Class: Kdtree::Util

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/kdtree/util.rb

Constant Summary collapse

EARTH_MILES = 
3959.0
EARTH_KILOMETERS = 
6371.0

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.bounding_box(lat, long, radius_distance, sphere_radius) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/kdtree/util.rb', line 16

def self.bounding_box(lat, long, radius_distance, sphere_radius)
  lat_amount = radians_to_degrees(radius_distance / sphere_radius)
  lat1 = lat + lat_amount
  lat2 = lat - lat_amount
  long_amount = radians_to_degrees(radius_distance / sphere_radius / Math.cos(degrees_to_radians(lat)))
  long1 = long - long_amount
  long2 = long + long_amount
  Kdtree::LatitudeLongitudeRegion.new(lat1, long1, lat2, long2)
end

.bounding_box_kilometers(lat, long, distance_in_miles) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/kdtree/util.rb', line 12

def self.bounding_box_kilometers(lat, long, distance_in_miles)
  bounding_box(lat, long, distance_in_miles, EARTH_MILES)
end

.bounding_box_miles(lat, long, distance_in_miles) ⇒ Object

I pulled the algorithm for the bounding_box calculation from here: stackoverflow.com/questions/1689096/calculating-bounding-box-a-certain-distance-away-from-a-lat-long-coordinate-in-j



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# File 'lib/kdtree/util.rb', line 8

def self.bounding_box_miles(lat, long, distance_in_miles)
  bounding_box(lat, long, distance_in_miles, EARTH_MILES)
end

.degrees_to_radians(degrees) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/kdtree/util.rb', line 26

def self.degrees_to_radians(degrees)
  degrees * 3.1416 / 180
end

.radians_to_degrees(radians) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/kdtree/util.rb', line 30

def self.radians_to_degrees(radians)
  radians * 180 / 3.1416
end