distanceFromLocation - Calculate distance between two points

Question

Just a quick question on Core Location, I\'m trying to calculate the distance between two points, code is below:

    -(void)locationChange:(CLLocation *)newL         


        

Answer 1

Taken from the excellent libary CoreLocation utitlities :

- (CLLocationDistance) distanceFromCoordinate:(CLLocationCoordinate2D) fromCoord;
{
    double earthRadius = 6371.01; // Earth's radius in Kilometers

    // Get the difference between our two points then convert the difference into radians
    double nDLat = (fromCoord.latitude - self.coordinate.latitude) * kDegreesToRadians;  
    double nDLon = (fromCoord.longitude - self.coordinate.longitude) * kDegreesToRadians; 

    double fromLat =  self.coordinate.latitude * kDegreesToRadians;
    double toLat =  fromCoord.latitude * kDegreesToRadians;

    double nA = pow ( sin(nDLat/2), 2 ) + cos(fromLat) * cos(toLat) * pow ( sin(nDLon/2), 2 );

    double nC = 2 * atan2( sqrt(nA), sqrt( 1 - nA ));
    double nD = earthRadius * nC;

    return nD * 1000; // Return our calculated distance in meters
}