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/* Calculate Distance between two latitute & longitude points */
function GPScalculateDistance(lat1, lng1, lat2, lng2)
  {    

      //radians
      lat1 = (lat1 * 2.0 * Math.PI) / 60.0 / 360.0;      
      lng1 = (lng1 * 2.0 * Math.PI) / 60.0 / 360.0;    
      lat2 = (lat2 * 2.0 * Math.PI) / 60.0 / 360.0;   
      lng2 = (lng2 * 2.0 * Math.PI) / 60.0 / 360.0;       


      // use to different earth axis length    
      var a = 6378137.0;        // Earth Major Axis (WGS84)    
      var b = 6356752.3142;     // Minor Axis    
      var f = (a-b) / a;        // "Flattening"    
      var e = 2.0*f - f*f;      // "Eccentricity"      

      var beta = (a / Math.sqrt( 1.0 - e * Math.sin( lat1 ) * Math.sin( lat1 )));    
      var cos = Math.cos( lat1 );    
      var x = beta * cos * Math.cos( lng1 );    
      var y = beta * cos * Math.sin( lng1 );    
      var z = beta * ( 1 - e ) * Math.sin( lat1 );      

      beta = ( a / Math.sqrt( 1.0 -  e * Math.sin( lat2 ) * Math.sin( lat2 )));    
      cos = Math.cos( lat2 );   
      x -= (beta * cos * Math.cos( lng2 ));    
      y -= (beta * cos * Math.sin( lng2 ));    
      z -= (beta * (1 - e) * Math.sin( lat2 ));       

      return (Math.sqrt( (x*x) + (y*y) + (z*z) )/1000);  
    }