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Re: Formula for dis. between two points on the Globe
From: Noel Casey
Date: 1996 Oct 25, 05:51 EDT
From: Noel Casey
Date: 1996 Oct 25, 05:51 EDT
At 09:35 21/10/96 EST, you wrote:
>Vincent Rouwhorst <106016.1607@XXX.XXX> writes:
>>Is there somebody that hase the Formula to calculate the distans
>>between two points on the globe.
>>
>>eg. 52 29.66N and 52 32.86N
>> 005 02.45E 004 40.67E
>>
>>My GPS tells me that it is 13.6nm CTS106
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Your GPS is correct!
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>dist = 6366.7*Arccos(sin(lata)*sin(latb)+cos(lata)*cos(latb)*cos(lonb-lona))
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The equation above is incorrrect.
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The above equation should read for the Great Circle Distance between Points
A and B
located as;
A at location (Lat_A, Lon_A) and B at (Lat_B, Lon_B)
Distance A to B = 60*ArcCos[Sin(Lat_A)*Sin(Lat_B) + Cos(Lat_A)*Cos(Lat_B) *
Cos(Lon_A -Lon_B)]
The result is in nautical miles.
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