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GeoCoordinate::GetDistanceTo Method

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)

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

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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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