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Calculate the distance between 2 points
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| /** | |
| * This is the implementation Haversine Distance Algorithm between two places | |
| * @author ananth | |
| * R = earth’s radius (mean radius = 6,371km) | |
| Δlat = lat2− lat1 | |
| Δlong = long2− long1 | |
| a = sin²(Δlat/2) + cos(lat1).cos(lat2).sin²(Δlong/2) | |
| c = 2.atan2(√a, √(1−a)) | |
| d = R.c | |
| * | |
| */ | |
| public class HaversineDistance { | |
| /** | |
| * @param args | |
| * arg 1- latitude 1 | |
| * arg 2 - latitude 2 | |
| * arg 3 - longitude 1 | |
| * arg 4 - longitude 2 | |
| */ | |
| public static void main(String[] args) { | |
| // TODO Auto-generated method stub | |
| final int R = 6371; // Radious of the earth | |
| Double lat1 = Double.parseDouble(args[0]); | |
| Double lon1 = Double.parseDouble(args[1]); | |
| Double lat2 = Double.parseDouble(args[2]); | |
| Double lon2 = Double.parseDouble(args[3]); | |
| Double latDistance = toRad(lat2-lat1); | |
| Double lonDistance = toRad(lon2-lon1); | |
| Double a = Math.sin(latDistance / 2) * Math.sin(latDistance / 2) + | |
| Math.cos(toRad(lat1)) * Math.cos(toRad(lat2)) * | |
| Math.sin(lonDistance / 2) * Math.sin(lonDistance / 2); | |
| Double c = 2 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt(a), Math.sqrt(1-a)); | |
| Double distance = R * c; | |
| System.out.println("The distance between two lat and long is::" + distance); | |
| } | |
| private static Double toRad(Double value) { | |
| return value * Math.PI / 180; | |
| } | |
| } |
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