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A location library for Titanium. I put this in a /Resources/lib directory
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/** | |
* Computes the distance in miles between two sets of coordinates. | |
* | |
* @param object from object containing longitude and latitude members | |
* @param object to object containing longitude and latitude members | |
* @return number | |
*/ | |
exports.distance = function( from, to ) { | |
// approx. dist in miles, nothern hemisphere | |
// http://www.meridianworlddata.com/Distance-Calculation.asp | |
try { | |
return Math.sqrt( Math.pow( 69.1 * ( to.latitude - from.latitude ), 2 ) + Math.pow( 53 * ( to.longitude - from.longitude ), 2 ) ); | |
} | |
catch( e ) { | |
throw( e ); | |
} | |
}; | |
/** | |
* Calculates the region for a mapView so that all points are dislayed. | |
* | |
* @param array points An array of objects with long/lat properties. | |
* Essentially, stripped down annotation objects. | |
* @return object a region object | |
*/ | |
exports.region = function( points ) { | |
var region = {}; | |
var delta = 0.02; | |
var minLat = points[0].latitude, | |
maxLat = points[0].latitude, | |
minLon = points[0].longitude, | |
maxLon = points[0].longitude; | |
for( var i = 0; i < points.length - 1; i++ ) { | |
minLat = Math.min( points[i + 1].latitude, minLat ); | |
maxLat = Math.max( points[i + 1].latitude, maxLat ); | |
minLon = Math.min( points[i + 1].longitude, minLon ); | |
maxLon = Math.max( points[i + 1].longitude, maxLon ); | |
} | |
// Define the zoom level | |
var deltaLat = maxLat - minLat; | |
var deltaLon = maxLon - minLon; | |
delta = Math.max( deltaLat, deltaLon ) * 0.25; | |
region.latitude = maxLat - parseFloat( ( maxLat - minLat ) / 2 ); | |
region.longitude = maxLon - parseFloat( ( maxLon - minLon ) / 2 ); | |
region.latitudeDelta = region.longitudeDelta = delta; | |
return region; | |
}; |
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