How to get nearby POIs

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Published on 2010-04-18T14:43:37Z Indexed on 2010/04/18 15:03 UTC
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I have a database with Points of Interest that all have an address.

I want to know what is the method/name/call to get all nearby POIs from a given position.

I understand that I need to convert all my addresses to LAT / LON coordinates at least, but my question is:

for a given LAT / LONG how do I get from the database/array what POIs are nearby by distance, for example:

You are here 0,0 nearest POIs in a 2km radius are:

POI A (at 1.1 Km)
POI C (at 1.3 Km)
POI F (at 1.9 Km)

I have no idea what should I look into to get what I want :-(

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you

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