Ananth vananth22
vananth22
/ HaversineDistance.java
Created
July 28, 2016 04:46
Java Implementation of Haversine Formula for distance calculation between two 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 | |
| * |