ship_mapper.distance

ship_mapper.distance(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2)

Estimates distance between 2 points on Earth.

Assumes Earth is a sphere (up to 0.5% error).

Parameters:

• lat1 (float) – Latitude 1 (decimal degrees).
• lon1 (float) – Longitude 2 (decimal degrees).
• lat2 (float) – Latitude 1 (decimal degrees).
• lon2 (float) – Longitude 2 (decimal degrees).

Returns:

Distance in units of meters

Return type:

float