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Calculate distance between two points
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<? | |
$point1 = array('lat' => 40.770623, 'long' => -73.964367); | |
$point2 = array('lat' => 40.758224, 'long' => -73.917404); | |
$distance = getDistanceBetweenPointsNew($point1['lat'], $point1['long'], $point2['lat'], $point2['long']); | |
foreach ($distance as $unit => $value) { | |
echo $unit.': '.number_format($value,4).'<br />'; | |
} |
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<? | |
function getDistanceBetweenPointsNew($latitude1, $longitude1, $latitude2, $longitude2) { | |
$theta = $longitude1 - $longitude2; | |
$miles = (sin(deg2rad($latitude1)) * sin(deg2rad($latitude2))) + (cos(deg2rad($latitude1)) * cos(deg2rad($latitude2)) * cos(deg2rad($theta))); | |
$miles = acos($miles); | |
$miles = rad2deg($miles); | |
$miles = $miles * 60 * 1.1515; | |
$feet = $miles * 5280; | |
$yards = $feet / 3; | |
$kilometers = $miles * 1.609344; | |
$meters = $kilometers * 1000; | |
return compact('miles','feet','yards','kilometers','meters'); | |
} |
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