pgeocode.haversine_distance

pgeocode.haversine_distance(x, y)[source]

Haversine (great circle) distance

Calculate the great circle distance between two points on the earth (specified in decimal degrees)

Parameters:
  • x (array, shape=(n_samples, 2)) – the first list of coordinates (degrees)

  • y (array: shape=(n_samples, 2)) – the second list of coordinates (degress)

Returns:

d – the distance between corrdinates (km)

Return type:

array, shape=(n_samples,)

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great-circle_distance