Hello everyone,
I would like to request an improvement regarding the Distance column availability and its data requirements.
Currently, to use the Distance column, developers are strictly required to use a specialized Location column type, which is unfortunately locked behind the Business Plan.
Even if we already have the exact Latitude and Longitude numerical coordinates stored in our tables, Glide doesn’t allow us to run a basic point-to-point distance calculation on the Maker Plan
Calculating the distance between two mathematical coordinates (or between the user’s current device location and a row’s coordinates) is a very fundamental math operation. It doesn’t require heavy cloud-based address geocoding.
Glide should easily be able to calculate this directly on the client-side/device using the user’s GPS and the raw coordinates already present in the table, without forcing a premium Location column type. Locking such a basic user-experience tool behind a high-tier plan severely limits directory and travel-based MVPs.