Berikut ini adalah formula yang ditulis didalam format SQL untuk menemukan lokasi dengan cepat dengan menggunakan latitude dan longitude.
SELECT zip, primary_city, latitude, longitude, distance FROM ( SELECT z.zip, z.primary_city, z.latitude, z.longitude, p.radius, p.distance_unit * DEGREES(ACOS(COS(RADIANS(p.latpoint)) * COS(RADIANS(z.latitude)) * COS(RADIANS(p.longpoint - z.longitude)) + SIN(RADIANS(p.latpoint)) * SIN(RADIANS(z.latitude)))) AS distance FROM zip AS z JOIN ( /* these are the query parameters */ SELECT 42.81 AS latpoint, -70.81 AS longpoint, 50.0 AS radius, 111.045 AS distance_unit ) AS p ON 1=1 WHERE z.latitude BETWEEN p.latpoint - (p.radius / p.distance_unit) AND p.latpoint + (p.radius / p.distance_unit) AND z.longitude BETWEEN p.longpoint - (p.radius / (p.distance_unit * COS(RADIANS(p.latpoint)))) AND p.longpoint + (p.radius / (p.distance_unit * COS(RADIANS(p.latpoint)))) ) AS d WHERE distance <= radius ORDER BY distance LIMIT 15
Sumber: http://www.plumislandmedia.net/mysql/haversine-mysql-nearest-loc/