Django sort by distance

Question

I have the following model:

class Vacancy(models.Model):
    lat = models.FloatField(\'Latitude\', blank=True)
    lng = models.FloatField(\'Longitude\', bla         


        

Answer 1

Here is a solution that does not require GeoDjango.

from django.db import models
from django.db.models.expressions import RawSQL


class Location(models.Model):
    latitude = models.FloatField()
    longitude = models.FloatField()
    ...


def get_locations_nearby_coords(latitude, longitude, max_distance=None):
    """
    Return objects sorted by distance to specified coordinates
    which distance is less than max_distance given in kilometers
    """
    # Great circle distance formula
    gcd_formula = "6371 * acos(least(greatest(\
    cos(radians(%s)) * cos(radians(latitude)) \
    * cos(radians(longitude) - radians(%s)) + \
    sin(radians(%s)) * sin(radians(latitude)) \
    , -1), 1))"
    distance_raw_sql = RawSQL(
        gcd_formula,
        (latitude, longitude, latitude)
    )
    qs = Location.objects.all() \
    .annotate(distance=distance_raw_sql))\
    .order_by('distance')
    if max_distance is not None:
        qs = qs.filter(distance__lt=max_distance)
    return qs

Use as follow:

nearby_locations = get_locations_nearby_coords(48.8582, 2.2945, 5)

If you are using sqlite you need to add somewhere

import math
from django.db.backends.signals import connection_created
from django.dispatch import receiver


@receiver(connection_created)
def extend_sqlite(connection=None, **kwargs):
    if connection.vendor == "sqlite":
        # sqlite doesn't natively support math functions, so add them
        cf = connection.connection.create_function
        cf('acos', 1, math.acos)
        cf('cos', 1, math.cos)
        cf('radians', 1, math.radians)
        cf('sin', 1, math.sin)
        cf('least', 2, min)
        cf('greatest', 2, max)