From: "Dann Corbit" <a-cnadc@microsoft.com>
Newsgroups: sci.math
Subject: Re: Lat and Long equation
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 10:15:35 -0700

Reference:
	Thomas, P.D., 1970, Spheroidal Geodesics, Reference  Systems
	& Local Geometry: U.S. Naval Oceanographic  Office, S-138.

There is public domain source code to perform this task.
GEOD is the program, you can find it at 
ftp://charon.er.usgs.gov/pub

> mike@mdhawkgy.demon.co.uk (mike) wrote in article
<836141525.27956.0@mdhawkgy.demon.co.uk>...
> Hi, 
> Can anybody help me with a slight mathematical equation problem.
> What I am looking for is some sort of equation that will calculate
> from two Lat and Long's (e.g. N5120.12 W00310.11) the distance between
> them.
> (If there is a more suitable newsgroup I should have posted this
> request to then a small note to the affect would be grateful).
> Many Thanks
> MIKE
> 
>