Input

Table 1. Closest Site Input

Field Name

Format

Description / Valid Values

Latitude

String [11]

The latitude portion of the location's coordinates. Specify the latitude in the format chosen in the Coordinate Format option.

Note: Specify longitudes and latitudes in millionths of degrees with positive numbers representing the Eastern and Northern hemispheres and negative numbers representing the Western and Southern hemispheres. For example, in Decimal Assumed format, the point 140° W by 30° N is represented as -140000000, 30000000.

Longitude

String [11]

The longitude portion of the location's coordinates. Specify the longitude in the format chosen in the Coordinate Format option.

Note: Specify longitudes and latitudes in millionths of degrees with positive numbers representing the Eastern and Northern hemispheres and negative numbers representing the Western and Southern hemispheres. For example, in Decimal Assumed format, the point 140° W by 30° N is represented as -140000000, 30000000.

Radius

String

The radius of the search area. Specify the radius in the units chosen in the Distance Units option. If you do not specify a radius, the default radius is used. The default radius is specified in the Default Radius option.

If you do not want to limit the search area, specify 0. Closest Site will return the closest sites up to the number of sites specified by the Maximum Results option.