# Painless DistanceInMiles

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-distanceinmiles/131795>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 14, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-distanceinmiles/131795 "2018-05-14T17:38:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Airn5475](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/airn5475/32/13757_2.png) [@Airn5475](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Airn5475)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-distanceinmiles/131795/1 "2018-05-14T17:38:23Z")

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I am trying to return the distance an entity is away from from a given point.  
I'm using Elasticesearch v6.2.3.  
I saw that the `DistanceInMiles` function has been [deprecated](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/breaking_50_scripting.html#_geopoint_scripts) and that I should switch to using `ArcDistance`, `PlanceDistance` or `GeoHashDistance`, but I can't find any documentation that explains the difference.  
Which one is the best replacement for `DistanceInMiles`?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-distanceinmiles/131795/2 "2018-06-11T17:38:33Z")

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