How to get the distance between my current position and a new position?

Question

I want to get the distance between my current position and a new (current) position a few moments later. I want a timer that updates my label every second with the new distance.

Example: am standing on a street with my current location and run 300 meters further. I get a new current location and a label should give 300 meters.

I am not very experienced in objected c-programming. this is what i got so far:

#import <CoreLocation/CoreLocation.h>

@interface NormalSoloViewController () <CLLocationManagerDelegate>
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *lbDistance;

@end

@implementation NormalSoloViewController
{
    CLLocationManager *locationManager;
    CLLocation *firstLocation;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad
{

    [super viewDidLoad];

    locationManager =[[CLLocationManager alloc] init];
    locationManager.distanceFilter = kCLHeadingFilterNone;
    [locationManager startUpdatingLocation];

    firstLocation = locationManager.location;
}

- (void)startTimer
{
    [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:1 target:self selector:@selector(updateDistance:) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
}

- (void)updateDistance:(NSTimer *)timer
{
    double distance = 0;
    distance = distance + [self calculateDistance];
    self.lbDistance.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%f", distance];

}

- (double) calculateDistance {

    CLLocation *newFirstLocation = firstLocation;
    CLLocation *secondLocation = locationManager.location;
    firstLocation = secondLocation;

    return [newFirstLocation distanceFromLocation:secondLocation];
}

Is there anything wrong with your code? It seems well. But it will always show the distance between your last two locations with a time difference of 1 sec. You are not keeping your very first location. I am not sure you want this. — ismailgulek, Apr 01 '14 at 16:19

user3485830 · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-10T08:00:37.720

The code wont work because locationManager.location cant be called that way. I have added speed to my app. It works but only wenn the manager sends new information.

    @implementation ViewController
    {
        CLLocationManager *locationManager;
        double distance;
        double speed;
        double extraDistance;
        NSMutableArray *locations;
        CLLocation *newLocation2;
        CLLocation *oldLocation2;
        CLLocation *newLocationCheck;
    }

    - (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
    {
        self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
        if (self) {
        }
        return self;
    }

    - (void)viewDidLoad
    {
        [super viewDidLoad];
        distance =0;
        speed =0;
        locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];
        locations = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
        locationManager.delegate = self;
        locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest;
        [self startTimer];
        [locationManager startUpdatingLocation];
    }

    - (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
    {
        [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }

    - (void)startTimer
    {
        // Timer that repeatedly does something every 2 seconds
        [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:2 target:self selector:@selector(updateSpeedDistance:) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
    }

   - (void)updateSpeedDistance:(NSTimer *)timer
{
    // fetches the old and new location out of the array list
    oldLocation2 = locations[0];
    newLocation2 = locations[1];

    // checks if theres a new location
    if (newLocation2 != newLocationCheck) {

        // if there is only one following location
        if (oldLocation2 != newLocation2){
            distance = distance + [newLocationCheck distanceFromLocation:newLocation2];
            speed = [oldLocation2 distanceFromLocation: newLocation2] / 2;
            newLocationCheck = newLocation2;
        // if there multiple locations avaible
        }
        else {
            distance = distance + [oldLocation2 distanceFromLocation:newLocation2];
            speed = [oldLocation2 distanceFromLocation: newLocation2] / 2;
            newLocationCheck = newLocation2;
        }
    }
    // if there's no new location the speed wil drop
    else {
        speed = speed /1.2;
    }
    self.lbDistance.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Distance: %1.2f m", distance];
    self.lbSpeed.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Speed: %1.2f m/s", speed];
}

    - (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didUpdateToLocation:(CLLocation *)newLocation fromLocation:(CLLocation *)oldLocation
    {
        NSLog(@"didUpdateToLocation: %@", newLocation);

        if (newLocation != nil && oldLocation != nil) {
            [locations removeAllObjects];
            [locations addObject:oldLocation];
            [locations addObject:newLocation];
        }
        else {
            [locationManager startUpdatingLocation];
        }
    }

    @end

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 10 '14 at 08:14

Simply you can call

  // Call for the First Location Latitude & longitude
    Place* home = [[Place alloc] init];
    home.name = @"Home";
    home.latitude = [[appDel.dictionaRY1styLoc valueForKey:@"Dict1lat"] doubleValue];
    home.longitude = [[appDel.dictionaRY1styLoc valueForKey:@"Dict1Long"] doubleValue];
    CLLocationCoordinate2D coordinate21 = (CLLocationCoordinate2D){ home.latitude, home.longitude};
    MKCircle *circle1 = [MKCircle circleWithCenterCoordinate:coordinate21 radius:5000];
    [mapViewRoute addOverlay:circle1];
    CLLocation * locA = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:home.latitude longitude:home.longitude];



    // Call for the Second Location Latitude & longitude
    Place* work = [[Place alloc] init];
    work.name = @"work";
    work.latitude = [[appDel.dictionary2ndyLoc valueForKey:@"Dict2lat"] doubleValue];
    work.longitude = [[appDel.dictionary2ndyLoc valueForKey:@"Dict2Long"] doubleValue];
    CLLocationCoordinate2D coordinate22 = (CLLocationCoordinate2D){ work.latitude, work.longitude};
    MKCircle *circle2 = [MKCircle circleWithCenterCoordinate:coordinate22 radius:5000];
    [mapViewRoute addOverlay:circle2];
    CLLocation * locB = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:work.latitude longitude:work.longitude];
    NSLog(@"%f==%f && %f== %f",home.latitude,home.longitude,work.latitude,work.longitude);

    CLLocationDistance distanceE = [locB distanceFromLocation:locA];
    NSLog(@"distanceE: %2f", distanceE/1000);
    lblDistanceKm.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%.2f KM",(distanceE/1000)];

Here CLLocationDistance is the class name through we can find distance

How to get the distance between my current position and a new position?

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