//::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: //::: ::: //::: This routine calculates the distance between two points (given the ::: //::: latitude/longitude of those points). It is being used to calculate ::: //::: the distance between two locations using GeoDataSource (TM) prodducts ::: //::: ::: //::: Definitions: ::: //::: South latitudes are negative, east longitudes are positive ::: //::: ::: //::: Passed to function: ::: //::: lat1, lon1 = Latitude and Longitude of point 1 (in decimal degrees) ::: //::: lat2, lon2 = Latitude and Longitude of point 2 (in decimal degrees) ::: //::: unit = the unit you desire for results ::: //::: where: 'M' is statute miles (default) ::: //::: 'K' is kilometers ::: //::: 'N' is nautical miles ::: //::: ::: //::: Worldwide cities and other features databases with latitude longitude ::: //::: are available at https://www.geodatasource.com ::: //::: ::: //::: For enquiries, please contact sales@geodatasource.com ::: //::: ::: //::: Official Web site: https://www.geodatasource.com ::: //::: ::: //::: GeoDataSource.com (C) All Rights Reserved 2017 ::: //::: ::: //::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: function getDistance(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2, unit) { var radlat1 = Math.PI * lat1/180 var radlat2 = Math.PI * lat2/180 var theta = lon1-lon2 var radtheta = Math.PI * theta/180 var dist = Math.sin(radlat1) * Math.sin(radlat2) + Math.cos(radlat1) * Math.cos(radlat2) * Math.cos(radtheta); if (dist > 1) { dist = 1; } dist = Math.acos(dist) dist = dist * 180/Math.PI dist = dist * 60 * 1.1515 if (unit=="K") { dist = dist * 1.609344 } if (unit=="N") { dist = dist * 0.8684 } return dist } // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10756313/javascript-jquery-map-a-range-of-numbers-to-another-range-of-numbers function scale(num, in_min, in_max, out_min, out_max) { return (num - in_min ) * (out_max - out_min) / (in_max - in_min) + out_min; }