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How to Check if current lat/long is within 20 KM of given lat/long


I have a current location's lat/long and I have vendor location's lat/long

How Do I check , If my current location lat/long is withing 20 KM of Vendor's Location lat/long

jQuery(document).on('click', '.add_to_cart_button', function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();

    var cur_href = jQuery(this).attr("href");
    var cur_pro_id = cur_href.substring(cur_href.indexOf('=') +1);


    var params =  {"cur_pro_id":cur_pro_id,action:"get_vendor_latlng"}

    jQuery.post(customization.ajaxurl,params,function(data){
        var vendor_data =  JSON.parse(data);
        console.log(vendor_data);
        if ( vendor_data.pro_ven_lat !== '' && vendor_data.pro_ven_lng !== '' ) {
            navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(
                function( position ) { 
                    var cur_lat = position.coords.latitude;
                    var cur_lng = position.coords.longitude;

                }
            );
        } else {

        }

    });

});

here vendor_data.pro_ven_lat and vendor_data.pro_ven_lng variables holds vendor location's lat/long

and cur_lat and cur_lng variables holds current location's lat/long


Solution

  • You can use this function to get the distance in km between the two:

    function getDistanceInKM (lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2) {
      if(lat1 === lat2 && lon1 === lon2) return 0;
      const 
        radlat1 = Math.PI * lat1/180,
        radlat2 = Math.PI * lat2/180,
        theta = lon1 - lon2;
      const radtheta = Math.PI * theta/180;
      let dist = Math.sin(radlat1) * Math.sin(radlat2) + Math.cos(radlat1) * Math.cos(radlat2) * Math.cos(radtheta);
      if (dist > 1) dist = 1;
      dist = Math.acos(dist);
      dist = dist * 180/Math.PI;
      dist = dist * 60 * 1.1515;
      dist = dist * 1.609344;
      return dist;
    }  
    

    Source code from here.