What am I doing wrong ? I'm, trying to count distances from a gpx (lat, lon) file but I receives wrong result.
function distance($lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2) {
$theta = $lon1 - $lon2;
$dist = sin(deg2rad($lat1)) * sin(deg2rad($lat2)) + cos(deg2rad($lat1)) * cos(deg2rad($lat2)) * cos(deg2rad($theta));
$dist = acos($dist);
$dist = rad2deg($dist);
$kilometers = $dist * 60 * 1.1515 ;
return $kilometers;
}
$gpx_file_source = simplexml_load_file($gpx_patch);
$j=0;
foreach($gpx_file_source->trk->trkseg->trkpt as $point){
if($j%2==0){
$lat1=$point->attributes()[0];
$lon1=$point->attributes()[1];
}else{
$lat2=$point->attributes()[0];
$lon2=$point->attributes()[1];
$totaldistance=distance(''.$lat1.'', ''.$lon1.'', ''.$lat2.'', ''.$lon2.'').;
$totaldistance+=$totaldistance;
}
$j++;
}
echo $totaldistance; //0.00011797444243905
My result is: 0.00011797444243905 km
Correct result: 17.35 km
GPX file: http://itros.us/distance.gpx