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The distance between "Chengdu Vocational Technical College" and "Royal Garden"
/**
* Created on 14-6-15
*
* output:
* 2.787433034459691 Miles
* 4.485938629409498 Kilometers
* 2.4206068471247955 Nautical Miles
*
* Original post by dommer on StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/a/3694410/1904043
*
* @author rankun203@gmail.com
*/
public class GeoTest {
private double distance(double lat1, double lon1, double lat2, double lon2, char unit) {
double theta = lon1 - lon2;
double dist = Math.sin(deg2rad(lat1)) * Math.sin(deg2rad(lat2)) + Math.cos(deg2rad(lat1)) * Math.cos(deg2rad(lat2)) * Math.cos(deg2rad(theta));
dist = Math.acos(dist);
dist = rad2deg(dist);
dist = dist * 60 * 1.1515;
if (unit == 'K') {
dist = dist * 1.609344;
} else if (unit == 'N') {
dist = dist * 0.8684;
}
return (dist);
}
/*:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::*/
/*:: This function converts decimal degrees to radians :*/
/*:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::*/
private double deg2rad(double deg) {
return (deg * Math.PI / 180.0);
}
/*:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::*/
/*:: This function converts radians to decimal degrees :*/
/*:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::*/
private double rad2deg(double rad) {
return (rad * 180.0 / Math.PI);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
GeoTest geo = new GeoTest();
System.out.println(geo.distance(30.6313222, 104.053067, 30.5914415,104.0601581, 'M') + " Miles\n");
System.out.println(geo.distance(30.6313222, 104.053067, 30.5914415,104.0601581, 'K') + " Kilometers\n");
System.out.println(geo.distance(30.6313222, 104.053067, 30.5914415,104.0601581, 'N') + " Nautical Miles\n");
}
}
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