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/*!
* JavaScript function to calculate the destination point given start point latitude / longitude (numeric degrees), bearing (numeric degrees) and distance (in m).
*
* Original scripts by Chris Veness
* Taken from http://movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong-vincenty-direct.html and optimized / cleaned up by Mathias Bynens <http://mathiasbynens.be/>
* Based on the Vincenty direct formula by T. Vincenty, “Direct and Inverse Solutions of Geodesics on the Ellipsoid with application of nested equations”, Survey Review, vol XXII no 176, 1975 <http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/inverse.pdf>
*/
function toRad(n) {
return n * Math.PI / 180;
};