Shumate.Location.distance

### Method

# Shumate Locationdistance

#### 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`.