geometry> 2017-03-31: Find the distance from two latitudes and longitudes> Use Haversine formula | 2019-01-08 Vincenty method

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Postscript (2019-01-08)

As described in *** @ knoguchi's Comment, the Haversine formula method is slightly different from the measured value of the GPS watch. There seems to be. See the comment for more accurate calculations. *** ***

Information and v0.1

Related Examination required> geometry> Understanding the formula for calculating the distance from latitude and longitude> Cartesian coordinate conversion from polar coordinates / zenith angle / azimuth

Calculate the distance from latitude and longitude (considering the roundness of the earth). I changed the code to the Haversine formula version.

Reference Sort based on location using Haversine formula Reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haversine_formula

calc_distance_170331a.py

from math import sin, cos, radians, sqrt, asin
EARTH_RADIUS_km = 6378.137


def dist_on_sphere(pos0, pos1, radius=EARTH_RADIUS_km):
    '''
    distance based on Haversine formula
    Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haversine_formula
    '''
    latang1, lngang1 = pos0
    latang2, lngang2 = pos1
    phi1, phi2 = radians(latang1), radians(latang2)
    lam1, lam2 = radians(lngang1), radians(lngang2)
    term1 = sin((phi2 - phi1) / 2.0) ** 2
    term2 = sin((lam2 - lam1) / 2.0) ** 2
    term2 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2) * term2
    wrk = sqrt(term1 + term2)
    wrk = 2.0 * radius * asin(wrk)
    return wrk

Osaka = 34.702113, 135.494807
Tokyo = 35.681541, 139.767103
London = 51.476853, 0.0

print(dist_on_sphere.__doc__)

print("%.2f km" % dist_on_sphere(Osaka, Tokyo))  # 403.63km
print("%.2f km" % dist_on_sphere(London, Tokyo))  # 9571.22km

Run

$ python calc_distance_170331a.py 

    distance based on Haversine formula
    Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haversine_formula
    
403.63 km
9571.22 km

v0.2

Moved the definition of radius into the function. You can change the radius by specifying it with a keyword argument.

Related Because mutable objects (eg list) are not initialized in Python> defualt argument / are initialized at definition

calc_distance_170331a.py

from math import sin, cos, radians, sqrt, asin


def dist_on_sphere(pos0, pos1, radius=None):
    '''
    distance based on Haversine formula
    Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haversine_formula
    '''
    if radius is None:
        radius = 6378.137  # km (Earth's radius)
    latang1, lngang1 = pos0
    latang2, lngang2 = pos1
    phi1, phi2 = radians(latang1), radians(latang2)
    lam1, lam2 = radians(lngang1), radians(lngang2)
    term1 = sin((phi2 - phi1) / 2.0) ** 2
    term2 = sin((lam2 - lam1) / 2.0) ** 2
    term2 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2) * term2
    wrk = sqrt(term1 + term2)
    wrk = 2.0 * radius * asin(wrk)
    return wrk

Osaka = 34.702113, 135.494807
Tokyo = 35.681541, 139.767103
London = 51.476853, 0.0

print(dist_on_sphere.__doc__)

print("%.2f km" % dist_on_sphere(Osaka, Tokyo))  # 403.63km
print("%.2f km" % dist_on_sphere(London, Tokyo))  # 9571.22km