rmuir commented on a change in pull request #299:
URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/299#discussion_r708206903



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File path: 
lucene/expressions/src/java/org/apache/lucene/expressions/js/ExpressionMath.java
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+
+package org.apache.lucene.expressions.js;
+
+import static org.apache.lucene.util.SloppyMath.haversinMeters;
+import static org.apache.lucene.util.SloppyMath.haversinSortKey;
+
+/** Helper class holding static methods for js math functions */
+public final class ExpressionMath {
+
+  private ExpressionMath() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the Haversine distance in kilometers between two points specified 
in decimal degrees
+   * (latitude/longitude). This works correctly even if the dateline is 
between the two points.
+   *
+   * <p>Error is at most 4E-1 (40cm) from the actual haversine distance, but 
is typically much
+   * smaller for reasonable distances: around 1E-5 (0.01mm) for distances less 
than 1000km.
+   *
+   * @param lat1 Latitude of the first point.
+   * @param lon1 Longitude of the first point.
+   * @param lat2 Latitude of the second point.
+   * @param lon2 Longitude of the second point.
+   * @return distance in kilometers.
+   */
+  public static double haversinKilometers(double lat1, double lon1, double 
lat2, double lon2) {
+    return haversinMeters(haversinSortKey(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2)) / 1000;

Review comment:
       can we add a constant for 1/1000 and multiply by that instead?




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