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by jimmy1 2617 days ago
I learned the hard way the unit of measurement you use for R when calculating distance between two lat,long coordinates is what you get out. So if R is in meters, you aren't calculating the distance in miles. Hehe...should have paid attention in math class (to be fair to myself, American math education is horrible).
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Always worth doing the dimensional (units) analysis first
> (to be fair to myself, American math education is horrible)

Mmmmmmm. Not magically converting meters to miles?

I dunno. I kind of think that one's on you, bud.