lib/geocoder/calculations.rb
module Geocoder module Calculations extend self ## # Calculate the distance between two points on Earth (Haversine formula). # Takes two sets of coordinates and an options hash: # # <tt>:units</tt> :: <tt>:mi</tt> (default) or <tt>:km</tt> # def distance_between(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2, options = {}) # set default options options[:units] ||= :mi # define conversion factors conversions = { :mi => 3956, :km => 6371 } # convert degrees to radians lat1 = to_radians(lat1) lon1 = to_radians(lon1) lat2 = to_radians(lat2) lon2 = to_radians(lon2) # compute distances dlat = (lat1 - lat2).abs dlon = (lon1 - lon2).abs a = (Math.sin(dlat / 2))**2 + Math.cos(lat1) * (Math.sin(dlon / 2))**2 * Math.cos(lat2) c = 2 * Math.atan2( Math.sqrt(a), Math.sqrt(1-a)) c * conversions[options[:units]] end ## # Compute the geographic center (aka geographic midpoint, center of # gravity) for an array of geocoded objects and/or [lat,lon] arrays # (can be mixed). Any objects missing coordinates are ignored. Follows # the procedure documented at http://www.geomidpoint.com/calculation.html. # def geographic_center(points) # convert objects to [lat,lon] arrays and remove nils points = points.map{ |p| p.is_a?(Array) ? p : (p.geocoded?? p.read_coordinates : nil) }.compact # convert degrees to radians points.map!{ |p| [to_radians(p[0]), to_radians(p[1])] } # convert to Cartesian coordinates x = []; y = []; z = [] points.each do |p| x << Math.cos(p[0]) * Math.cos(p[1]) y << Math.cos(p[0]) * Math.sin(p[1]) z << Math.sin(p[0]) end # compute average coordinate values xa, ya, za = [x,y,z].map do |c| c.inject(0){ |tot,i| tot += i } / c.size.to_f end # convert back to latitude/longitude lon = Math.atan2(ya, xa) hyp = Math.sqrt(xa**2 + ya**2) lat = Math.atan2(za, hyp) # return answer in degrees [to_degrees(lat), to_degrees(lon)] end ## # Convert degrees to radians. # def to_radians(degrees) degrees * (Math::PI / 180) end ## # Convert radians to degrees. # def to_degrees(radians) (radians * 180.0) / Math::PI end ## # Conversion factor: km to mi. # def km_in_mi 0.621371192 end end end