php Programming Glossary: cosines
Formulas to Calculate Geo Proximity http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2096385/formulas-to-calculate-geo-proximity seen variations from the same formula Spherical Law of Cosines like this one 3956 ACOS COS RADIANS o_lat COS RADIANS d_lat.. more variations and formulas such as the Spherical Law of Cosines and the Vincenty's formulae which seems to be the most accurate.. Vincenty Formula Haversine Formula Spherical Law of Cosines The Vincenty Formula is dead slow however it's pretty accurate..
Optimising a haversine formula SQL call in PHP http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2226489/optimising-a-haversine-formula-sql-call-in-php improve this question You're using the Spherical Law of Cosines formula not the Haversine Formula which is slightly slower ...
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