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Don't calculate distances with Pythagoras and simple magic constant.
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| var Helsinki = { | |
| lat: 60.1639305, | |
| lng: 24.9001888 | |
| }; | |
| var Oulu = { | |
| lat: 64.4984149, | |
| lng: 26.1482539 | |
| }; | |
| var Lappeenranta = { | |
| lat: 60.9673061, | |
| lng: 27.9629412 | |
| }; | |
| function distancePythagora(from, to) { | |
| var a = Math.abs(from.lat - to.lat); | |
| var b = Math.abs(from.lng - to.lng); | |
| var c = Math.sqrt(a^2 + b^2); | |
| var magicConst = 118; | |
| return c * magicConst; | |
| } | |
| var HelsinkiOuluPythagora = distancePythagora(Helsinki, Oulu); | |
| var HelsinkiOuluReal = 539.313; | |
| var HelsinkiOuluError = ( HelsinkiOuluReal / HelsinkiOuluPythagora ) * 100; | |
| var HelsinkiLappeenrantaPythagora = distancePythagora(Helsinki, Lappeenranta); | |
| var HelsinkiLappeenrantaReal = 202.753; | |
| var HelsinkiLappeenrantaError = ( HelsinkiLappeenrantaReal / HelsinkiLappeenrantaPythagora ) * 100; | |
| console.log("---"); | |
| console.log("Helsinki-Oulu"); | |
| console.log("Pythagora: " + HelsinkiLappeenrantaReal); | |
| console.log("Real: " + HelsinkiOuluReal); | |
| console.log("Error: " + HelsinkiOuluError + " %"); | |
| console.log("---"); | |
| console.log("Helsinki-Lappeenranta"); | |
| console.log("Pythagora: " + HelsinkiLappeenrantaPythagora); | |
| console.log("Real: " + HelsinkiLappeenrantaReal); | |
| console.log("Error: " + HelsinkiLappeenrantaError + " %"); | |
| console.log("---"); | |
| console.log("Pythagoras says Lappeenranta is further from Helsinki than Oulu!"); | |
| console.log("Pythagora distance difference: " + (HelsinkiLappeenrantaPythagora - HelsinkiOuluPythagora)); | |
| console.log("Really, Oulu quite a bit is further from Helsinki than Lappeenranta!"); | |
| console.log("Real distance difference: " + (HelsinkiLappeenrantaReal - HelsinkiOuluReal)); | |
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