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Calc the distance in meters between two geo-points
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function distance(p1, p2) { | |
// radius of the sphere (Earth) in meters | |
const rad = 6372795; | |
// coordinates of two points | |
const {lat: llat1, long: llong1} = p1; | |
const {lat: llat2, long: llong2} = p2; | |
// in radians | |
const lat1 = llat1 * Math.PI / 180; | |
const lat2 = llat2 * Math.PI / 180; | |
const long1 = llong1 * Math.PI / 180; | |
const long2 = llong2 * Math.PI / 180; | |
// cosines and sines of latitudes and longitude differences | |
const cl1 = Math.cos(lat1); | |
const cl2 = Math.cos(lat2); | |
const sl1 = Math.sin(lat1); | |
const sl2 = Math.sin(lat2); | |
const delta = long2 - long1; | |
const cdelta = Math.cos(delta); | |
const sdelta = Math.sin(delta); | |
// calculating the length of a large circle | |
const y = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(cl2 * sdelta, 2) + Math.pow(cl1 * sl2 - sl1 * cl2 * cdelta, 2)); | |
const x = sl1 * sl2 + cl1 * cl2 * cdelta; | |
const ad = Math.atan2(y, x); | |
const dist = ad * rad; | |
return dist; // in meters | |
} |
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