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Calculate distance between 2 sets of longitude / latitude coordinates.

Takes two sets of coordinates in decimal longitude and latitude format and returns the distance in kilometers.


<?php

$lat1 = 46.2341938036161; 
$lon1 = -63.124778021257015; 

$lat2 = 46.4141938036161; 
$lon2 = -63.118571124705284; 

$distance = (3958*3.1415926*sqrt(($lat2-$lat1)*($lat2-$lat1) + cos($lat2/57.29578)*cos($lat1/57.29578)*($lon2-$lon1)*($lon2-$lon1))/180);

print($distance);

?>

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