Why is the animalLocationDistance radius not accurate?

 
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I’m using both the animalLocation and animalLocationDistance, but I'm finding that the animalLocationDistance radius is not accurate.  For example, it shows that the distance to one animal location is 23 miles, but it's really only about 12 miles.  What exact fields should I use when specifying that I want an animalLocationDistance within a certain radius? This is what I'm using (the radius number and zip code below are just examples.)

animalLocationDistance - operation: radius, criteria: 100

animalLocation - operation: equals, criteria: 60007

                     

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      Angelina,

      I believe you are doing everything correctly, but the API is returning the distance in kilometers unexpectedly.  23 km is about 14 miles.  We're looking into resolving the issue and we'll update this answer again when the issue is resolved.

      Richard

      1. Angelina R

        Hi Richard,

        Well that makes sense now:) Thank you for your quick reply.  I'll wait for an updated answer to see when and if it's been fixed. 

        Also: Does the location distance radius means the animal is that number of miles away or "within that radius"?

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