-- calculate distance CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION calculate_distance(lat1 float, lon1 float, lat2 float, lon2 float, units varchar) RETURNS numeric AS $dist$ DECLARE dist float = 0; radlat1 float; radlat2 float; theta float; radtheta float; BEGIN IF lat1 = lat2 AND lon1 = lon2 THEN RETURN dist; ELSE radlat1 = pi() * lat1 / 180; radlat2 = pi() * lat2 / 180; theta = lon1 - lon2; radtheta = pi() * theta / 180; dist = sin(radlat1) * sin(radlat2) + cos(radlat1) * cos(radlat2) * cos(radtheta); IF dist > 1 THEN dist = 1; END IF; dist = acos(dist); dist = dist * 180 / pi(); -- Distance in Statute Miles dist = dist * 60 * 1.1515576; -- Distance in Kilometres IF units = 'K' THEN dist = dist * 1.609344; END IF; -- Distance in Nautical Miles IF units = 'N' THEN dist = dist * 0.868976; END IF; dist = dist::numeric; RETURN dist; END IF; END; $dist$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; -- calculate bearing CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION calculate_bearing(lat1 float, lon1 float, lat2 float, lon2 float) RETURNS numeric AS $bear$ DECLARE bear float = NULL; radlat1 float; radlat2 float; raddlon float; y float; x float; BEGIN IF lat1 = lat2 AND lon1 = lon2 THEN RETURN bear; ELSE radlat1 = pi() * lat1 / 180; radlat2 = pi() * lat2 / 180; raddlon = pi() * (lon2 - lon1) / 180; y = sin(raddlon) * cos(radlat2); x = cos(radlat1) * sin(radlat2) - sin(radlat1) * cos(radlat2) * cos(raddlon); bear = atan2(y, x) * 180 / pi(); bear = (bear::numeric + 360) % 360; RETURN bear; END IF; END; $bear$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;