The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List: modid: Geo::Distance DSLIP: adphp description: Calculate Distances and Closest Locations userid: BLUEFEET (Aran Deltac) chapterid: 23 (Miscellaneous_Modules) communities: comp.lang.perl.modules
similar: Geo::PostalCode Math::Trig rationale: While researching calculating distances I realized that it would be useful if I made a higher level API for doing distance calculations - especially for finding closest locations. Then I thought the Perl community would like it. So far nobodies said 'nay' to the concept, but neither has anyone shown great interest. Nothing out there Perl-wise does what I've written as far as I can find. This module can for the most part do everything Geo::PostalCode does. Althought, it still has its place, I intend to add even more functionality to actually supersiede and, as I've already done step much further in the direction of a general purpose module that can do many different things in many different ways when it comes you geographic distances. The complicated distance calculations are done by Math::Trig. Which, in itself, if all you have is Math::Trig, you have everything you need to calculate geographic distances. My module takes it quite a few steps farther by having pre-defined unit types, ability to define your own units, calculate distances for a large number of locations and returning the closest (via several method including a database connection), and of course other cool things. Anyways, I hope you let me use this namespace. I'd consider it an honor. enteredby: BLUEFEET (Aran Deltac) enteredon: Tue Feb 18 21:52:38 2003 GMT The resulting entry would be: Geo:: ::Distance adphp Calculate Distances and Closest Locations BLUEFEET Thanks for registering, The Pause Team PS: The following links are only valid for module list maintainers: Registration form with editing capabilities: https://pause.perl.org/pause/authenquery?ACTION=add_mod&USERID=4e200000_d79756a810a68fca&SUBMIT_pause99_add_mod_preview=1 Immediate (one click) registration: https://pause.perl.org/pause/authenquery?ACTION=add_mod&USERID=4e200000_d79756a810a68fca&SUBMIT_pause99_add_mod_insertit=1