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haversine

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Calculate the Great-Circle Distance between two points in kilometers

Description

Calculate the great-circle distance between two points using the Haversine function.

Usage

haversine(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2, r = 6371)

Arguments

`lat1`	The latitude of point 1 in degrees.
`lon1`	The longitude of point 1 in degrees.
`lat2`	The latitude of point 2 in degrees.
`lon2`	The longitude of point 2 in degrees.
`r`	The average earth radius.

Value

A numeric value of the distance between point 1 and 2 in kilometers.

Examples

fra <- c(50.03333, 8.570556) # Frankfurt Airport
ord <- c(41.97861, -87.90472) # Chicago O'Hare International Airport
haversine(fra[1], fra[2], ord[1], ord[2]) # 6971.059 km

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