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Distance between two gps locations
const numToRad = (num) => (num * Math.PI) / 180;
export const getDistFrom2GpsLocations = ({ lat1, long1, lat2, long2 }) => {
lat1 = parseFloat(lat1);
long1 = parseFloat(long1);
lat2 = parseFloat(lat2);
long2 = parseFloat(long2);
const R = 6371e3;
const φ1 = numToRad(lat1);
const φ2 = numToRad(lat2);
const Δφ = numToRad(lat2 - lat1);
const Δλ = numToRad(long2 - long1);
const a =
Math.sin(Δφ / 2) * Math.sin(Δφ / 2) +
Math.cos(φ1) * Math.cos(φ2) * Math.sin(Δλ / 2) * Math.sin(Δλ / 2);
const c = 2 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt(a), Math.sqrt(1 - a));
return parseInt(String(R * c), 10); //meters
// return R * c * 0.000621371192; // miles;
};
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