| php Programming Glossary: minlatHow to efficiently find the closest locations nearby a given location http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3922404/how-to-efficiently-find-the-closest-locations-nearby-a-given-location  calculated by working out an initial bounding box in PHP minLat maxLat minLong and maxLong and limiting the rows to a subset.. of your entries based on that WHERE latitude BETWEEN minLat AND maxLat AND longitude BETWEEN minLong AND maxLong . Then.. 
 distance calculations in mysql queries http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3986556/distance-calculations-in-mysql-queries  calculated by working out an initial bounding box in PHP minLat maxLat minLong and maxLong and limiting the rows to a subset.. of your entries based on that WHERE latitude BETWEEN minLat AND maxLat AND longitude BETWEEN minLong AND maxLong . Then.. 
 Queries to find places within a given lat/lng http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5135488/queries-to-find-places-within-a-given-lat-lng  idea. maxLat city latitude max_distance 69 69 Miles Degree minLat city latitude max_distance 69 maxLon city longitude max_distance.. FROM cities WHERE latitude maxLat AND latitude minLat AND longitude maxLon AND longitude minLon The rest of the query.. 
 Finding towns within a 10 mile radius of postcode. Google maps API http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8135243/finding-towns-within-a-10-mile-radius-of-postcode-google-maps-api  boundaries maxLat float lat rad2deg distance radius minLat float lat rad2deg distance radius longitude boundaries longitude.. lng    ORDER BY ABS lat ABS lng ASC    LIMIT '    array minLat maxLat minLng maxLng float lat float lng int limit return nearby.. 
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