Function to get haversine distance in meters between two points
Based on calculation from the geosphere package
Usage
get_distance_meters(location_1, location_2, radius = 6378137)
Arguments
- location_1
A matrix or vector of longitudes and latitudes
- location_2
A matrix or vector of longitudes and latitudes
- radius
Radius of the sphere to use for haversine calculation (Defaults to meters)
Value
A vector of distances in meters
Examples
get_distance_meters(c(38.8734, -75.2394), c(40.3497, -76.2314))
#> [1] 117610.6