Get the distance between two geo points

Question

I want to make an app which checks the nearest place where a user is. I can easily get the location of the user and I have already a list of places with latitude and longitu

Answer 1

a = sin²(Δφ/2) + cos φ1 ⋅ cos φ2 ⋅ sin²(Δλ/2)

c = 2 ⋅ atan2( √a, √(1−a) )

distance = R ⋅ c

where φ is latitude, λ is longitude, R is earth’s radius (mean radius = 6,371km);

note that angles need to be in radians to pass to trig functions!

fun distanceInMeter(firstLocation: Location, secondLocation: Location): Double {
    val earthRadius = 6371000.0
    val deltaLatitudeDegree = (firstLocation.latitude - secondLocation.latitude) * Math.PI / 180f
    val deltaLongitudeDegree = (firstLocation.longitude - secondLocation.longitude) * Math.PI / 180f
    val a = sin(deltaLatitudeDegree / 2).pow(2) +
            cos(firstLocation.latitude * Math.PI / 180f) * cos(secondLocation.latitude * Math.PI / 180f) *
            sin(deltaLongitudeDegree / 2).pow(2)
    val c = 2f * atan2(sqrt(a), sqrt(1 - a))
    return earthRadius * c
}


data class Location(val latitude: Double, val longitude: Double)