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GeoCoordinate.GetDistanceTo Method

.NET Framework 4.5

Returns the distance between the latitude and longitude coordinates that are specified by this GeoCoordinate and another specified GeoCoordinate.

Namespace:  System.Device.Location
Assembly:  System.Device (in System.Device.dll)
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public double GetDistanceTo(
	GeoCoordinate other
)

Parameters

other
Type: System.Device.Location.GeoCoordinate

The GeoCoordinate for the location to calculate the distance to.

Return Value

Type: System.Double
The distance between the two coordinates, in meters.

The Haversine formula is used to calculate the distance. The Haversine formula accounts for the curvature of the earth, but assumes a spherical earth rather than an ellipsoid. For long distances, the Haversine formula introduces an error of less than 0.1 percent.

Altitude is not used to calculate the distance.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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