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Haversine formula in Python (bearing and distance between two GPS points)

Problem I would like to know how to get the distance and bearing between two GPS points. I have researched on the haversine distance. Someone told me that I could also find the bearing using the same data. Everything is working fine, but the bearing doesn't quite work right yet. The bearing outputs negative, but it should be between 0 - 360 degrees. The set data should make the horizontal bearing 96.02166666666666 and is: Start point: 53.32055555555556, -1.7297222222222221 Bearing: 96.02166666666666 Distance: 2 km Destination point: 53.31861111111111, -1.6997222222222223 Final bearing: 96.04555555555555 Here is my new code: from math import * Aaltitude = 2000 Oppsite = 20000 lat1 = 53.32055555555556 lat2 = 53.31861111111111 lon1 = -1.7297222222222221 lon2 = -1.6997222222222223 lon1, lat1, lon2, lat2 = map(radians, [lon1, lat1, lon2, lat2]) 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)) Base = 6371 * c Bearing = atan2(cos(lat1)*sin(lat2)-sin(lat1)*cos(lat2)*cos(lon2-lon1), sin(lon2-lon1)*cos(lat2)) Bearing = degrees(Bearing) print "" print "" print "--------------------" print "Horizontal Distance: " print Base print "--------------------" print "Bearing: " print Bearing print "--------------------" Base2 = Base * 1000 distance = Base * 2 + Oppsite * 2 / 2 Caltitude = Oppsite - Aaltitude a = Oppsite/Base b = atan(a) c = degrees(b) distance = distance / 1000 print "The degree of vertical angle is: " print c print "--------------------" print "The distance between the Balloon GPS and the Antenna GPS is: " print distance print "--------------------"
Here's a Python version: from math import radians, cos, sin, asin, sqrt def haversine(lon1, lat1, lon2, lat2): """ Calculate the great circle distance in kilometers between two points on the earth (specified in decimal degrees) """ # convert decimal degrees to radians lon1, lat1, lon2, lat2 = map(radians, [lon1, lat1, lon2, lat2]) # haversine formula dlon = lon2 - lon1 dlat = lat2 - lat1 a = sin(dlat/2)**2 + cos(lat1) * cos(lat2) * sin(dlon/2)**2 c = 2 * asin(sqrt(a)) r = 6371 # Radius of earth in kilometers. Use 3956 for miles. Determines return value units. return c * r