# Storing Coordinates in glide tables

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/storing-coordinates-in-glide-tables/73767>\
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**Created:** [May 31, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/storing-coordinates-in-glide-tables/73767 "2024-05-31T05:40:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![KiwiApp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KiwiApp](https://community.glideapps.com/u/KiwiApp)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/storing-coordinates-in-glide-tables/73767/1 "2024-05-31T05:40:12Z")

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Hi All - new boy here. I’m trying to build an app that selects certain locations based on a chosen wind direction, and then shows you the distance from your current location to the selected locations.  
Is there a way of storing lat long coordinates in glide table so that the app can calculate distance from your current location?  
I want to show the coordinates as degrees - minutes, decimal minutes (36 24.45S - 174 45.12E)

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/storing-coordinates-in-glide-tables/73767/2 "2024-05-31T05:46:58Z")

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You should store them as decimal degrees in a text column, with longitude first and the two values separated by a comma, eg:

 ![CleanShot 2024-05-31 at 13.45.58@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/1/4/1429ef6396ee5fc08fd378c915c978be3bff97de.png)

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**Author:** ![KiwiApp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KiwiApp](https://community.glideapps.com/u/KiwiApp)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 8:26am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/storing-coordinates-in-glide-tables/73767/3 "2024-05-31T08:26:40Z")

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Thank you - does the minus indicate south and positive would be north?

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**Author:** ![Eric\_Penn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eric_penn/32/73888_2.png) [@Eric\_Penn](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eric_Penn)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 8:32am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/storing-coordinates-in-glide-tables/73767/4 "2024-05-31T08:32:24Z")

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Positive latitudes are north of the equator, negative latitudes are south of the equator. Positive longitudes are east of the Prime Meridian, negative longitudes are west of the Prime Meridian.

Latitude and longitude are usually expressed in that sequence, latitude before longitude.