我已经创建了这个小Javascript LatLng对象，可能对某人有用。

var latLng1 = new LatLng(5, 3);
var latLng2 = new LatLng(6, 7);
var distance = latLng1.distanceTo(latLng2); 

代码:

/**
 * latLng point
 * @param {Number} lat
 * @param {Number} lng
 * @returns {LatLng}
 * @constructor
 */
function LatLng(lat,lng) {
    this.lat = parseFloat(lat);
    this.lng = parseFloat(lng);

    this.__cache = {};
}

LatLng.prototype = {
    toString: function() {
        return [this.lat, this.lng].join(",");
    },

    /**
     * calculate distance in km to another latLng, with caching
     * @param {LatLng} latLng
     * @returns {Number} distance in km
     */
    distanceTo: function(latLng) {
        var cacheKey = latLng.toString();
        if(cacheKey in this.__cache) {
            return this.__cache[cacheKey];
        }

        // the fastest way to calculate the distance, according to this jsperf test;
        // http://jsperf.com/haversine-salvador/8
        // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27928
        var deg2rad = 0.017453292519943295; // === Math.PI / 180
        var lat1 = this.lat * deg2rad;
        var lng1 = this.lng * deg2rad;
        var lat2 = latLng.lat * deg2rad;
        var lng2 = latLng.lng * deg2rad;
        var a = (
            (1 - Math.cos(lat2 - lat1)) +
            (1 - Math.cos(lng2 - lng1)) * Math.cos(lat1) * Math.cos(lat2)
            ) / 2;
        var distance = 12742 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(a)); // Diameter of the earth in km (2 * 6371)

        // cache the distance
        this.__cache[cacheKey] = distance;

        return distance;
    }
};

下面是另一个转换为Ruby代码的代码:

include Math
#Note: from/to = [lat, long]

def get_distance_in_km(from, to)
  radians = lambda { |deg| deg * Math.PI / 180 }
  radius = 6371 # Radius of the earth in kilometer
  dLat = radians[to[0]-from[0]]
  dLon = radians[to[1]-from[1]]

  cosines_product = Math.sin(dLat/2) * Math.sin(dLat/2) + Math.cos(radians[from[0]]) * Math.cos(radians[to[1]]) * Math.sin(dLon/2) * Math.sin(dLon/2)

  c = 2 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt(cosines_product), Math.sqrt(1-cosines_product)) 
  return radius * c # Distance in kilometer
end

精确计算中长点之间距离所需的函数是复杂的，陷阱也很多。我不推荐哈弗辛或其他球形的解决方案，因为有很大的不准确性(地球不是一个完美的球体)。vincenty公式更好，但在某些情况下会抛出错误，即使编码正确。

与其自己编写函数，我建议使用geopy，它已经实现了非常精确的地理库来进行距离计算(论文来自作者)。

#pip install geopy
from geopy.distance import geodesic
NY = [40.71278,-74.00594]
Beijing = [39.90421,116.40739]
print("WGS84: ",geodesic(NY, Beijing).km) #WGS84 is Standard
print("Intl24: ",geodesic(NY, Beijing, ellipsoid='Intl 1924').km) #geopy includes different ellipsoids
print("Custom ellipsoid: ",geodesic(NY, Beijing, ellipsoid=(6377., 6356., 1 / 297.)).km) #custom ellipsoid

#supported ellipsoids:
#model             major (km)   minor (km)     flattening
#'WGS-84':        (6378.137,    6356.7523142,  1 / 298.257223563)
#'GRS-80':        (6378.137,    6356.7523141,  1 / 298.257222101)
#'Airy (1830)':   (6377.563396, 6356.256909,   1 / 299.3249646)
#'Intl 1924':     (6378.388,    6356.911946,   1 / 297.0)
#'Clarke (1880)': (6378.249145, 6356.51486955, 1 / 293.465)
#'GRS-67':        (6378.1600,   6356.774719,   1 / 298.25)

这个库的唯一缺点是它不支持向量化计算。 对于向量化计算，您可以使用新的gevectorslib。

#pip install geovectorslib
from geovectorslib import inverse
print(inverse(lats1,lons1,lats2,lons2)['s12'])

lat和lon是numpy数组。Geovectorslib是非常准确和非常快!我还没有找到改变椭球的方法。标准采用WGS84椭球，是大多数用途的最佳选择。

非常感谢这一切。我在Objective-C iPhone应用程序中使用了以下代码:

const double PIx = 3.141592653589793;
const double RADIO = 6371; // Mean radius of Earth in Km

double convertToRadians(double val) {

   return val * PIx / 180;
}

-(double)kilometresBetweenPlace1:(CLLocationCoordinate2D) place1 andPlace2:(CLLocationCoordinate2D) place2 {

        double dlon = convertToRadians(place2.longitude - place1.longitude);
        double dlat = convertToRadians(place2.latitude - place1.latitude);

        double a = ( pow(sin(dlat / 2), 2) + cos(convertToRadians(place1.latitude))) * cos(convertToRadians(place2.latitude)) * pow(sin(dlon / 2), 2);
        double angle = 2 * asin(sqrt(a));

        return angle * RADIO;
}

纬度和经度是十进制的。我没有在asin()调用中使用min()，因为我使用的距离非常小，以至于它们不需要min()。

它给出了错误的答案，直到我传入弧度的值-现在它几乎与从苹果地图应用程序中获得的值相同:-)

