MathUtils.java

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package com.asksven.android.common.utils;

import android.location.Location;

/**
 * A collection of math functions
 * @author sven
 *
 */
public class MathUtils
{
	/**
	 * calculate great circle distance in meters
	 * @param pos1 a Location object
	 * @param pos2 a Location object
	 * @return the distance between the two locations in meters 
	 */
	public static double getDistanceGreatCircle(Location pos1, Location pos2)
	{
		double lat1 	= pos1.getLatitude();
		double long1 	= pos1.getLongitude();
		double lat2 	= pos2.getLatitude();
		double long2 	= pos2.getLongitude();

	    double earthRadius = 3958.75;
	    double dLat = Math.toRadians(lat2-lat1);
	    double dLng = Math.toRadians(long2-long1);
	    double a = Math.sin(dLat/2) * Math.sin(dLat/2) +
	               Math.cos(Math.toRadians(lat1)) * Math.cos(Math.toRadians(lat2)) *
	               Math.sin(dLng/2) * Math.sin(dLng/2);
	    double c = 2 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt(a), Math.sqrt(1-a));
	    double dist = earthRadius * c;

	    int meterConversion = 1609;

	    return dist * meterConversion;
	}

}