# Geodesy: how to calculate the straight line distance between two locations, which is represented by longitude and latitude?

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**Category:** Geo\
**Tags:** diffeq, gmt, geodesy\
**Created:** [January 23, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/geodesy-how-to-calculate-the-straight-line-distance-between-two-locations-which-is-represented-by-longitude-and-latitude/19984 "2019-01-23T14:03:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![lazarusA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lazarusa/32/6571_2.png) [@lazarusA](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lazarusA)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/geodesy-how-to-calculate-the-straight-line-distance-between-two-locations-which-is-represented-by-longitude-and-latitude/19984/18 "2021-02-28T16:07:54Z")

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Hey, do you know how to get the geodesic line data (x,y,z)[lon,lat,alt] between two points coordinates?, I would like to have the data and then plot it with whatever library I wish, as you mentioned before.

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