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Geographic Utilities for CommonJS

Largely based (copypasta) on the excellent javascript implementations of various geographic formulas by Chris Veness

The original scripts have been modified slightly for usage as a CommonJS/Node.js module. Also some functions were wrapped for clarity/consistency.

Criticism/Suggestions/Patches/Additions/PullReq's welcome.

Status

The library works great!

TODO:

Tests for everything (using vows? Might not be good for a non-node module)
Add package.json

Usage

var gu = require('geoUtils');

var point1 = new gu.LatLon(41.850033, -87.6500523);

Creates a lat/lon point for Chicago, Il var point2 = new gu.LatLon(43.0730517, -89.4012302); Creates a lat/lon point for Madison, Wi

point1.distanceTo(point2);

Great Circle distance. Fairly accurate for most situations. Returns 197.8 kilometers

point1.distVincenty(point2);

Vincenty inverse formula distance using a WGS-84 ellipsoid. Very accurate, but slower. Returns 197986.973 meters

point1.toString('dms', 4);

Pretty printing and conversion of lat/lon points. Returns 41°51′00.1188″N, 087°39′00.1883″W

And much more! Please refer to the source for further functions.