Haversine formula to find distance between two points on a sphere - GeeksforGeeks

12 May, 2021
The Haversine formula calculates the shortest distance between two points on a sphere using their latitudes and longitudes measured along the surface. It is important for use in navigation. The haversine can be expressed in trigonometric function as: The haversine of the central angle (which is d/r) is calculated by the following formula:where r is the radius of the earth(6371 km), d is the distance between two points, is the latitude of the two points, and is the longitude of the two points respectively.Solving d by applying the inverse haversine or by using the inverse sine function, we get:  
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The distance between Big Ben in London (51.5007° N, 0.1246° W) and The Statue of Liberty in New York (40.6892° N, 74.0445° W) is 5574.8 km. This is not the exact measurement because the formula assumes that the Earth is a perfect sphere when in fact it is an oblate spheroid.Below is the implementation of the above formulae:  
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// C++ program for the haversine formula// C++ program for the// haversine formula#include <iostream>#include <cmath>using namespace std; static double haversine(double lat1, double lon1,                        double lat2, double lon2)    {        // distance between latitudes        // and longitudes        double dLat = (lat2 - lat1) *                      M_PI / 180.0;        double dLon = (lon2 - lon1) *                      M_PI / 180.0;         // convert to radians        lat1 = (lat1) * M_PI / 180.0;        lat2 = (lat2) * M_PI / 180.0;         // apply formulae        double a = pow(sin(dLat / 2), 2) +                   pow(sin(dLon / 2), 2) *                   cos(lat1) * cos(lat2);        double rad = 6371;        double c = 2 * asin(sqrt(a));        return rad * c;    } // Driver codeint main(){    double lat1 = 51.5007;    double lon1 = 0.1246;    double lat2 = 40.6892;    double lon2 = 74.0445;         cout << haversine(lat1, lon1,                      lat2, lon2) << " K.M.";    return 0;} // This code is contributed// by Mahadev.
// Java program for the haversine formulapublic class Haversine {     static double haversine(double lat1, double lon1,                            double lat2, double lon2)    {        // distance between latitudes and longitudes        double dLat = Math.toRadians(lat2 - lat1);        double dLon = Math.toRadians(lon2 - lon1);         // convert to radians        lat1 = Math.toRadians(lat1);        lat2 = Math.toRadians(lat2);         // apply formulae        double a = Math.pow(Math.sin(dLat / 2), 2) +                   Math.pow(Math.sin(dLon / 2), 2) *                   Math.cos(lat1) *                   Math.cos(lat2);        double rad = 6371;        double c = 2 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(a));        return rad * c;    }     // Driver Code    public static void main(String[] args)    {        double lat1 = 51.5007;        double lon1 = 0.1246;        double lat2 = 40.6892;        double lon2 = 74.0445;        System.out.println(haversine(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2) + " K.M.");    }}
# Python 3 program for the# haversine formulaimport math # Python 3 program for the# haversine formuladef haversine(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2):         # distance between latitudes    # and longitudes    dLat = (lat2 - lat1) * math.pi / 180.0    dLon = (lon2 - lon1) * math.pi / 180.0     # convert to radians    lat1 = (lat1) * math.pi / 180.0    lat2 = (lat2) * math.pi / 180.0     # apply formulae    a = (pow(math.sin(dLat / 2), 2) +         pow(math.sin(dLon / 2), 2) *             math.cos(lat1) * math.cos(lat2));    rad = 6371    c = 2 * math.asin(math.sqrt(a))    return rad * c # Driver codeif __name__ == "__main__":    lat1 = 51.5007    lon1 = 0.1246    lat2 = 40.6892    lon2 = 74.0445         print(haversine(lat1, lon1,lat2, lon2), "K.M.") # This code is contributed# by ChitraNayal
// C# program for the haversine formulausing System;class GFG{ static double haversine(double lat1, double lon1,                        double lat2, double lon2){    // distance between latitudes and longitudes    double dLat = (Math.PI / 180) * (lat2 - lat1);    double dLon = (Math.PI / 180) * (lon2 - lon1);     // convert to radians    lat1 = (Math.PI / 180) * (lat1);    lat2 = (Math.PI / 180) * (lat2);     // apply formulae    double a = Math.Pow(Math.Sin(dLat / 2), 2) +               Math.Pow(Math.Sin(dLon / 2), 2) *               Math.Cos(lat1) * Math.Cos(lat2);    double rad = 6371;    double c = 2 * Math.Asin(Math.Sqrt(a));    return rad * c;} // Driver Codepublic static void Main(){    double lat1 = 51.5007;    double lon1 = 0.1246;    double lat2 = 40.6892;    double lon2 = 74.0445;    Console.WriteLine(haversine(lat1, lon1,                                lat2, lon2) + " K.M.");}} // This code is contributed// by Akanksha Rai(Abby_akku)
<?php// PHP program for the// haversine formula function haversine($lat1, $lon1,                   $lat2, $lon2){    // distance between latitudes    // and longitudes    $dLat = ($lat2 - $lat1) *                M_PI / 180.0;    $dLon = ($lon2 - $lon1) *                M_PI / 180.0;     // convert to radians    $lat1 = ($lat1) * M_PI / 180.0;    $lat2 = ($lat2) * M_PI / 180.0;     // apply formulae    $a = pow(sin($dLat / 2), 2) +         pow(sin($dLon / 2), 2) *             cos($lat1) * cos($lat2);    $rad = 6371;    $c = 2 * asin(sqrt($a));    return $rad * $c;} // Driver code$lat1 = 51.5007;$lon1 = 0.1246;$lat2 = 40.6892;$lon2 = 74.0445; echo haversine($lat1, $lon1,               $lat2, $lon2) .                      " K.M.";                 // This code is contributed// by Akanksha Rai(Abby_akku)?>
<script> // Javascript program for the haversine formula         function haversine(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2)    {        // distance between latitudes        // and longitudes        let dLat = (lat2 - lat1) * Math.PI / 180.0;        let dLon = (lon2 - lon1) * Math.PI / 180.0;                   // convert to radiansa        lat1 = (lat1) * Math.PI / 180.0;        lat2 = (lat2) * Math.PI / 180.0;                 // apply formulae        let a = Math.pow(Math.sin(dLat / 2), 2) +                   Math.pow(Math.sin(dLon / 2), 2) *                   Math.cos(lat1) *                   Math.cos(lat2);        let rad = 6371;        let c = 2 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(a));        return rad * c;             }     // Driver Code     let lat1 = 51.5007;     let lon1 = 0.1246;     let lat2 = 40.6892;     let lon2 = 74.0445;     document.write(haversine(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2) + " K.M.");  // This code is contributed by avanitrachhadiya2155</script>
5574.840456848555 K.M.
 
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