Haversine-Geolocation

• Introduction
  • Haversine Formula
  • Pseudocode
• Installation
• Basic usage
  • Importing
  • API
    • Is geolocation available
    • Calculate distance between two points
    • Calculate the closest position to user
• License

Introduction

If you need to calculate the distance between two points or you want to find closest from position to your current location let me introduce haversine-geolocation module. It based on the Haversine Formula:

Formula

Pseudocode

dlon = lon2 - lon1 
dlat = lat2 - lat1 
a = (sin(dlat/2))^2 + cos(lat1) * cos(lat2) * (sin(dlon/2))^2 
c = 2 * atan2( sqrt(a), sqrt(1-a) ) 
d = R * c (where R is the radius of the Earth)

R = 6367 km OR 3956 mi

Installation

npm i haversine-geolocation -S

Basic usage

Importing:

import HaversineGeolocation from 'haversine-geolocation';

API:

Is geolocation available:

Promise

HaversineGeolocation.isGeolocationAvailable()
    .then(data => {
        const currentPoint = {
            latitude: data.coords.latitude,
            longitude: data.coords.longitude,
            accuracy: data.coords.accuracy
        };
    });

Async await

	(async () => {
        const data = await HaversineGeolocation.isGeolocationAvailable();
        const currentPoint = {
            latitude: data.coords.latitude,
            longitude: data.coords.longitude,
            accuracy: data.coords.accuracy
        };
	})();

Calculate distance between two points:

const points = [
    {
        latitude: 61.5322204,
        longitude: 28.7515963
    },
    {
        latitude: 51.9971208,
        longitude: 22.1455439
    }
];
 
// Distance in miles
HaversineGeolocation.getDistanceBetween(points[0], points[1], 'mi'); // 704.1 mi
 
// Distance in meters
HaversineGeolocation.getDistanceBetween(points[0], points[1], 'm'); // 1133062.7 m
 
// Distance in kilometers(default value)
HaversineGeolocation.getDistanceBetween(points[0], points[1]); // 1133.1 km

Calculate the closest position to user:

Will return all existed properties with a small nested object haversine: { distance: val, measurement: 'val' }

const locationPoints = [
    {
        id: 1,
        title: 'Point 1',
        latitude: 61.5322204,
        longitude: 28.7515963
    },
    {
        id: 2,
        title: 'Point 2',
        latitude: 51.9971208,
        longitude: 22.1455439
    },
    {
        id: 3,
        title: 'Point 3',
        latitude: 45.3571207,
        longitude: 30.3435456
    }
];
 
HaversineGeolocation.isGeolocationAvailable()
    .then(data => {
        const currentPoint = {
            latitude: data.coords.latitude,
            longitude: data.coords.longitude,
            accuracy: data.coords.accuracy
        };
        
        HaversineGeolocation.getClosestPosition(
            currentPoint, 
            locationPoints,
            'mi'
        );
    });

Expected response:

    {
        "id": 3,
        "title": "Point 3",
        "latitude": 45.3571207,
        "longitude": 30.3435456,
        "haversine": {
            "distance": 49,
            "measurement": "mi"
        }
    }

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2020 Daniil Sydorenko

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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