boundingBoxCoordinates function
Calculates the SW and NE corners of a bounding box around a center point for a given radius;
area
with the center given as .latitude and .longitude
and the radius of the box (in kilometers)
Implementation
GeoBoundingBox boundingBoxCoordinates(Area area) {
const KM_PER_DEGREE_LATITUDE = 110.574;
final latDegrees = area.radiusInKilometers / KM_PER_DEGREE_LATITUDE;
final latitudeNorth = math.min(90.0, area.center.latitude + latDegrees);
final latitudeSouth = math.max(-90.0, area.center.latitude - latDegrees);
// calculate longitude based on current latitude
final longDegsNorth = kilometersToLongitudeDegrees(area.radiusInKilometers, latitudeNorth);
final longDegsSouth = kilometersToLongitudeDegrees(area.radiusInKilometers, latitudeSouth);
final longDegs = math.max(longDegsNorth, longDegsSouth);
return new GeoBoundingBox(
swCorner: new GeoPoint(latitudeSouth, wrapLongitude(area.center.longitude - longDegs)),
neCorner: new GeoPoint(latitudeNorth, wrapLongitude(area.center.longitude + longDegs)));
}