Moving a CLLocation by x meters

Question

I have a CLLocation defined, and I\'d like to move that point x meters to the east and y meters to the south. How may I achieve that?

Answer 1

Swift implementation using Measurement struct to do the conversions between degrees and radians.

class GPSLocation {

public class func degreesToRadians(degrees: Double) -> Double {
        return Measurement(value: degrees, unit: UnitAngle.degrees).converted(to: .radians).value
    }

    public class func radiansToDegrees(radians: Double) -> Double {
        return Measurement(value: radians, unit: UnitAngle.radians).converted(to: .degrees).value
    }

    public class func location(location: CLLocation, byMovingDistance distance: Double, withBearing bearingDegrees:CLLocationDirection) -> CLLocation {
        let distanceRadians: Double = distance / 6372797.6
        let bearingRadians: Double = GPSLocation.degreesToRadians(degrees: bearingDegrees)

        let lat1 = GPSLocation.degreesToRadians(degrees: location.coordinate.latitude)
        let lon1 = GPSLocation.degreesToRadians(degrees: location.coordinate.longitude)

        let lat2 = GPSLocation.radiansToDegrees(radians:asin(sin(lat1) * cos(distanceRadians) + cos(lat1) * sin(distanceRadians) * cos(bearingRadians)))
        let lon2 = GPSLocation.radiansToDegrees(radians:lon1 + atan2(sin(bearingRadians) * sin(distanceRadians * cos(lat1)), cos(distanceRadians) - sin(lat1) * sin(lat2)))

        return CLLocation(latitude: lat2, longitude: lon2)
    }

}