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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Lat/Long Distance Calculation Post 302113988 by ghostdog74 on Wednesday 11th of April 2007 11:15:37 PM
Old 04-12-2007
If you have Python, here's an alternative:
Code:
from math import sin , cos, acos
A = 34.16597 
B = -84.33244
C = 34.2344 
D = -84.29189
result = ( sin(A) * sin(C) )+  ( cos(A) * cos(C) * cos(B-D) )
if A == C or B == D:
    print "The distance is zero"
elif result > 1:
    print "The distance is " , 3963.1 * acos(1) 
else:
    print "The distance is " , acos(result)

output:
Code:
# ./test.py
The distance is  0.0782622048633

 

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SINCOS(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							 SINCOS(3)

NAME
sincos, sincosf, sincosl - calculate sin and cos simultaneously SYNOPSIS
#define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */ #include <math.h> void sincos(double x, double *sin, double *cos); void sincosf(float x, float *sin, float *cos); void sincosl(long double x, long double *sin, long double *cos); Link with -lm. DESCRIPTION
Several applications need sine and cosine of the same angle x. This function computes both at the same time, and stores the results in *sin and *cos. If x is a NaN, a NaN is returned in *sin and *cos. If x is positive infinity or negative infinity, a domain error occurs, and a NaN is returned in *sin and *cos. RETURN VALUE
These functions return void. ERRORS
See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred when calling these functions. The following errors can occur: Domain error: x is an infinity An invalid floating-point exception (FE_INVALID) is raised. These functions do not set errno. VERSIONS
These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1. CONFORMING TO
This function is a GNU extension. SEE ALSO
cos(3), sin(3), tan(3) COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.53 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/. GNU
2008-08-11 SINCOS(3)
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