[OSM-dev] Code to find distance with JOSM eastNorth

[Jonas Svensson]

I don't think there is much difference to the Haversine formula if 
you apply degrees or radians, what matters most is if your math 
functions uses degrees or radians. See for example 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haversine_formula>.

/Jonas

On 9 Jan 2007 at 23:11, matthew-osm at newtoncomputing.c wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Similar to Nick's question, but not the same ;-).
> 
> I'm trying to work out how to calculate the great circle distance between two
> nodes in JOSM, preferably using eastNorth coordinates. It seems like it should
> be quite easy - I think eastNorth coords are just angles in radians. Therefore
> it should be calculate the angle between the two nodes, and then multiply my
> 6372797 (radius of earth in metres). However, my maths gets a bit stuck here.
> 
> Searching the Internet seems to imply that I should be using the Haversine
> Formula, but that is for Lat/Lon, not JOSM's eastNorth, from what I can tell.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Matthew
> 
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