CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Calculate distance, angle and reverse angle between two given points. The necessary coordinates you can get i.e. from google maps with right mouse click and "what's here"

Return Values:
Returns a struct.

Example:

<cfdump var="#calcDistance(48.77945118259754,11.43625259399414,49.631750626493364,11.039199829101562)#">

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

<!---
 Calculate direct distance and angle between two decimal coordinates.
 v2 update by Mike G.
 
 @param startNorth      Start point Latitude (Required)
 @param startEast      Start point Longitude (Required)
 @param endNorth      End point Latitude (Required)
 @param endEast      End point Longitude (Required)
 @param returnAsMiles      Boolean value that forces the return to be miles. (Optional)
 @return Returns a struct. 
 @author Sigi Heckl (siegfried.heckl@siemens.com) 
 @version 2, July 28, 2011 
--->
<cffunction name="calcDistance" access="private" output="false"
returntype="struct" hint="calculate distance between coordinates">
 <cfargument name="startLat" required="true" type="string"
hint="Start point Latitude (Dezimalschreibweise!)" />
 <cfargument name="startLon"  required="true" type="string"
hint="Start point Longitude (Dezimalschreibweise!)" />
 <cfargument name="endLat"   required="true" type="string" hint="End
point Latitude (Dezimalschreibweise!)" />
 <cfargument name="endLon"    required="true" type="string" hint="End
point Longitude (Dezimalschreibweise!)" />
 <cfargument name="returnAsMiles" required="no" type="boolean"
hint="True returns as US Miles, otherwise return is in kilometers">

 <cfset var strResult = { distance='0', angle='0', revAngle='0' } />
 <cfset var RADIUS    = 6371 />
 <cfset var rs     = structNew() />

 <cfset rs.a     = (90-arguments.startLat) * Pi() / 180 />
 <cfset rs.b     = (90-arguments.endLat)   * Pi() / 180 />
 <cfset rs.gamma = abs(arguments.endLon-arguments.startLon) * Pi() / 180 />
 <cfset rs.c     = aCos(cos(rs.a) * cos(rs.b) + sin(rs.a) * sin(rs.b)
* cos(rs.gamma)) />
 <cfset rs.s     = (rs.a + rs.b + rs.c) / 2 />
 <cfif arguments.startLon EQ arguments.endLon>
     <cfif arguments.startLat LT arguments.endLat>
         <cfset rs.alpha = Pi() />
         <cfset rs.beta  = 0 />
       <cfelse>
         <cfset rs.alpha = Pi() />
         <cfset rs.beta  = Pi() />
     </cfif>
   <cfelse>
     <cfset rs.alpha = aCos((cos(rs.a) - cos(rs.b)*cos(rs.c)) /
(sin(rs.c)*sin(rs.b))) />
     <cfset rs.beta  = aCos((cos(rs.b) - cos(rs.c)*cos(rs.a)) /
(sin(rs.c)*sin(rs.a))) />
 </cfif>

 <cfset rs.e  = rs.alpha + rs.beta + rs.gamma - Pi() />
 <cfset rs.A  = RADIUS * RADIUS * rs.e />
 <cfset rs.ss = (rs.alpha + rs.beta + rs.gamma) / 2 />
 <cfset rs.ka = rs.a * RADIUS />
 <cfset rs.kb = rs.b * RADIUS />
 <cfset rs.kc = rs.c * RADIUS />
 <cfif rs.beta NEQ 0>
     <cfset rs.bearing = 360 - (rs.beta * 180 / Pi()) />
   <cfelse>
     <cfset rs.bearing = 0 />
 </cfif>
 <cfset rs.revbearing = (rs.alpha * 180 / Pi()) />

 <cfif (arguments.endLon-arguments.startLon GT 0) OR
       ((arguments.endLon EQ arguments.startLon) AND
(arguments.endLat LT arguments.startLat))>
   <cfset rs.bearing    = 360 - rs.bearing />
   <cfset rs.revbearing = 360 - rs.revbearing />
 </cfif>

 <cfset rs.kc         = round(1000* rs.kc)/1000 />
 <cfset rs.bearing    = round(100 * rs.bearing) / 100 />
 <cfset rs.revbearing = round(100 * rs.revbearing) / 100 />

 <cfset strResult.distance  = rs.kc / >
 <cfif structkeyexists(arguments,"returnAsMiles") and arguments.returnAsMiles>
       <cfset strResult.distance  = rs.kc*0.621371192 / >
 </cfif>
 <cfset strResult.angle     = rs.bearing / >
 <cfset strResult.revAngle  = rs.revbearing / >

 <cfreturn strResult>
</cffunction>