Go (golang) library for distance calculation

Install the package with the following command line

go get github.com/bykovme/geogo

There are 2 function

geogo.Distance
geogo.ShortDistance

Function Distance calculates the distance between any coordinates using Haversine formula

ShortDistance calculates the distance using usual Cartesian formula but it should be more precise on short ranges

Both functions return result in meters

Depending on the coordinates the function Distance decides on its own if long range or short range calculation should be used. By default the short range calculation works for distances less than 5km (5000 meters).

This example is located within the package here:

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/bykovme/geogo"
)

func main() {
	coordsTokyo := geogo.CoordsPoint{Lat: 35.5062909, Lng: 138.6486705}
	coordsMinsk := geogo.CoordsPoint{Lat: 53.8847608, Lng: 27.4532865}

	distance := geogo.Distance(coordsTokyo, coordsMinsk)

	fmt.Printf("Distance between Minsk and Tokyo: %.2f meters", distance)
}