SQlite Getting nearest locations (with latitude and longitude)

Question

I have data with latitude and longitude stored in my SQLite database, and I want to get the nearest locations to the parameters I put in (ex. My current location - lat/lng,

Answer 1

Try something like this:

    //locations to calculate difference with 
    Location me   = new Location(""); 
    Location dest = new Location(""); 

    //set lat and long of comparison obj 
    me.setLatitude(_mLat); 
    me.setLongitude(_mLong); 

    //init to circumference of the Earth 
    float smallest = 40008000.0f; //m 

    //var to hold id of db element we want 
    Integer id = 0; 

    //step through results 
    while(_myCursor.moveToNext()){ 

        //set lat and long of destination obj 
        dest.setLatitude(_myCursor.getFloat(_myCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(DataBaseHelper._FIELD_LATITUDE))); 
        dest.setLongitude(_myCursor.getFloat(_myCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(DataBaseHelper._FIELD_LONGITUDE))); 

        //grab distance between me and the destination 
        float dist = me.distanceTo(dest); 

        //if this is the smallest dist so far 
        if(dist < smallest){ 
            //store it 
            smallest = dist; 

            //grab it's id 
            id = _myCursor.getInt(_myCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(DataBaseHelper._FIELD_ID)); 
        } 
    } 

After this, id contains the item you want from the database so you can fetch it:

    //now we have traversed all the data, fetch the id of the closest event to us 
    _myCursor = _myDBHelper.fetchID(id); 
    _myCursor.moveToFirst(); 

    //get lat and long of nearest location to user, used to push out to map view 
    _mLatNearest  = _myCursor.getFloat(_myCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(DataBaseHelper._FIELD_LATITUDE)); 
    _mLongNearest = _myCursor.getFloat(_myCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(DataBaseHelper._FIELD_LONGITUDE)); 

Hope that helps!