GPS Utilities API v1.0

Calculate Distance

This endpoint measures the distance between two GPS coordinates.

The calculation uses the geodetic distance which takes into account the curvature of the earth. This is a 2d calculation which does not take elevation into consideration.

The Response gives back the measurement unit together with the distance calculated in that measurement unit. One can elect to get all the supported measurement units back together with the converted measurement by using the all option in the unit parameter.

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Endpoint URL

GET [RapidAPI Base URL]/v1/distance

Parameters

Parameter Required Description Data Type
lat1 Yes Latitude of the first coordinate. Number (float)
lon1 Yes Longitude of the first coordinate. Number (float)
lat2 Yes Latitude of the second coordinate. Number (float)
lon2 Yes Longitude of the second coordinate. Number (float)
unit No Unit of measurement. Options: meters, miles, feet, km, nm, all. Default: meters. One can only request all of the units or one of the valid options. String
fmt No Format of returned data, Options: json (more coming soon). Default: json String
dec No Number of decimal places to use on the measurements. Options 0 to 6 Default: 5 Number (Integer)

GET [RapidAPI Base URL]/v1/distance

Headers:

Please see the RapidAPI documentation

Body:



    /v1/distance?lat1=-33.991&lon1=22.736&lat2=-33.991&lon2=22.7889&unit=meters&fmt=JSON&dec=5

    OR

    /v1/distance?lat1=-33.991&lon1=22.736&lat2=-33.991&lon2=22.7889&unit=all&fmt=json&dec=5

                                            


    {
        "meters": 4887.67048
    }
OR, using "unit": "all" parameter 

    {
        "meters": 4887.67048,
        "kilometers": 4.88767,
        "nautical": 2.63913,
        "miles": 3.03771,
        "feet": 16035.66482
    }