On Oct 21, 2:54 pm, phicarre <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok but if the distance is ALREADY computed by the formula sqrt(....) ?
Oh I see. You need to junk that and use the Haversine formula. You can't use Pythagoras' theorem in spherical geometry, it's for Euclidean (plane) geometry; and in any case a direct correlation of 1 degree = 111.2km (approximately) only applies if both your points are on a Great Circle. Andrew --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
