distance point to point revisited

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-- 
-- distance.e 
-- 
include std/math.e 
 
-- Great Circle Method 
global function distance(atom LA1, atom LO1, atom LA2, atom LO2, integer miles = 1) 
-- given starting and destination lattitude and longitude coordinates in degrees 
-- returns distance between the two points (default: miles = 1, or km (miles = 0) 
-- South latitudes are negative / East longitudes are positive 
-- uses spherical law of cosines 
     
    atom D, DLO, R =  6371.02   -- mean earth radius in km                    
    DLO = deg2rad(LO2-LO1) 
    LA1 =  deg2rad(LA1) LO1 = deg2rad(LO1)-- initial location coordinates  
    LA2 =  deg2rad(LA2) LO2 = deg2rad(LO2)-- destination location coordinates 
     
    D = arccos( sin(LA1) * sin(LA2) + cos(LA1) * cos(LA2) * cos(DLO)) * R 
  
    if miles then 
        D = D / 1.609 -- convert km to miles 
    end if 
 
return D 
end function 
 
-- test 
? distance(41.3, 174.7, 37.0, 174.7)    -- Wellington-Auckland 
? distance(41.3, 174.7, 33.7, 151.3)    -- Wellington-Sydney 
 
atom LA1, LA2, LO1, LO2 
LA1 =  32.204287  LO1 =  82.322732  -- Lyons, GA -- starting location 
LA2 =  51.5074    LO2 =   0.1278    -- London, UK 
? distance(LA1,LO1, LA2, LO2) 
LA2 = 33.7490 LO2= 84.3880   -- Lyons, GA to Atlanta, GA 
? distance(LA1,LO1,LA2,LO2) 
LA2 = 32.8407 LO2 = 83.6324  -- Lyons, GA to Macon, GA 
? distance(LA1,LO1,LA2,LO2) 
LA2 = 32.2177 LO2 = 82.4135  -- Lyons, GA to Vidalia, GA 
? distance(LA1,LO1,LA2,LO2) 
LA2 = 32.0522 LO2 = 118.2437 -- Lyons, GA to Los Angeles, California 
? distance(LA1,LO1,LA2,LO2) 
 
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