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Old 02-14-2010
calculate distance & azimuth between two points

Hi all,
I have a data file like this
Code:
lat lon lat lon
12.000 25.125 14.235 25.012
14.200 81.000 25.584 25.014
45.023 25.365 25.152 35.222

I want to calculate distance and azimuth between this points
eg:- 12.000,25.125 and 14.235,25.012

calculation proocedure-

Code:
 
# calculate distance between two points 
 distance=sqrt((pow(londif*prcurt*cos(meanlat),2))+(pow((latdif*mrcurt),2)));
 latdif=point 1 latitude- point 2 latitude;
 londif=point 1 longitude-point 2 longitude;
 meanlat=(point 1 latitude+point 2 latitude)/2.0;
 a=6377276.345,b=6356075.4131;
 e=sqrt(((a*a)-(b*b))/(a*a));
  function mrcurt(a, e, meanlat)
  {
  mrc=(a*(1-(e*e)))/pow((1-((e*e)*pow(sin(meanlat),2))),1.5);
  return mrc;
  }
  
function prcurt( a, e, meanlat)
  {
 prc;
  prc=a/sqrt(1-pow((e*sin(meanlat)),2));
  return prc;
  }

# calculate Azimuth between two points
A=2*atan((londif/latdif)*((prcurt/mrcurt)*(cos(meanlat))));
  B=londif*(sin(meanlat));
  Az=(A-B)/2;
  if(londif>0&&latdif>0)
  Az=Az;
  if(londif>0&&latdif<0)
  Az=Az+M_PI;
  if(londif<0&&latdif<0)
  Az=Az+M_PI;
  if(londif<0&&latdif>0)
  Az=Az+(2*M_PI);

I want to use awk programming language for this calculation

If you know about this please tell me

Last edited by Scott; 02-14-2010 at 07:01 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
 

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