Method

ShumateLocationdistance

Declaration [src]

double
shumate_location_distance (
  ShumateLocation* self,
  ShumateLocation* other
)

Description [src]

Calculates the distance in meters between two locations.

This function uses the great-circle distance formula, which assumes Earth is a perfect sphere. This limits the accuracy of the result, but is good enough for most purposes.

Available since:

1.2

Parameters

`other`	`ShumateLocation`
	A `ShumateLocation`
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.

Return value

Returns:	`double`
	The distance in meters between `self` and `other`.