how to calculate distance between two coordinates in c# code example

Example 1: calculate distance using latitude and longitude c#

public class Coordinates
{
    public double Latitude { get; private set; }
    public double Longitude { get; private set; }

    public Coordinates(double latitude, double longitude)
    {
        Latitude = latitude;
        Longitude = longitude;
    }
}
public static class CoordinatesDistanceExtensions
{
    public static double DistanceTo(this Coordinates baseCoordinates, Coordinates targetCoordinates)
    {
        return DistanceTo(baseCoordinates, targetCoordinates, UnitOfLength.Kilometers);
    }

    public static double DistanceTo(this Coordinates baseCoordinates, Coordinates targetCoordinates, UnitOfLength unitOfLength)
    {
        var baseRad = Math.PI * baseCoordinates.Latitude / 180;
        var targetRad = Math.PI * targetCoordinates.Latitude/ 180;
        var theta = baseCoordinates.Longitude - targetCoordinates.Longitude;
        var thetaRad = Math.PI * theta / 180;

        double dist =
            Math.Sin(baseRad) * Math.Sin(targetRad) + Math.Cos(baseRad) *
            Math.Cos(targetRad) * Math.Cos(thetaRad);
        dist = Math.Acos(dist);

        dist = dist * 180 / Math.PI;
        dist = dist * 60 * 1.1515;

        return unitOfLength.ConvertFromMiles(dist);
    }
}

public class UnitOfLength
{
    public static UnitOfLength Kilometers = new UnitOfLength(1.609344);
    public static UnitOfLength NauticalMiles = new UnitOfLength(0.8684);
    public static UnitOfLength Miles = new UnitOfLength(1);

    private readonly double _fromMilesFactor;

    private UnitOfLength(double fromMilesFactor)
    {
        _fromMilesFactor = fromMilesFactor;
    }

    public double ConvertFromMiles(double input)
    {
        return input*_fromMilesFactor;
    }
}

Example 2: Input the coördinates and calculate the distance between them c#

static void Main() {
  double d, x1, x2, y1, y2;
 
  Console.Write("Enter coordinates for point A: ");
  x1 = Double.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
  y1 = Double.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
 
  Console.Write("Enter coordinates for point B: ");
  x2 = Double.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
  y2 = Double.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
   
  d = Math.Sqrt(Math.Pow(x1 - x2, 2) + Math.Pow(y1 - y2, 2));
     
  Console.Write("Distance between points: " + d);
  Console.ReadKey();
}