de.alpharogroup.jgeohash.distance

Class DistanceCalculator

java.lang.Object

de.alpharogroup.jgeohash.distance.DistanceCalculator

public class DistanceCalculator
extends Object

The Class DistanceCalculator provides methods for calculate the distance between two geohash, position or coordinate values.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DistanceCalculator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static double	distance(double startLatitude, double startLongitude, double endLatitude, double endLongitude, MeasuringUnit unit) Returns the distance from the given coordinates values.
static double	distanceBetweenPoints(Position start, Position end, MeasuringUnit unit) Returns the distance between two points.
static double	distanceBetweenPoints(String startGeohashValue, String endGeohashValue, MeasuringUnit unit) Returns the distance between two given geohash values.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DistanceCalculator

public DistanceCalculator()

Method Detail

distance

public static double distance(double startLatitude,
                              double startLongitude,
                              double endLatitude,
                              double endLongitude,
                              MeasuringUnit unit)

Returns the distance from the given coordinates values.

Parameters:

startLatitude - the latitude from start point.

startLongitude - the longitude from start point.

endLatitude - the latitude from end point.

endLongitude - the longitude from end point.

unit - the measurement unit

Returns:

the distance between the given coordinates values.

distanceBetweenPoints

public static double distanceBetweenPoints(Position start,
                                           Position end,
                                           MeasuringUnit unit)

Returns the distance between two points.

Parameters:

start - the start position.

end - the end position.

unit - the measurement unit

Returns:

the distance between points

distanceBetweenPoints

public static double distanceBetweenPoints(String startGeohashValue,
                                           String endGeohashValue,
                                           MeasuringUnit unit)

Returns the distance between two given geohash values.

Parameters:

startGeohashValue - the geohash value from where to start the measurement.

endGeohashValue - the geohash value where to end the measurement.

unit - the measurement unit

Returns:

the distance between the given geohash values.