ST_WGS84_DISTANCE

Calculates the distance between two WKT formatted points in meters in the WGS84 projection.

Syntax

ST_WGS84_DISTANCE(first, second)

Arguments

Name	Type	Description	Default Value
first	string	A WKT formatted Longitude Latitude point
second	string	A WKT formatted Longitude Latitude point

Returns

Returns a double value.

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Examples

first	second	Output
'POINT (152.352298 -24.875975)'	'POINT (151.960336 -24.993289)'	41667.7298657432

Transformation job example

SQL

CREATE JOB function_operator_example
    ADD_MISSING_COLUMNS = true
AS INSERT INTO default_glue_catalog.upsolver_samples.orders_transformed_data 
  MAP_COLUMNS_BY_NAME
    SELECT first, second,
        ST_WGS84_DISTANCE(first, second) AS Output
    FROM default_glue_catalog.upsolver_samples.orders_raw_data
    LET first = 'POINT (152.352298 -24.875975)',
        second = 'POINT (151.960336 -24.993289)'
    WHERE $commit_time BETWEEN run_start_time() AND run_end_time()
    LIMIT 1;

Query result

first	second	Output
'POINT (152.352298 -24.875975)'	'POINT (151.960336 -24.993289)'	41667.7298657432