Posted on January 20, 2023 (Updated on July 10, 2025)

Calculate velocity x and y components from Lat,Lon and Time

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How do you find velocity with latitude and longitude?

First we plot the two GPS points on a spherical model of the earth, then calculate the angle between them using a dot product, then calculate the ‘Great Circle’ distance using this angle and the earth’s radius and finally we divide by the elapsed time to approximate the speed.
 

How do you calculate East?

Quote from video: Minutes since place b is to the east of place a place b have the time ahead of a that is we have to add. So time at place b is equal to 10 a.m plus four however 40.

What is north velocity?

Velocity North = Distance from C to B) / Time (from A to B)
 

What are the 3 formulas for velocity?

The three equations are,

  • v = u + at.
  • v² = u² + 2as.
  • s = ut + ½at²


How do you find velocity in relativity?

Quote from video: Times u divided by C squared.

How to calculate distance between two points using latitude and longitude?

For this divide the values of longitude and latitude of both the points by 180/pi. The value of pi is 22/7. The value of 180/pi is approximately 57.29577951. If we want to calculate the distance between two places in miles, use the value 3, 963, which is the radius of Earth.
 

How do you find distance using latitude and longitude?

φ is latitude, λ is longitude, R is earth’s radius (mean radius = 6,371km);



Spherical Law of Cosines.

Law of cosines: d = acos( sin φ1 ⋅ sin φ2 + cos φ1 ⋅ cos φ2 ⋅ cos Δλ ) ⋅ R
Excel: =ACOS( SIN(lat1)*SIN(lat2) + COS(lat1)*COS(lat2)*COS(lon2-lon1) ) * 6371000

How do you convert longitude to time?

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What is the formula to find velocity?

Velocity (v) is a vector quantity that measures displacement (or change in position, Δs) over the change in time (Δt), represented by the equation v = Δs/Δt. Speed (or rate, r) is a scalar quantity that measures the distance traveled (d) over the change in time (Δt), represented by the equation r = d/Δt.

How do you calculate velocity using GPS?

Step 1: Using GPS trackers to calculate speed



The formula for calculating speed is speed equals distance covered divided by the time taken often represented as x = d/t. By using two GPS points (locations) we can calculate the distance covered.
 

How can I calculate velocity?

Determine the object’s original velocity by dividing the time it took for the object to travel a given distance by the total distance. In the equation V = d/t, V is the velocity, d is the distance, and t is the time.