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Center Geolocations
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center_geo.py
from math import cos, sin, atan2, sqrt
def center_geolocation(geolocations):
"""
Provide a relatively accurate center lat, lon returned as a list pair, given
a list of list pairs.
ex: in: geolocations = ((lat1,lon1), (lat2,lon2),)
out: (center_lat, center_lon)
"""
x = 0
y = 0
z = 0
for lat, lon in geolocations:
lat = float(lat)
lon = float(lon)
x += cos(lat) * cos(lon)
y += cos(lat) * sin(lon)
z += sin(lat)
x = float(x / len(geolocations))
y = float(y / len(geolocations))
z = float(z / len(geolocations))
return (atan2(y, x), atan2(z, sqrt(x * x + y * y)))
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