Sunday, March 20, 2016

PrgCalcPro: Great Circle: Distance Between 2 Places on Earth in kilometers

PrgCalcPro: Great Circle: Distance Between 2 Places on Earth in kilometers

Important: Switch the calculator to Degrees mode before calculation! 

Formula:

E = acos( sin N1 sin N2 + cos N1 cos N2 cos (E1 - E2) )
Distance = 6371 * E * π / 180

Store the following values in decimal degrees:
A = N1 (longitude 1), B = E1 (latitude 1)
C = N2 (longitude 2), D = E2 (latitude 2)
Use [ K ] [ swap ] ( ° ' > to convert from H.M to Decimal degrees if needed)

Program:
   0: 6A  ;  RA
   1: 1C  ;  sin
   2: 6C  ;  RC
   3: 1C  ;  sin
   4: 12  ;  *
   5: 6A  ;  RA
   6: 1D  ;  cos
   7: 6C  ;  RC
   8: 1D  ;  cos
   9: 12  ;  *
  10: 6B  ;  RB
  11: 6D  ;  RD
  12: 11  ;  -
  13: 1D  ;  cos
  14: 12  ;  *
  15: 10  ;  +
  16: 1A  ;  acos
  17: 06  ;  6
  18: 03  ;  3
  19: 07  ;  7
  20: 01  ;  1
  21: 12  ;  *
  22: 20  ;  Pi
  23: 12  ;  *
  24: 01  ;  1
  25: 08  ;  8
  26: 00  ;  0
  27: 13  ;  /
  28: 50  ;  STOP

Example:
Los Angeles (N = 34.05°, E =-118.25°)
Moscow (N = 55.783333°, E = 37.616666°)
Approximate distance: 9,766.5757 km

This blog is property of Edward Shore, 2016. 

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