From 3788dfc0ec0c494d8d1fd53c2445ac034a4964c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Enoch-Moke <86700309+Enoch-Moke@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 03:56:55 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Create Coordinate.js This is a new file that should serve as a future collection of algorithms involving solutions for coordinates. The first algorithm is a function to calculate the distance between 2 coordinates on a 2D plane. --- Maths/Coordinate.js | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Maths/Coordinate.js diff --git a/Maths/Coordinate.js b/Maths/Coordinate.js new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4d233059d --- /dev/null +++ b/Maths/Coordinate.js @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +/* + Calculate the mathematical properties involving coordinates + + Calculate the Distance Between 2 Points on a 2 Dimensional Plane + Example: coorDistance(2,2,14,11) will return 15 + Wikipedia reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_distance#Flat-surface_formulae +*/ +const distance2points = (longitude1, latitude1, longitude2, latitude2) => { + const width = longitude2 - longitude1; + const height = latitude2 - latitude1; + return (Math.sqrt(width * width + height * height)); +}; + +export { distance2points };