PHP Class League\Geotools\Distance\Distance

Author: Antoine Corcy ([email protected])

Inheritance: extends League\Geotools\AbstractGeotools, implements League\Geotools\Distance\DistanceInterface

Mostra file Open project: toin0u/geotools Class Usage Examples

Protected Properties

Property	Type	Description
$unit	string	The user unit.

Public Methods

Method	Description
flat ( ) : double	Returns the approximate flat distance between two coordinates using Pythagoras’ theorem which is not very accurate.
getFrom ( )	{@inheritDoc}
getTo ( )	{@inheritDoc}
greatCircle ( ) : double	Returns the approximate distance between two coordinates using the spherical trigonometry called Great Circle Distance.
haversine ( ) : double	Returns the approximate sea level great circle (Earth) distance between two coordinates using the Haversine formula which is accurate to around 0.3%.
in ( $unit )	{@inheritDoc}
setFrom ( League\Geotools\Coordinate\CoordinateInterface $from )	{@inheritDoc}
setTo ( League\Geotools\Coordinate\CoordinateInterface $to )	{@inheritDoc}
vincenty ( ) : double	Returns geodetic distance between between two coordinates using Vincenty inverse formula for ellipsoids which is accurate to within 0.5mm.

Protected Methods

Method	Description
convertToUserUnit ( double $meters ) : double	Converts results in meters to user's unit (if any).

Method Details

convertToUserUnit() protected method

The default returned value is in meters.

protected convertToUserUnit ( double $meters ) : double
$meters	double
return	double

flat() public method

Returns the approximate flat distance between two coordinates using Pythagoras’ theorem which is not very accurate.

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equirectangular_projection

public flat ( ) : double
return	double	The distance in meters

getFrom() public method

{@inheritDoc}

public getFrom ( )

getTo() public method

{@inheritDoc}

public getTo ( )

greatCircle() public method

Returns the approximate distance between two coordinates using the spherical trigonometry called Great Circle Distance.

See also: http://www.ga.gov.au/earth-monitoring/geodesy/geodetic-techniques/distance-calculation-algorithms.html#circle

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosine_law

public greatCircle ( ) : double
return	double	The distance in meters

haversine() public method

Returns the approximate sea level great circle (Earth) distance between two coordinates using the Haversine formula which is accurate to around 0.3%.

See also: http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html

public haversine ( ) : double
return	double	The distance in meters

in() public method

{@inheritDoc}

public in ( $unit )

setFrom() public method

{@inheritDoc}

public setFrom ( League\Geotools\Coordinate\CoordinateInterface $from )
$from	League\Geotools\Coordinate\CoordinateInterface

setTo() public method

{@inheritDoc}

public setTo ( League\Geotools\Coordinate\CoordinateInterface $to )
$to	League\Geotools\Coordinate\CoordinateInterface

vincenty() public method

Returns geodetic distance between between two coordinates using Vincenty inverse formula for ellipsoids which is accurate to within 0.5mm.

See also: http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong-vincenty.html

public vincenty ( ) : double
return	double	The distance in meters

Property Details

$unit protected_oe property

The user unit.

protected string $unit
return	string