Write a Java program to compute the distance between two points on the surface of earth..
Distance between the two points [ (x1,y1) & (x2,y2)] d = radius * arccos(sin(x1) * sin(x2) + cos(x1) * cos(x2) * cos(y1 - y2)) Radius of the earth r = 6371.01 Kilometers
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Exercise {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Input the latitude of coordinate 1: ");
double lat1 = input.nextDouble();
System.out.print("Input the longitude of coordinate 1: ");
double lon1 = input.nextDouble();
System.out.print("Input the latitude of coordinate 2: ");
double lat2 = input.nextDouble();
System.out.print("Input the longitude of coordinate 2: ");
double lon2 = input.nextDouble();
System.out.print("The distance between those points is: " + distance_Between_LatLong(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2) + " km\n");
}
// Points will be converted to radians before calculation
public static double distance_Between_LatLong(double lat1, double lon1, double lat2, double lon2) {
lat1 = Math.toRadians(lat1);
lon1 = Math.toRadians(lon1);
lat2 = Math.toRadians(lat2);
lon2 = Math.toRadians(lon2);
double earthRadius = 6371.01; //Kilometers
return earthRadius * Math.acos(Math.sin(lat1)*Math.sin(lat2) + Math.cos(lat1)*Math.cos(lat2)*Math.cos(lon1 - lon2));
}
}
output:
Input the latitude of coordinate 1: 25
Input the longitude of coordinate 1: 35
Input the latitude of coordinate 2: 52.5
Input the longitude of coordinate 2: 35.5
The distance between those points is: 3058.15512920181 km
output:
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