This function takes locations on the earth’s surface in latitude-longitude coordinate pairs and returns the approximate distance between them. The function is accurate near the equator but is about 1% inaccurate at latitude 50° and is very inaccurate at latitudes higher than 80°.
For example, suppose we had the following case fragment:
01 Jun 09 20 Jun 09 30 Jun 09 SectorFrom LIM KUL LHR SectorTo KUL LHR VIE FromLatLon 12 5S, 77 3W 3 7N, 101 42E 51 30N, 0 0W ToLatLon 3 7N, 101 42E 51 30N, 0 0W 48 15N, 16 22E
Then the condition
distance between FromLatLon and ToLatLon > 1000
is true.