distance

Sytanx

distance(X, Y)

Arguments

X and Y a POINT scalar/pair/vector representing points in the coordinate system of earth.

Details

Calculate the distance in meters between 2 points on the earth’s surface.

Examples

$ p1 = point(180, 24.118418)
$ p2 = point(180, 24.11931)
$ distance(p1,p2)
99.185916

$ p1 = point(117.60972, 24.118418)
$ p2 = point(117.50972, 24.118418)
$ p3 = point(117.70972, 24.118418)
$ p4 = point(117.75972, 24.118418)
$ distance([p1,p2], [p3,p4])

0	1
10,148.799	25,371.9947

Calculate the distance between the two points p1 (Lon1,Lat1) and p2 (Lon2,Lat2) on the map. Based on the 0-degree longitude, the east longitude is taken as a positive value (Longitude), the west longitude is taken as a negative value (-Longitude), the north latitude is taken as 90-latitude, and the south latitude is taken as 90+latitude. So the calculation is:

$ p1 = point(-117.60972,24.118418)  //Longitude: 117.60972 W Latitude: 65.881582 N
$ p2 = point(117.61113,114.11931)  //Longitude: 117.60972 E Latitude: 24.118418 S
$ distance(p1,p2)
6.02098E6