Create Coordinate.js

Enoch-Moke · web-flow · commit 3788dfc0ec0c · 2021-07-27T03:56:55.000+08:00
This is a new file that should serve as a future collection of algorithms involving solutions for coordinates. The first algorithm is a function to calculate the distance between 2 coordinates on a 2D plane.
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+/*
+ Calculate the mathematical properties involving coordinates
+
+ Calculate the Distance Between 2 Points on a 2 Dimensional Plane
+ Example: coorDistance(2,2,14,11) will return 15
+ Wikipedia reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_distance#Flat-surface_formulae
+*/
+const distance2points = (longitude1, latitude1, longitude2, latitude2) => {
+  const width = longitude2 - longitude1;
+  const height = latitude2 - latitude1;
+  return (Math.sqrt(width * width + height * height));
+};
+
+export { distance2points };
