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◆ sphere_distance()

double sphere_distance ( const GEOGRAPHIC_POINT s,
const GEOGRAPHIC_POINT e 
)

Given two points on a unit sphere, calculate their distance apart in radians.

Definition at line 948 of file lwgeodetic.c.

949 {
950  double d_lon = e->lon - s->lon;
951  double cos_d_lon = cos(d_lon);
952  double cos_lat_e = cos(e->lat);
953  double sin_lat_e = sin(e->lat);
954  double cos_lat_s = cos(s->lat);
955  double sin_lat_s = sin(s->lat);
956 
957  double a1 = POW2(cos_lat_e * sin(d_lon));
958  double a2 = POW2(cos_lat_s * sin_lat_e - sin_lat_s * cos_lat_e * cos_d_lon);
959  double a = sqrt(a1 + a2);
960  double b = sin_lat_s * sin_lat_e + cos_lat_s * cos_lat_e * cos_d_lon;
961  return atan2(a, b);
962 }
char * s
Definition: cu_in_wkt.c:23
#define POW2(x)
Definition: lwgeodetic.h:47

References GEOGRAPHIC_POINT::lat, GEOGRAPHIC_POINT::lon, POW2, and s.

Referenced by circ_internal_nodes_sort(), circ_node_internal_new(), circ_node_leaf_new(), circ_node_max_distance(), circ_node_min_distance(), circ_tree_distance_tree(), circ_tree_distance_tree_internal(), edge_calculate_gbox_slow(), edge_distance_to_point(), ptarray_distance_spheroid(), ptarray_length_spheroid(), ptarray_segmentize_sphere(), spheroid_distance(), test_sphere_direction(), and test_sphere_project().

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