Distance in KM from a Long/Lat Point

Question

Hi All

New to Alteryx and these forums - grateful for any help with this one.

I have data containing latitude and longitude points. I want to generate a second latitude and longitude point based on a distance in KM from the original point in the direction of North, South, East or West. If you can imagine my data looks something like this:

Lat                  Long                Direction    Distance(KM)

-32.170777  |  146.060376  |  West         |  20 |                | NEW LAT | NEW LONG

There seems to be a lot of guides around about creating radius around points, or calculating distance between two known points, but neither offer the solution I need.

Grateful for any assistance.

JordanB · Accepted Answer

Hi @Plight

I just took a quick go at this. It's not exact science but might be able to set you on your way. The way I created the N, S, E, W points maybe requires some mathematical calulation to get it exact however, this could give you some results if you were just looking for points in those directions.

Best,

Jordan Barker