I am working on a radar gauge, and I need the spherical geometry to compute:- the distance between my aircraft and another aircraft (both aircraft positions given in latitude/longitude)- the bearing (relative heading) of my aircraft relative to another aircraftThanks for any help !!Eric

Do you need the full spherical geometry or is a "quasi"-flat geometry sufficient? Since radar distances aren't that great a flat geometry could be precise enough.Arne Bartels

double pi=3.1415926535897932384626433832795;double LLdistance(double lat1, double lon1, double lat2, double lon2){ double distance; lat1=lat1*(pi/180); lon1=lon1*(pi/180); lat2=lat2*(pi/180); lon2=lon2*(pi/180); distance = acos(sin(lat1)*sin(lat2)+cos(lat1)*cos(lat2)*cos(lon1-lon2))*((180*60)/pi); return distance;};double LLcourse(double lat1, double lon1, double lat2, double lon2){ double course; lat1=lat1*(pi/180); lon1=lon1*(pi/180); lat2=lat2*(pi/180); lon2=lon2*(pi/180); course = fmod(atan2(sin(lon1-lon2)*cos(lat2),cos(lat1)*sin(lat2)-sin(lat1)*cos(lat2)*cos(lon1-lon2)), 2*pi); return course;};Chris Filehttp://www.avsim.com/pss/phoenix.jpg

Thanks for your help !!Your formulas helped me much. My radar gauge is almost finished, it works pretty fine now.Eric

You gonna release it?? Or plz just a shot!!Thank you! :-)http://flightsimmers.net/airport/etti/signature_pro.jpg

A little more patience, I'll release it soon. To make you wait, here are some screenshots. They show the 3 radar modes: global, horizontal and vertical.Eric

Hey thanks for the shots, they look kinda great! Looking forward to the release... :-hahRegards :-wave from EDDFhttp://flightsimmers.net/airport/etti/signature_pro.jpg

Chris, Thank you.... Been looking all over for this info.Roman(KGRB)

Just to let you know tables are much faster (cept I dont know how to use them !) and wondering if fsim uses tables in trig calculations?mr gray

My radar and HUD gauges have finally been released. I included them on Johan Peeters' F-16 panel.Due to problems with Rick Rossner, AVSIM will never see again a single piece of my work. You can get the panel on the other site. Search the file f16pnlem.zip.Enjoy !!!Eric

Thanks a lot, gonna try it out nowRegardsEtienneEDDF

Oh yeah, I really must admit, this is great. You did a good piece of work. It doesn't just work, it also looks good (animations etc.)! :-) How the hell did you get the different mouse hot spots moving around... Incredible.Just keep up the great work, would like to see other gauges of this quality! :-hahRegards :-wave from EDDFhttp://flightsimmers.net/airport/etti/signature_pro.jpgPS. Hmmm since FlightSim.Com is down again (as always... :-erks) and since I don't get any acceptable result out of the AVSIM File Library, I don't have a F-16 a/c yet... Tried the panel only with the Learjet.

Thanks for your compliments !!You can get the excellent F-16 by G.Chiacchietta on FS Freeware.One link is: FRF_F-16_C.zipHave fun !!

Hey I just woke up, got to the PC, fired up FS and tried it once more, with 100% ATC, and it's just cool!!! Escorted a Dash 8 in my, errr... still - Learjet. But thank you for the link, I gotta download that F-16 now. But tell me one thing: Well I've seen it on other fighter panels, but what's that indication?http://flightsimmers.net/airport/etti/avsi...hers/escort.jpg> Have fun !!I DO!!!Thanks again! :-hahRegards :-wave from EDDFhttp://flightsimmers.net/airport/etti/signature_pro.jpg

This indicates if you're flying straight, climbing or descending. It is redudant with the 2 little arrows that appear on the HUD above or below the altitude numerical display.It is a sort of vertical speed display which only indicates if it is positive, negative or null.Eric