distance¶
Syntax¶
Parameters¶
lat1- The latitude of the first coordinate.
long1- The longitude of the first coordinate.
lat2- The latitude of the second coordinate.
long2- The longitude of the second coordinate.
Returns¶
The decimal value of the distance in kilometers between the two points (lat1, long1) and (lat2, long2).
Description¶
Returns the Cartesian distance in kilometers between two points with the given latitude and longitude values.
Examples¶
If there are two locations with locations <40.441331568, -80.009499962> and
<40.4472914, -80.0061645>, then the distance between these two locations can
be determined and stored in a user-defined variable test_distance with: