two Cities

I am getting Errow when calculating distance between two cities.

 I used this formula

PI_D180 = PI()/180
Distance = ACOS(SIN(Distance[Latitude_1]*[PI_D180])*SIN(Distance[Latitude_2]*[PI_D180])+COS(Distance[Latitude_1]*[PI_D180])*COS(Distance[Latitude_2]*[PI_D180])*COS((Distance[Longitude_2]*[PI_D180])-(Distance[Longitude_1]*[PI_D180])))*3959
 
Getting  error as
An argument of function 'ACOS' has the wrong data type or the result is too large or too small.
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smpa01
Community Champion
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In M through creating custom column with sample LAT format as 45.5105 (decimal degrees)

 

Lat1_Rad=([Latitude1]/180)*Number.PI
Lon1_Rad=([Longitude1]/180)*Number.PI
Lat2_Rad=([Latitude2]/180)*Number.PI
Lon2_Rad=([Longitude2]/180)*Number.PI
Distance_KM=Number.Acos(Number.Sin([Lat1_Rad]) * Number.Sin([Lat2_Rad]) + Number.Cos([Lat1_Rad]) * Number.Cos([Lat2_Rad]) * Number.Cos([Lon2_Rad]-[Lon1_Rad])) * 6371

 

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Thanks for your attention on this, but i need in Miles and need to  know how to use your formula in my calculation.

Anonymous
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You can get the results in miles and then do a convertion multiplying the result by 1.6

Let me explain my use case.

This is my data

Distance.png

I need two filters as shown below

From City and Two City, When i select Dewitt and Bentonville, i need to know the distance between them.

I have two formula

PI_D180 = DIVIDE ( PI (), 180 )
and 
Distance = ACOS(SIN(Distance[Latitude_1]*[PI_D180])*SIN(Distance[Latitude_2]*[PI_D180])+COS(Distance[Latitude_1]*[PI_D180])*COS(Distance[Latitude_2]*[PI_D180])*COS((Distance[Longitude_2]*[PI_D180])-(Distance[Longitude_1]*[PI_D180])))*3959
 
But getting error...

Any help on this use case...

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