The GINSIDE Procedure

Example 1: Determining Values by Using the GINSIDE Procedure

Procedure features:

ID statement

Sample library member:

GINSIDE2

This example uses the GINSIDE procedure to determine the state and county for each pair of coordinates in the input data set.

data gps;
  input x y site $;
  x=x*arcos(-1)/180;
  x=x*(-1);
  y=y*arcos(-1)/180;
datalines;
-77.0348 40.0454 a
-78.4437 39.1623 b
-78.4115 39.3751 c
-78.7646 40.6354 d
;
run;

proc ginside data=gps map=maps.counties out=gpscounties;
  id state county;
run;

proc sort data=gpscounties;
  by site;
run;

proc print data=gpscounties;
  var site state county x y;
run;

Proc PRINT Results of Output Data Set shows the values of STATE and COUNTY for each observation in the input data set.

Proc PRINT Results of Output Data Set

site    STATE    COUNTY       x          y

 a        42       133     1.34451    0.69892
 b        54        27     1.36910    0.68351
 c        54        27     1.36854    0.68723
 d        42        21     1.37470    0.70922

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