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calculations for geodesic distance. Try one of these sites: http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/LatLongVincenty.html
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National Geospatial Technical Operations Center<br>
U. S. Geological Survey<br>
Rolla, MO<br>
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(573) 308-3931<br>
mfinn@usgs.gov <br>
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http://carto-research.er.usgs.gov/<br>
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Hi,<br>
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I wonder if there is a C API to calculate the real great circle distance<br>
of two points on a WGS84 ellipsoid. I know there is "geod" on
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command line. I had a look at it's source code however this looked quite<br>
complicated. As this must be a standard problem isn't there something like;<br>
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distance(p1,p1, d, dir)<br>
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p1: point 1<br>
p2: point 2<br>
d: distance<br>
dir: direction in degrees<br>
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