Humm something got lost in the translation... The big issue is the php part to perl conversion. This is the php that If I could meld it into my perl script I could get all to go.. Anyone know how to do a simple conversion... 
<?php
function distance($lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2, $unit) { 

  $theta = $lon1 - $lon2; 
  $dist = sin(deg2rad($lat1)) * sin(deg2rad($lat2)) +  cos(deg2rad($la
+t1)) * cos(deg2rad($lat2)) * cos(deg2rad($theta)); 
  $dist = acos($dist); 
  $dist = rad2deg($dist); 
  $miles = $dist * 60 * 1.1515;
  $unit = strtoupper($unit);

  if ($unit == "K") {
    return ($miles * 1.609344); 
  } else if ($unit == "N") {
      return ($miles * 0.8684);
    } else {
        return $miles;
      }
}

echo distance(60.1843160, -128.5069940, 29.46786, -98.53506, "M") . " 
+Miles<br>";
echo distance(32.9697, -96.80322, 29.46786, -98.53506, "K") . " Kilome
+ters<br>";
echo distance(32.9697, -96.80322, 29.46786, -98.53506, "N") . " Nautic
+al Miles<br>";

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