Maps\GeoFunctions Class Reference

Static Public Member Functions
static	calculateDistance (LatLongValue $start, LatLongValue $end)
static	findDestination (LatLongValue $startingCoordinates, $bearing, $distance)

Detailed Description

Static class containing geographical functions.

GNU GPL v2+

Author

Jeroen De Dauw < jeroe.nosp@m.nded.nosp@m.auw@g.nosp@m.mail.nosp@m..com >

Pnelnik

Matěj Grabovský

Member Function Documentation

calculateDistance()

static Maps\GeoFunctions::calculateDistance ( LatLongValue  $start, LatLongValue  $end  )

static

Returns the geographical distance between two coordinates. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_distance

Since

2.0

Parameters

LatLongValue	$start
LatLongValue	$end

Returns

float Distance in m.

findDestination()

static Maps\GeoFunctions::findDestination ( LatLongValue  $startingCoordinates,   $bearing,   $distance  )

static

Finds a destination given a starting location, bearing and distance.

Since

2.0

Parameters

LatLongValue	$startingCoordinates
float	$bearing	The initial bearing in degrees.
float	$distance	The distance to travel in km.

Returns

array The destination coordinates, as non-directional floats in an array with lat and lon keys.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• GeoFunctions.php