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[Graham Samuel]

Ralph, thanks very much. It’s late here, but this will get my full attention shortly! 
 
Graham

> On 3 Apr 2020, at 23:27, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Graham,
> 
> This my distance calculation for what it's worth.
> 
> Function distance lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2, unit
>   -- Calculate Distance between to points
>   --
>   --lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2 are in deg.fractionalDegrees
>   -- Unit
>   --     if empty then miles
>   --     K = kilometers
>   --     N = nautical miles
>   local theta
>   local dist
> 
>   Put lon1 - lon2 into theta
>   put Sin(deg2rad(lat1)) * Sin(deg2rad(lat2)) + Cos(deg2rad(lat1)) * Cos(deg2rad(lat2)) * Cos(deg2rad(theta)) into dist
> 
>   put Acos(dist) into dist
>   put rad2deg(dist) into dist
>   put dist * 60 * 1.1515 into dist
> 
>   switch unit
>      case "K"
>         put dist * 1.609344 into dist
>      case "N"
>         put dist * 0.8684 into dist
>   end switch
> 
>   Return dist
> 
> End distance
> 
> 
> Function rad2deg rad
>   Return rad / PI * 180.0
> end rad2deg
> 
> 
> Ralph DiMola
> IT Director
> Evergreen Information Services
> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Graham Samuel via use-livecode
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2020 3:49 PM
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Cc: Graham Samuel
> Subject: Re: Getting started with geographical coordinates
> 
> This is cheeky but I can’t run up my mobile simulation today - can someone tell me the format of the geographical coordinates produced by mobileSensorReading et al. I mean, is say latitude just one integer showing seconds, or is it deg, min, sec - and are fractional seconds returned (so, floating point)? I shall find out for myself eventually but it would help a little to know now. AFAIKS there’s nothing in the LC documentation about it.
> 
> Graham
> 
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