[LUCENE-9263] Geo3D distance query computes wrongly the radius

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 8.6
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Ignacio Vera
• Reporter: Ignacio Vera
• Created: 05/Mar/20 07:39
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 15:59
• Resolved: 09/Mar/20 16:09

Description

This I side effect of LUCENE-9150, the transformation of radius in meters to radians is totally wrong as it does not take into account the mean radius of the earth.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1318