How to Determine the Distance Between Geographic Coordinates?

this video explains how to determine the distance between two points defined by geographic coordinates, either by calculating the difference in latitude or longitude, or by means of a haversine formula.

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[iiilllii]

Very clearly explained! Before I didn't know, why and how to use the Haversine formula. You provided the background for all of it.

[iceman]

High informative and well presented, please keep them coming.

[najmulsiddiqui]

Very good information for measuring distance through coordinates

[TheHurlon]

Watching this video is like playing in kindergarden and then at 11:38 the UFC figther entering and smacking the shit out of you with Half Versed Sinus formula :D

[bkmyeit]

informative, clear and well-organized!

[adole]

10/10 helped me pass my coding assignment

[kanumcconnell]

Pls can you do a video on how to calculate distance in kilometers or meters between geographic coordinates.

[postholedigger]

Finally, somebody explained why.
davd

[JegadeeshVontlin]

What if, latitude is on equatorial and source longitude degree is lesser than destination longitude degree and in same hemisphere

[lancy]

Does haversine formula works on spheroid or ellipsoid. for which one ?

[Surf_Cat]

Great video but I am currently faced with another way of calculating the shortest distance that I can't find any info on. Have you covered it in the past? It goes as follows. Given A=60°N 10°E B=50°N 170° W. The shortest route doesn' t follow the 60 parallel but a great circle 10°E 170°W. So from the 60°parallel to the pole is 30° (How do I get this difference?) From the pole to the 170°W meridian is 40° (again how do I get this?) So 30 + 40 = 70 × 60 = 4200 minutes = 4200nm. What is this method called and do you cover it? I don't know how to get the difference from the pole using basic measurement tools allowed on exams.

Update: I just realized the pole is 90° not 0, silly me... that solves the degree difference.

[LaNiBlackLight]

I bit dissapointed, because my main interest was to learn about haversine formula.
The whole video is cool, but the amount of attention paid to the formula is a wasted potential.
If you have a video about it specifically, could be cool to add the link in the description!

[juce.c]

for 5:29, i keep getting 49.83 when minusing the two points on my calculator. Why wouldnt you just convert both? and why do i keep getting a slightly different answer from you??

[ninobach]

Before this video, I have calculated distances between points like a flat earther. (Using the Pythagorean theorem)

[gal]

Second in 11:15, why the 🌎 radius mention as a constant in the formula, while the earth’s radius changes between the poles to the equator(from 6, 378km to 6, 357km)- earth isn’t a perfect sphere.

[Dan.TheFriendlyGuy]

How can I find the angle between two coordinates?

[dinomoviesnstuff]

Why not convert do decimal degrees?
28+07/60 etc.
It's much more practical.

[Krystian]

I don't know where I am making a mistake. From the calculations in the last task, I get 2842.01NM. Could someone help me?

[AlphaToEpsilon]

@2:43 lost me here. Why is it difficult to subtract 15 from 30? Why and how did you go from 19, 15 to 18, 45?

[waelsailor]

I did the math of the formula and I didn't get the same results