Enable configuring the measurement base distance is measured in

application/config/cloudlog.php

@@ -17,3 +17,19 @@ defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
 |
 */
 $config['show_time'] = FALSE;
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Configure the measurement base distance is measured in
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| 
+| Here you can configure different measurement bases to be used on
+| distance caculations. Valid values are:
+| M: miles
+| K: kilometers
+| N: nautic miles
+| 
+| Default is: M
+|
+*/
+$config['measurement_base'] = 'M';

application/controllers/Logbook.php

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class Logbook extends CI_Controller {
 		$return['callsign_qth'] = $this->logbook_model->call_qth($callsign);
 		$return['callsign_iota'] = $this->logbook_model->call_iota($callsign);
 		$return['qsl_manager'] = $this->logbook_model->call_qslvia($callsign);
-		$return['bearing'] = $this->bearing($return['callsign_qra']);
+		$return['bearing'] = $this->bearing($return['callsign_qra'], $this->config->item('measurement_base'));
 		$return['workedBefore'] = $this->worked_grid_before($return['callsign_qra']);
 
 		if ($return['callsign_qra'] != "") {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class Logbook extends CI_Controller {
 		}
 		$return['workedBefore'] = $this->worked_grid_before($return['callsign_qra']);
 	}
-	$return['bearing'] = $this->bearing($return['callsign_qra']);
+	$return['bearing'] = $this->bearing($return['callsign_qra'], $this->config->item('measurement_base'));
 
 	echo json_encode($return, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
 
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ class Logbook extends CI_Controller {
 					$mylocator = $this->config->item('locator');
 				}
 
-				$bearing = $this->qra->bearing($mylocator, $locator);
+				$bearing = $this->qra->bearing($mylocator, $locator, $this->config->item('measurement_base'));
 
 				echo $bearing;
 			}
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ class Logbook extends CI_Controller {
 	}
 
 	/* return station bearing */
-	function bearing($locator) {
+	function bearing($locator, $unit = 'M') {
 			$this->load->library('Qra');
 
 
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ class Logbook extends CI_Controller {
 
 
 
-				$bearing = $this->qra->bearing($mylocator, $locator);
+				$bearing = $this->qra->bearing($mylocator, $locator, $unit);
 
 				return $bearing;
 			}

application/libraries/Qra.php

@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ class Qra {
 		return qra2latlong($strQRA);
 	}
 	
-	function bearing($tx, $rx) {
+	function bearing($tx, $rx, $unit = 'M') {
 		$my = qra2latlong($tx);
 		$stn = qra2latlong($rx);
 
-		$bearing = bearing($my[0], $my[1], $stn[0], $stn[1]);
+		$bearing = bearing($my[0], $my[1], $stn[0], $stn[1], $unit);
 		
 		return $bearing;
 	}
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ cos(deg2rad($theta));
   return round($dist, 1);
 }
 
-function bearing($lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2) {
+function bearing($lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2, $unit = 'M') {
   if (round($lon1, 1) == round($lon2, 1)) {
 	if ($lat1 < $lat2) {
 	  $bearing = 0;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function bearing($lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2) {
 	  $bearing = 180;
 	}
   } else {
-	$dist = distance($lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2, 'N');
+	$dist = distance($lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2, $unit);
 	$arad = acos((sin(deg2rad($lat2)) - sin(deg2rad($lat1)) * cos(deg2rad($dist / 60))) / (sin(deg2rad($dist
 / 60)) * cos(deg2rad($lat1))));
 	$bearing = $arad * 180 / pi();
@@ -68,7 +68,18 @@ function bearing($lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2) {
 $var_dist = "";
   #return $dir;
   if (isset($dist)) {
-	$var_dist = $dist." miles";
+	$var_dist = $dist;
+	switch ($unit) {
+		case 'M':
+			$var_dist .= " miles";
+			break;
+		case 'N':
+			$var_dist .= " nautic miles";
+			break;
+		case 'K':
+			$var_dist .= " kilometers";
+			break;
+	}
   }
   return round($bearing, 0)."&#186; ".$dir." ".$var_dist;
 }