citiesbetween
Citiesbetween is a term used in geographic information systems to describe the set of cities that lie along, or in proximity to, the route between two specified endpoints. The concept can be implemented as a function, query, or dataset that returns cities located on the path between two points, or within a defined tolerance of that path. Variants distinguish between cities that lie strictly on the great-circle route and those that fall within a corridor around it.
Implementation relies on geographic coordinates from city reference datasets such as GeoNames or OpenStreetMap. Typical methods
Applications of citiesbetween include travel planning, logistics optimization, regional analysis, and historical or demographic studies that
In practice, citiesbetween can be realized through geographic information system tools or custom code that combines