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# Geo point field type

# Geo point field type {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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The geo point data type stores longitude and latitude coordinates.

You can store longitude and latitude coordinates by adding a geo point data type field to any table. For example, you can define a geo point field to store a longitude and latitude pair to help technicians find the location of a part
in a warehouse.

Function fields provide several glidefunction operations for working with geo point fields.

* Calculate the distance between geo points using distance_sphere() in a function field and use it to order records in a list based on how far away the warehouse is. For example:

      glidefunction:distance_sphere(geopointField1, geopointField2)

* Convert longitude and latitude columns to a geo point field using get_longitude() and get_latitude() in a function field. For example:

      glidefunction:get_latitude(u_geo_point_field)

      glidefunction:get_longitude(u_geo_point_field)

* Convert a geo point field or any valid numeric values or columns into longitude and latitude columns or values using to_geopoint() in a function field. For example:

      glidefunction:to_geopoint(u_long_column, u_lat_column)

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See [Function field](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Jd3KBiYkmDzsYhLkQ29SAQ#platform-support-functions "Create function fields and scripts in the ServiceNow AI Platform to perform common database transformations and calculations.").

Values for geo points are in longitude, latitude format where:

* Both longitude and latitude are restricted to 6 decimal places of precision. For example, "80.206458", "25.767242".
* The longitude range is \[-180, 180\].
* The latitude range is \[-90, 90\].
* Values entered outside the ranges for longitude or latitude are normalized to values inside their respective ranges.
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