Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; public class Main { /** * http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/10687 * @param lat1 * @param lon1 * @param lat2 * @param lon2 * @param unit "M":miles, "K":kilometers, "N":Nautical Miles * @return */ public static double distance(double lat1, double lon1, double lat2, double lon2, String unit) { double theta = lon1 - lon2; double dist = Math.sin(deg2rad(lat1)) * Math.sin(deg2rad(lat2)) + Math.cos(deg2rad(lat1)) * Math.cos(deg2rad(lat2)) * Math.cos(deg2rad(theta)); dist = Math.acos(dist); dist = rad2deg(dist); dist = dist * 60 * 1.1515; if (unit == "K") { dist = dist * 1.609344; } else if (unit == "N") { dist = dist * 0.8684; } return (dist); } private static double deg2rad(double deg) { return (deg * Math.PI / 180.0); } private static double rad2deg(double rad) { return (rad * 180.0 / Math.PI); } }