GeoNearest

GeoNearest[enttype,loc]

returns the geographic entity of type enttype closest to the geo location loc.

GeoNearest[{reg1,reg2,…,regn},loc]

returns the nearest of the regi.

GeoNearest[{reg1val1,reg2val2,…,regnvaln},loc]

returns the vali corresponding to the nearest regi.

GeoNearest[{reg1,reg2,…,regn}{val1,val2,…,valn},loc]

returns the same result.

GeoNearest[{reg1,reg2,…,regn}Automatic,loc]

takes the vali to be successive integers i.

GeoNearest[spec,loc,n]

returns n nearest values.

GeoNearest[spec,loc,{n,r}]

returns up to n matches within a radius r of loc.

Details and Options

  • In GeoNearest[enttype,loc], enttype can be specified as an Entity object, such as Entity["Country"], or as a string, such as "City".
  • Valid forms of enttype include:
  • "AdministrativeDivision"administrative division of any level
    "AdministrativeDivision1"first-level administrative division
    "AdministrativeDivision2"second-level administrative division
    "AdministrativeDivision3"third-level administrative division
    "Airport"airports
    "Bridge"bridges
    "Building"buildings
    "City"city
    "Country"country, territory, etc.
    "Mountain"mountains
    "Ocean"oceans
    "USCounty"US counties
    "USState"US states
    "Volcano"volcanoes
    "ZIPCode"US ZIP codes
    Except[ent,enttype]entities other than ent of type enttype
    GeoVariant[enttype,variant]entities using variant regions
    EntityClass["type","class"]individual members of class
    type1|type2|…any of the typei
    Allany possible type
  • Geographic regions and the locations can be specified as a GeoPosition or related point-like location object, an Entity or EntityClass object, or a GeoGraphics primitive.
  • A radius should be given as a Quantity object or the number 0.
  • GeoNearest[spec,loc,{All,r}] returns all results within radius r of loc.
  • GeoNearest always returns a list. If there are multiple nearest matches, GeoNearest[spec,loc] will return all of them.
  • GeoNearest[spec,loc,{n,r}] may return an empty list if there are no matches within the specified radius.
  • The following options can be given:
  • DistanceFunction "Boundary"how to compute distances for extended regions
    TimeConstraint30how many seconds to allow for computation
  • The following possible settings can be given for DistanceFunction:
  • "Boundary"minimum distance between any points in regions
    "Center"distance between centers of regions
    "SignedBoundary"distance to boundary, negative for interior points

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

Find your current or nearest country:

The country closest to the center of the Atlantic Ocean:

The five counties nearest to Chicago, Illinois, United States:

All volcanoes within a radius of 1000 miles from London:

Scope  (13)

Entity Types  (6)

The three countries closest to Australia:

Give countries whose closest point to Germany is closer than 100 kilometers:

Find entities that cover a particular point:

Return famous buildings within one of those extended regions:

The mountain or volcano closest to your location:

The US state other than California closest to San Francisco:

The country whose center is closest to Paris:

With the default variant "PrincipalArea", Paris is at zero distance from France:

Groups of Entities and Regions  (7)

The border of the continental United States to which the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, is closest:

Return the value corresponding to the border entity closest to Denver, Colorado:

An equivalent syntax:

The closest of several points to your current location:

The position in a list of the point closest to Chicago:

Using explicit labels:

Give the European country closest to Tel Aviv, Israel:

Determine whether Germany is closest to a member of OPEC, the Baltics, or the British Commonwealth:

Determine to which of the following city pairs Greece is closest:

Options  (1)

DistanceFunction  (1)

By default, distances are measured from the boundaries of extended regions:

With DistanceFunction->"Center", distance from the center of the entity is used:

Applications  (1)

Find the countries that fall at least in part within a given latitude/longitude region:

Plot them, together with the latitude/longitude region:

Properties & Relations  (2)

GeoIdentify is a specialized form of GeoNearest:

GeoNearest includes all entities, if any, at zero distance from an extended region:

GeoEntities only includes entities that overlap the region:

Neat Examples  (1)

Construct a function to find the shortest route from a given position to the nearest foreign country:

Compute the shortest path out of the country in which you are:

Make a map showing the shortest path:

Wolfram Research (2014), GeoNearest, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoNearest.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2014), GeoNearest, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoNearest.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2014. "GeoNearest." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoNearest.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). GeoNearest. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoNearest.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2023_geonearest, author="Wolfram Research", title="{GeoNearest}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoNearest.html}", note=[Accessed: 30-September-2023 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2023_geonearest, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={GeoNearest}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoNearest.html}, note=[Accessed: 30-September-2023 ]}