<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><api:function-page xml:base="/apidoc/8.0/geo.distance.xml" generated="2015-10-07T16:36:00.016766-07:00" mode="javascript" xmlns:api="http://marklogic.com/rundmc/api"><api:function-name>geo.distance</api:function-name><api:suggest>geo.distance</api:suggest><api:suggest>geo</api:suggest><api:suggest>distance</api:suggest><api:function-link mode="xquery" fullname="geo:distance">/apidoc/8.0/geo:distance.xml</api:function-link><api:function mode="javascript" name="distance" type="builtin" lib="geo" category="SearchBuiltins" subcategory="Geospatial Operations" hidden="false" bucket="MarkLogic Built-In Functions" prefix="geo" namespace="http://marklogic.com/geospatial" fullname="geo.distance"><api:summary>
  Returns the distance (in miles) between two points.
</api:summary><api:params><api:param name="p1" type="cts:point"><api:param-description>
  The first point.
  </api:param-description><api:param-name>p1</api:param-name><api:param-type>cts.point</api:param-type></api:param><api:param name="p2" type="cts:point"><api:param-description>
  The second point.
  </api:param-description><api:param-name>p2</api:param-name><api:param-type>cts.point</api:param-type></api:param><api:param name="options" type="xs:string*" optional="true"><api:param-description>
  Options for the operation. The default is ().
  <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Options include:</p>
  <blockquote xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
     <dl>
     <dt>"coordinate-system=wgs84"</dt>
     <dd>Use the WGS84 coordinate system.</dd>
     <dt>"units=miles"</dt>
     <dd>Distance is measured in miles.</dd>
     </dl>
   </blockquote>
  </api:param-description><api:param-name>options</api:param-name><api:param-type>String[]</api:param-type></api:param></api:params><api:return>Number</api:return><api:example class="javascript"><pre xml:space="preserve" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
var sf = cts.point(37, -122);
var ny = cts.point(40, -73);
geo.distance(sf, ny);

=&gt; 2623.2017796533
</pre></api:example></api:function></api:function-page>