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Subject: Re: Distance Formula from Long/Lat
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"DellaCroce" <DellaCroce@toast.net> wrote in
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> Does anyone here have the formula for calculating distance give two
> pairs of Longitude/Latitude coordinates?  Please share this with me if
> you would. 
> 

Depending upon how close togther the point are,
the Pythagorian (sp) formula will be a close approximation.

X**2 + Y**2 = Z**2