GEODIST2: Stata module to calculate straight line distance between two coordinates

Muhammad Rashid Ansari ()
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Muhammad Rashid Ansari: INSEAD Business School, Singapore

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: The geodist2 module calculates straight line distance between two coordinates using google geocode data. The module requires json file reader module `insheetjson' written by Erik Lindsley. Module sends data request to google server and requires search address in clean alphanumeric (single space) format and without non-alphanumeric characters. It supports reverse coding.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 12 and insheetjson from SSC (q.v.)
Keywords: distance; Google; geocode; Haversine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-06-17
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install geodist2". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/g/geodist2.sthlp help file (text/plain)

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