Comparing Switzerland to an A4 document

swissa4.py

from geopy.distance import great_circle

# how similar is switzerland to an A4?

# http://isithackday.com/geoplanet-explorer/index.php?woeid=23424957
topright = (47.808380, 10.492030)
topleft = (47.808380,  5.955870)
bottomleft = (45.818020, 5.955870)
bottomright = (45.818020, 10.492030)

top = great_circle(topleft, topright).kilometers
bottom = great_circle(bottomleft, bottomright).kilometers

print 'top =', top,'km'
print 'bottom =', bottom,'km'

left = great_circle(bottomleft, topleft).kilometers
right = great_circle(bottomright, topright).kilometers

print 'left =', left,'km'
print 'right =', right,'km'

average_width = top + bottom * 0.5
average_height = left + right * 0.5

#print average_width
#print average_height

print 'aspect ratio', '1:'+str(average_width/average_height)