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If I have two coordinate points of (lat, lon), how would I calculate the distance between the two?

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This has been answered in many dozens of threads here: please use our search. It is also ambiguous: what software do you want to use, what accuracy do you need, what model of the earth will you assume? – whuber♦ Nov 14 '12 at 23:34

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This post goes into detail using a javascript script as an example. The concept you want to look into is the Haversine formula

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