Geo point field type

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The geo point data type stores longitude and latitude coordinates.

You can store longitude and latitude coordinates by adding a geo point data type field to any table. For example, you can define a geo point field to store a longitude and latitude pair to help technicians find the location of a part in a warehouse.

Function fields provide several glidefunction operations for working with geo point fields.

Calculate the distance between geo points using distance_sphere() in a function field and use it to order records in a list based on how far away the warehouse is. For example:
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glidefunction:distance_sphere(geopointField1, geopointField2)
```
Convert longitude and latitude columns to a geo point field using get_longitude() and get_latitude() in a function field. For example:
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```
glidefunction:get_latitude(u_geo_point_field)
```
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```
glidefunction:get_longitude(u_geo_point_field)
```
Convert a geo point field or any valid numeric values or columns into longitude and latitude columns or values using to_geopoint() in a function field. For example:
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```
glidefunction:to_geopoint(u_long_column, u_lat_column)
```

See Function field.

Values for geo points are in longitude, latitude format where:

Both longitude and latitude are restricted to 6 decimal places of precision. For example, “80.206458”, “25.767242”.
The longitude range is [-180, 180].
The latitude range is [-90, 90].
Values entered outside the ranges for longitude or latitude are normalized to values inside their respective ranges.

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# Geo point field type

The geo point data type stores longitude and latitude coordinates.

You can store longitude and latitude coordinates by adding a geo point data type field to any table. For example, you can define a geo point field to store a longitude and latitude pair to help technicians find the location of a part in a warehouse.

Function fields provide several glidefunction operations for working with geo point fields.

-   Calculate the distance between geo points using distance\_sphere\(\) in a function field and use it to order records in a list based on how far away the warehouse is. For example:

    ```
    glidefunction:distance_sphere(geopointField1, geopointField2)
    ```

-   Convert longitude and latitude columns to a geo point field using get\_longitude\(\) and get\_latitude\(\) in a function field. For example:

    ```
    glidefunction:get_latitude(u_geo_point_field)
    ```

    ```
    glidefunction:get_longitude(u_geo_point_field)
    ```

-   Convert a geo point field or any valid numeric values or columns into longitude and latitude columns or values using to\_geopoint\(\) in a function field. For example:

    ```
    glidefunction:to_geopoint(u_long_column, u_lat_column)
    ```


See [Function field](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/platform-support-functions.md).

Values for geo points are in longitude, latitude format where:

-   Both longitude and latitude are restricted to 6 decimal places of precision. For example, “80.206458”, “25.767242”.
-   The longitude range is \[-180, 180\].
-   The latitude range is \[-90, 90\].
-   Values entered outside the ranges for longitude or latitude are normalized to values inside their respective ranges.