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Re: Distance Between Geographical Coordinatesby dws (Chancellor) |
| on Jun 09, 2002 at 21:35 UTC ( #172983=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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I recently found the need to take two coordinates and find the distance between them
The distance between two points is usually given as the "great sphere" distance, which is calculated using spherical trigonometry. The direct distance is seldom used, since crows can't fly underground. A quick google search for "calculate great sphere distance" finds this page, which details the calculation.
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