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Drag the marker on map to calculate distance (km, meters, mile, foot) and bearing angle of direction on google map, between two points of the earth. Calculation of average speed or time spent.
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| coo A | coo B | distance | ||
| Time hh:mm:ss | Speed | |||
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| Speed | Time hh:mm:ss | |||
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| Day + Time hh:mm:ss | Speed | |||
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| set time in coo B | ||||
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Calculating the distance between two geographical points
Calculation of direction between two geographical points
Calculation of the destination point
Determinate speed or time elapsed
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Valid value for the latitude are from -90.0° to 90.0° for the longitude are from -180.0° to 180.0°, the + sign should be omitted, while the minus sign is not necessary if there is a radio component to select the direction N-S or W-E (Degree and Decimal format).Decimal
You have to select a direction (N-S or W-E) and insert a number from 0 to 90 for the latitude or from 0 to 180 for the longitude (example 45.12345).Degree
Degree format is composed of direction (N-S or W-E) and three sets of numbers separate by the symbols for degrees (°), minutes (’), and seconds (").Degree is an integer value without sign, from 0 to 90 for the latitude or from 0 to 180 for the longitude. Minute is an integer value without sign, from 0 to 59. Seconds is a double value without sign, from 0 (or 0.0000) to 59.9999.
Coordinates
Coordinates format is the pair of latitude and longitude, with sign minus (-) for the direction south latitude and west longitude separate by comma symbol (,), here some example:52.5163 , 13.3779
40.7682 , -73.9816
-22.9708 , -43.1830
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| download PDF file | Calculating the distance between two geographical points
The formula used to determine the shortest distance between two points on the land (geodesic), approximates the geoid to a sphere of radius R = 6372.795477598 km (radius quadric medium), so the calculation could have a distance error of 0.3%, particularly in the polar extremes, and for long distances through various parallel. Given two points A and B on the sphere expressed by latitude (lat) and longitude (lon) you will have:distance (A, B) = R * arccos (sin(latA) * sin(latB) + cos(latA) * cos(latB) * cos(lonA-lonB))
The angles used are expressed in radians, converting between degrees and radians is obtained by multiplying the angle by pi and dividing by 180.
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| download PDF file | Calculation of direction between two geographical points
To determine the direction from the starting point between two points on the earth, use the following formula:Δφ = ln( tan( latB / 2 + π / 4 ) / tan( latA / 2 + π / 4) )
Δlon = abs( lonA - lonB )
bearing : θ = atan2( Δlon , Δφ )
Note: 1) ln = natural log 2) if Δlon > 180° then Δlon = Δlon (mod 180).
3) operation a mod n 4) function atan2(y, x) 5) the angles are in radians
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| download PDF file | Calculation of the destination point
To determine the destination point, knowing the starting point the direction θ and the distance d, we use the following formula:latB = asin( sin( latA) * cos( d / R ) + cos( latA ) * sin( d / R ) * cos( θ ))
lonB = lonA + atan2(sin( θ ) * sin( d / R ) * cos( latA ), cos( d / R ) − sin( latA ) * sin( latB ))
Note: 1) function atan2(y, x) 2) the angles are in radians
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| download PDF file | Determinate speed or time elapsed
After calculating the distance between two points, you get the speed if we know the time spent to journey from point A to the B.Enter the elapsed time in the format hh:mm:ss to get the average speed.
If you know the ending point, and the average speed you can get the time to reach point B.
You can enter the time in point A and the point B in order to obtain the average speed.
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