use strict; sub distance { my ( $lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2, $unit ) = @_; my $theta = $lon1 - $lon2; my $dist = sin( deg2rad($lat1) ) * sin( deg2rad($lat2) ) + cos( deg2rad($lat1) ) * cos( deg2rad($lat2) ) * cos( deg2rad($theta) ); $dist = acos($dist); $dist = rad2deg($dist); my $miles = $dist * 60 * 1.1515; $unit = uc $unit; if ( $unit eq "K" ) { return ( $miles * 1.609344 ); } ## end if ( $unit eq "K" ) elsif ( $unit eq "N" ) { return ( $miles * 0.8684 ); } ## end elsif ( $unit eq "N" ) else { return $miles; } ## end else [ if ( $unit eq "K" ) } ## end sub distance sub acos { atan2( sqrt( 1 - $_[0] * $_[0] ), $_[0] ) } sub deg2rad { $_[0] * 0.0174532925 } sub rad2deg { $_[0] * 57.2957795 }