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Get distance between two locations using lat, lng
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| function distanceFrom(points) { | |
| var lat1 = points.lat1; | |
| var radianLat1 = lat1 * (Math.PI / 180); | |
| var lng1 = points.lng1; | |
| var radianLng1 = lng1 * (Math.PI / 180); | |
| var lat2 = points.lat2; | |
| var radianLat2 = lat2 * (Math.PI / 180); | |
| var lng2 = points.lng2; | |
| var radianLng2 = lng2 * (Math.PI / 180); | |
| var earth_radius = 3959; | |
| var diffLat = (radianLat1 - radianLat2); | |
| var diffLng = (radianLng1 - radianLng2); | |
| var sinLat = Math.sin(diffLat / 2); | |
| var sinLng = Math.sin(diffLng / 2); | |
| var a = Math.pow(sinLat, 2.0) + Math.cos(radianLat1) * Math.cos(radianLat2) * Math.pow(sinLng, 2.0); | |
| var distance = earth_radius * 2 * Math.asin(Math.min(1, Math.sqrt(a))); | |
| return distance.toFixed(3); | |
| } | |
| var distance = distanceFrom({ | |
| // NYC | |
| 'lat1': 40.713955826286046, | |
| 'lng1': -74.00665283203125, | |
| // Philly | |
| 'lat2': 39.952335, | |
| 'lng2': -75.163789 | |
| }); | |
| document.getElementById('theDistance').innerHTML = distance; |
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