syr-lib 0.0.4

Compute_Haversine

Haversine Formula in Python (Distance between two GPS points)

This following function will give us the distance in kilometers between two latitude and longitude points.

Version Release Beta

0.0.3 (28/06/2022)

from math import radians, cos, sin, asin, sqrt
def haversine(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2):
        
    """
    Calculate the great circle distance between two points on the 
    earth (specified in decimal degrees), returns the distance in
    meters.
    All arguments must be of equal length.
    :param lon1: longitude of first place
    :param lat1: latitude of first place
    :param lon2: longitude of second place
    :param lat2: latitude of second place
    :return: distance in meters between the two sets of coordinates
    """

  R = 6372.8 # For Earth radius in kilometers use 6372.8 km

        # Convert decimal degrees to radians

  dLat = radians(lat2 - lat1)
  dLon = radians(lon2 - lon1)
  lat1 = radians(lat1)
  lat2 = radians(lat2)

        # Haversine formula

  a = sin(dLat/2)**2 + cos(lat1)*cos(lat2)*sin(dLon/2)**2
  c = 2*asin(sqrt(a))

  return R * c

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Usage

Install the published library:

    pip install syr_lib_haversine

    import syr_lib_haversine as slh
    
    distance = slh.haversine(lat1= , lon1= 
                            ,lat2= , lon2= )
    print(distance)