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What is the result of distanceBetween result unites


I'm using the function in Android Location class: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/Location.html#distanceBetween(double, double, double, double, float[])

To get the distance between two geographical points, but I don't know how the result in results[0] unit, is it in meters, miles or what?

Distance and bearing are defined using the WGS84 ellipsoid.

But I don't know what "WGS84 ellipsoid" means and how to convert that to meters or miles!


Solution

  • From the link that you provided

    Computes the approximate distance in meters between two locations

    and

    The computed distance is stored in results[0]