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I want to find out an unknown target location (latitude and longitude co-ordinates). There are +3 lat-long known points and for each point a distance in meters to the target location. I found some code on internet like this, this and this but when I put my coordinates it gives this error which I couldn't solve.

z = numpy.sqrt(pow(DistA,2) - pow(x,2) - pow(y,2))

RuntimeWarning: invalid value encountered in sqrt

the coordinates are (lat, lon, radius(m))

40.222167, 28.871361, 50
40.22175,  28.87169, 50
40.222528, 28.872083, 50

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Could the error be due to location difference?

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  • The square root of a negative number is imaginary.
    – Vince
    Mar 31, 2022 at 3:17
  • @Vince Yes you're right but how can I solve this problem, why the result is negative? the coordinates that used in the codes I mentioned don't give negative result.
    – ajanx
    Apr 2, 2022 at 11:46
  • You haven't provided the values of your variables, but the only way to generate that error is a negative value.
    – Vince
    Apr 2, 2022 at 13:10
  • @Vince the values are the coordinates and radius I wrote above
    – ajanx
    Apr 4, 2022 at 2:10
  • Your code has DistA, x, and y, and your data has lat, lon, and radius. Try printing the contents of the variables before executing the square root.
    – Vince
    Apr 4, 2022 at 4:25

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