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Calculate distance between latitude longitude pairs with Python
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#!/usr/bin/env python | |
# Haversine formula example in Python | |
# Author: Wayne Dyck | |
import math | |
def distance(origin, destination): | |
lat1, lon1 = origin | |
lat2, lon2 = destination | |
radius = 6371 # km | |
dlat = math.radians(lat2-lat1) | |
dlon = math.radians(lon2-lon1) | |
a = math.sin(dlat/2) * math.sin(dlat/2) + math.cos(math.radians(lat1)) \ | |
* math.cos(math.radians(lat2)) * math.sin(dlon/2) * math.sin(dlon/2) | |
c = 2 * math.atan2(math.sqrt(a), math.sqrt(1-a)) | |
d = radius * c | |
return d |
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