额外的更新:

如果你使用的是iOS4或更高版本，那么苹果会提供一些方法来实现相同的功能:

-(double)kilometresBetweenPlace1:(CLLocationCoordinate2D) place1 andPlace2:(CLLocationCoordinate2D) place2 {

    MKMapPoint  start, finish;


    start = MKMapPointForCoordinate(place1);
    finish = MKMapPointForCoordinate(place2);

    return MKMetersBetweenMapPoints(start, finish) / 1000;
}

正如指出的那样，精确的计算应该考虑到地球不是一个完美的球体。以下是这里提供的各种算法的一些比较:

geoDistance(50,5,58,3)
Haversine: 899 km
Maymenn: 833 km
Keerthana: 897 km
google.maps.geometry.spherical.computeDistanceBetween(): 900 km

geoDistance(50,5,-58,-3)
Haversine: 12030 km
Maymenn: 11135 km
Keerthana: 10310 km
google.maps.geometry.spherical.computeDistanceBetween(): 12044 km

geoDistance(.05,.005,.058,.003)
Haversine: 0.9169 km
Maymenn: 0.851723 km
Keerthana: 0.917964 km
google.maps.geometry.spherical.computeDistanceBetween(): 0.917964 km

geoDistance(.05,80,.058,80.3)
Haversine: 33.37 km
Maymenn: 33.34 km
Keerthana: 33.40767 km
google.maps.geometry.spherical.computeDistanceBetween(): 33.40770 km

在小范围内，Keerthana的算法似乎与谷歌Maps的算法一致。谷歌Maps似乎没有遵循任何简单的算法，这表明它可能是这里最准确的方法。

不管怎样，这里是Keerthana算法的Javascript实现:

function geoDistance(lat1, lng1, lat2, lng2){
    const a = 6378.137; // equitorial radius in km
    const b = 6356.752; // polar radius in km

    var sq = x => (x*x);
    var sqr = x => Math.sqrt(x);
    var cos = x => Math.cos(x);
    var sin = x => Math.sin(x);
    var radius = lat => sqr((sq(a*a*cos(lat))+sq(b*b*sin(lat)))/(sq(a*cos(lat))+sq(b*sin(lat))));

    lat1 = lat1 * Math.PI / 180;
    lng1 = lng1 * Math.PI / 180;
    lat2 = lat2 * Math.PI / 180;
    lng2 = lng2 * Math.PI / 180;

    var R1 = radius(lat1);
    var x1 = R1*cos(lat1)*cos(lng1);
    var y1 = R1*cos(lat1)*sin(lng1);
    var z1 = R1*sin(lat1);

    var R2 = radius(lat2);
    var x2 = R2*cos(lat2)*cos(lng2);
    var y2 = R2*cos(lat2)*sin(lng2);
    var z2 = R2*sin(lat2);

    return sqr(sq(x1-x2)+sq(y1-y2)+sq(z1-z2));
}

下面是一个c#实现:

static class DistanceAlgorithm
{
    const double PIx = 3.141592653589793;
    const double RADIUS = 6378.16;

    /// <summary>
    /// Convert degrees to Radians
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="x">Degrees</param>
    /// <returns>The equivalent in radians</returns>
    public static double Radians(double x)
    {
        return x * PIx / 180;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Calculate the distance between two places.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="lon1"></param>
    /// <param name="lat1"></param>
    /// <param name="lon2"></param>
    /// <param name="lat2"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static double DistanceBetweenPlaces(
        double lon1,
        double lat1,
        double lon2,
        double lat2)
    {
        double dlon = Radians(lon2 - lon1);
        double dlat = Radians(lat2 - lat1);

        double a = (Math.Sin(dlat / 2) * Math.Sin(dlat / 2)) + Math.Cos(Radians(lat1)) * Math.Cos(Radians(lat2)) * (Math.Sin(dlon / 2) * Math.Sin(dlon / 2));
        double angle = 2 * Math.Atan2(Math.Sqrt(a), Math.Sqrt(1 - a));
        return angle * RADIUS;
    }

}