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Ruby script for the find distance between two points using haversine formula
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MAX_DISTANCE_AWAY_IN_KM = 100.0 | |
RAD_PER_DEG = 0.017453293 | |
Rmiles = 3956 # radius of the great circle in miles | |
Rkm = 6371 # radius in kilometers, some algorithms use 6367 | |
Rfeet = Rmiles * 5282 # radius in feet | |
Rmeters = Rkm * 1000 # radius in meters | |
def haversine_distance( lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2 ) | |
dlon = lon2 - lon1 | |
dlat = lat2 - lat1 | |
dlon_rad = dlon * RAD_PER_DEG | |
dlat_rad = dlat * RAD_PER_DEG | |
lat1_rad = lat1 * RAD_PER_DEG | |
lon1_rad = lon1 * RAD_PER_DEG | |
lat2_rad = lat2 * RAD_PER_DEG | |
lon2_rad = lon2 * RAD_PER_DEG | |
a = (Math.sin(dlat_rad/2))**2 + Math.cos(lat1_rad) * | |
Math.cos(lat2_rad) * (Math.sin(dlon_rad/2))**2 | |
c = 2 * Math.atan2( Math.sqrt(a), Math.sqrt(1-a)) | |
dMi = nil #Rmiles * c # delta between the two points in miles | |
dKm = Rkm * c # delta in kilometers | |
dFeet = nil #Rfeet * c # delta in feet | |
dMeters = nil #Rmeters * c # delta in meters | |
{ :mi => dMi, :km => dKm, :ft => dFeet, :m => dMeters } | |
end | |
property_count, too_far_away_count = 0, 0 | |
Property.find(:all, :conditions => ['location_id IS NOT NULL AND latitude IS NOT NULL AND longitude IS NOT NULL'], :joins => :location).each do |p| | |
distance = haversine_distance(p.latitude, p.longitude, p.location.lat, p.location.lng) | |
if distance[:km] > MAX_DISTANCE_AWAY_IN_KM | |
puts "#{distance[:km].to_i} - Property:#{p.id} is #{distance[:km]} (km) from Location:#{p.location_id}" | |
too_far_away_count += 1 | |
end | |
property_count += 1 | |
end | |
puts "Summary, #{property_count} scanned, #{too_far_away_count} deemed too far away (more than #{MAX_DISTANCE_AWAY_IN_KM})" |
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are lon1_rad and lon2_rad needed? I only see them defined, not used.