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RFederer
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Distance function without latitude and longitude

Hi community,

 

I have many address of clients in a mapview visual. There is a way that let me define one function "distance", whitout using latitud and longitud (becouse I don't have this type of date) that show me all the client that are nearly the first one.

 

For example: i filtered one client,NAME1, in the map so i only see one point, but if NAME2, is near NAME1 I don't see it. Is there a may to fix that?

 

Thank you all

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Anonymous
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Hi @RFederer ,

You can try to use DAX and normal Power BI map visual objects for your needs. Finding distance along the edge of a sphere calls for the haversine formula. For example:

Distance (km) =
VAR __latSelected = SELECTEDVALUE('US Cities'[Latitude])
VAR __lonSelected = SELECTEDVALUE('US Cities'[Longitude])
VAR __radius = 6371
VAR __multiplier = PI()/180
VAR __latDiff = (MIN('Selector'[Latitude])-__latSelected) * __multiplier
VAR __lonDiff = (MIN('Selector'[Longitude])-__lonSelected) * __multiplier
VAR __formula1 =
    SIN(__latDiff/2) * SIN(__latDiff/2) +
    COS(MIN('Selector'[Latitude]) * __multiplier) * COS(__latSelected * __multiplier) *
    SIN(__lonDiff/2) * SIN(__lonDiff/2)
VAR __formula2 = 2 * ATAN(DIVIDE(SQRT(__formula1),SQRT(1-__formula1)))
VAR __distance = __radius * __formula2
RETURN __distance

I found an article about displaying all the points on a map within a specified radius that I hope will help you. And you can find the sample pbix and detailed realization steps here:
Display Points within a Distance Radius on a Power... - Microsoft Fabric Community

Best Regards,
Dino Tao
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @RFederer ,

You can try to use DAX and normal Power BI map visual objects for your needs. Finding distance along the edge of a sphere calls for the haversine formula. For example:

Distance (km) =
VAR __latSelected = SELECTEDVALUE('US Cities'[Latitude])
VAR __lonSelected = SELECTEDVALUE('US Cities'[Longitude])
VAR __radius = 6371
VAR __multiplier = PI()/180
VAR __latDiff = (MIN('Selector'[Latitude])-__latSelected) * __multiplier
VAR __lonDiff = (MIN('Selector'[Longitude])-__lonSelected) * __multiplier
VAR __formula1 =
    SIN(__latDiff/2) * SIN(__latDiff/2) +
    COS(MIN('Selector'[Latitude]) * __multiplier) * COS(__latSelected * __multiplier) *
    SIN(__lonDiff/2) * SIN(__lonDiff/2)
VAR __formula2 = 2 * ATAN(DIVIDE(SQRT(__formula1),SQRT(1-__formula1)))
VAR __distance = __radius * __formula2
RETURN __distance

I found an article about displaying all the points on a map within a specified radius that I hope will help you. And you can find the sample pbix and detailed realization steps here:
Display Points within a Distance Radius on a Power... - Microsoft Fabric Community

Best Regards,
Dino Tao
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

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