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Haversine Formula Function (Distance between coordinates)
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// coordinatesDistanceInKm(43.248268, -89.840309, 43.19071, -89.33684) | |
function coordinatesDistanceInKm(latitude1, longitude1, latitude2, longitude2) | |
{ | |
var earthRadiusInKm = 6373; | |
var radianMultipler = Math.PI / 180 | |
var distanceLatitude = (latitude2 - latitude1) * radianMultipler; | |
var distanceLongitude = (longitude2 - longitude1) * radianMultipler; | |
var latitude1InRadians = latitude1 * radianMultipler; | |
var latitude2InRadians = latitude2 * radianMultipler; | |
var halfChordDistanceSquared = Math.pow(Math.sin(distanceLatitude / 2), 2) + | |
Math.cos(latitude1InRadians) * Math.cos(latitude2InRadians) * | |
Math.pow(Math.sin(distanceLongitude / 2), 2); | |
var angularDistanceInRadians = 2 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(halfChordDistanceSquared)); | |
var haversineDistance = earthRadiusInKm * angularDistanceInRadians; | |
return haversineDistance; | |
} |
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// coordinatesDistanceInMiles(43.248268, -89.840309, 43.19071, -89.33684) | |
function coordinatesDistanceInMiles(latitude1, longitude1, latitude2, longitude2) | |
{ | |
var earthRadiusInMiles = 3960; | |
var radianMultipler = Math.PI / 180 | |
var distanceLatitude = (latitude2 - latitude1) * radianMultipler; | |
var distanceLongitude = (longitude2 - longitude1) * radianMultipler; | |
var latitude1InRadians = latitude1 * radianMultipler; | |
var latitude2InRadians = latitude2 * radianMultipler; | |
var halfChordDistanceSquared = Math.pow(Math.sin(distanceLatitude / 2), 2) + | |
Math.cos(latitude1InRadians) * Math.cos(latitude2InRadians) * | |
Math.pow(Math.sin(distanceLongitude / 2), 2); | |
var angularDistanceInRadians = 2 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(halfChordDistanceSquared)); | |
var haversineDistance = earthRadiusInMiles * angularDistanceInRadians; | |
return haversineDistance; | |
} |
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