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Find the Distance between two latitude and longitude points
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function haversineGreatCircleDistance( | |
$latitudeFrom, $longitudeFrom, $latitudeTo, $longitudeTo, $earthRadius = 6371000) | |
{ | |
// convert from degrees to radians | |
$latFrom = deg2rad($latitudeFrom); | |
$lonFrom = deg2rad($longitudeFrom); | |
$latTo = deg2rad($latitudeTo); | |
$lonTo = deg2rad($longitudeTo); | |
$latDelta = $latTo - $latFrom; | |
$lonDelta = $lonTo - $lonFrom; | |
$angle = 2 * asin(sqrt(pow(sin($latDelta / 2), 2) + | |
cos($latFrom) * cos($latTo) * pow(sin($lonDelta / 2), 2))); | |
return $angle * $earthRadius; | |
} |
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function distance($lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2, $unit) { | |
$theta = $lon1 - $lon2; | |
$dist = sin(deg2rad($lat1)) * sin(deg2rad($lat2)) + cos(deg2rad($lat1)) * cos(deg2rad($lat2)) * cos(deg2rad($theta)); | |
$dist = acos($dist); | |
$dist = rad2deg($dist); | |
$miles = $dist * 60 * 1.1515; | |
$unit = strtoupper($unit); | |
if ($unit == "K") { | |
return ($miles * 1.609344); | |
} else if ($unit == "N") { | |
return ($miles * 0.8684); | |
} else { | |
return $miles; | |
} | |
} | |
echo distance(32.9697, -96.80322, 29.46786, -98.53506, "M") . " Miles<br>"; | |
echo distance(32.9697, -96.80322, 29.46786, -98.53506, "K") . " Kilometers<br>"; | |
echo distance(32.9697, -96.80322, 29.46786, -98.53506, "N") . " Nautical Miles<br>"; |
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