#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#define PI 3.14159265358979323846
double toRadians(double degree) {
return degree * PI / 180.0;
}
double vincentyDistance(double lat1, double lon1, double lat2, double lon2) {
double a = 6378137.0; // semi-major axis of the Earth in meters
double f = 1/298.257223563; // flattening
double b = (1 - f) * a; // semi-minor axis of the Earth in meters
double L = toRadians(lon2 - lon1);
double lambda = L;
double sinU1 = sin(toRadians(lat1)), cosU1 = cos(toRadians(lat1));
double sinU2 = sin(toRadians(lat2)), cosU2 = cos(toRadians(lat2));
double cosSqAlpha, sinSigma, cos2SigmaM, cosSigma, sigma, sinLambda, cosLambda;
double alpha, beta, cos2Sigma, C;
do {
sinLambda = sin(lambda);
cosLambda = cos(lambda);
sinSigma = sqrt((cosU2 * sinLambda) * (cosU2 * sinLambda) +
(cosU1 * sinU2 - sinU1 * cosU2 * cosLambda) *
(cosU1 * sinU2 - sinU1 * cosU2 * cosLambda));
if (sinSigma == 0) {
return 0; // co-incident points
}
cosSigma = sinU1 * sinU2 + cosU1 * cosU2 * cosLambda;
sigma = atan2(sinSigma, cosSigma);
double sinAlpha = cosU1 * cosU2 * sinLambda / sinSigma;
cosSqAlpha = 1 - sinAlpha * sinAlpha;
cos2SigmaM = cosSigma - 2 * sinU1 * sinU2 / cosSqAlpha;
C = f / 16 * cosSqAlpha * (4 + f * (4 - 3 * cosSqAlpha));
double lambdaP = lambda;
lambda = L + (1 - C) * f * sinAlpha *
(sigma + C * sinSigma *
(cos2SigmaM + C * cosSigma *
(-1 + 2 * cos2SigmaM * cos2SigmaM)));
} while (fabs(lambda - lambdaP) > 1e-12); // iterative until change is less than 1e-12
double uSq = cosSqAlpha * (a * a - b * b) / (b * b);
double A = 1 + uSq / 16384 * (4096 + uSq * (-768 + uSq * (320 - 175 * uSq)));
double B = uSq / 1024 * (256 + uSq * (-128 + uSq * (74 - 47 * uSq)));
double deltaSigma = B * sinSigma * (cos2SigmaM + B / 4 *
(cosSigma * (-1 + 2 * cos2SigmaM * cos2SigmaM) - B / 6 * cos2SigmaM *
(-3 + 4 * sinSigma * sinSigma) * (-3 + 4 * cos2SigmaM * cos2SigmaM)));
double s = b * A * (sigma - deltaSigma);
return s;
}
int main() {
double lat1 = 40.7128; // latitude of point 1
double lon1 = -74.0060; // longitude of point 1
double lat2 = 34.0522; // latitude of point 2
double lon2 = -118.2437; // longitude of point 2
double distance = vincentyDistance(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2);
printf("Distance: %f meters\n", distance);
return 0;
}
06-15