Calculate distance of two geo points in km c#

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Your formula is almost correct, but you have to swap parameters for longitude an latitude 

Console.WriteLine(DistanceAlgorithm.DistanceBetweenPlaces(-118.291994, 36.578581, -116.83171, 36.23998)); // = 136 km

I’m using simplified formula:

// cos(d) = sin(φА)·sin(φB) + cos(φА)·cos(φB)·cos(λА − λB),
//  where φА, φB are latitudes and λА, λB are longitudes
// Distance = d * R
public static double DistanceBetweenPlaces(double lon1, double lat1, double lon2, double lat2)
{
    double R = 6371; // km

    double sLat1 = Math.Sin(Radians(lat1));
    double sLat2 = Math.Sin(Radians(lat2));
    double cLat1 = Math.Cos(Radians(lat1));
    double cLat2 = Math.Cos(Radians(lat2));
    double cLon = Math.Cos(Radians(lon1) - Radians(lon2));

    double cosD = sLat1*sLat2 + cLat1*cLat2*cLon;

    double d = Math.Acos(cosD);

    double dist = R * d;

    return dist;
}

Testing:

(Distance at Equator): Longitudes 0, 100; Latitudes = 0,0; DistanceBetweenPlaces(0, 0, 100, 0) = 11119.5 km

(Distance at North Pole): Longitudes 0, 100; Latitudes = 90,90; DistanceBetweenPlaces(0, 90, 100, 90) = 0 km

Longitudes: -118.291994, -116.83171; Latitudes: 36.578581, 36.23998 = 135.6 km

Longitudes: 36.578581, 36.23998; Latitudes: -118.291994, -116.83171 = 163.2 km

Best regards

P.S. At web site you use for result comparison, for every point first text box is latitude, second – longitude

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