function deg2rad(degrees) { return Math.PI*degrees/180; } function rad2deg(radians) { return 180.0*radians/Math.PI; } // Semi-axes of WGS-84 geoidal reference var WGS84_a = 6378137.0; // Major semiaxis [m] var WGS84_b = 6356752.3; // Minor semiaxis [m] // Earth radius at a given latitude, according to the WGS-84 ellipsoid [m] function WGS84EarthRadius(lat){ // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_radius var An = WGS84_a*WGS84_a * Math.cos(lat); var Bn = WGS84_b*WGS84_b * Math.sin(lat); var Ad = WGS84_a * Math.cos(lat); var Bd = WGS84_b * Math.sin(lat); return Math.sqrt( (An*An + Bn*Bn)/(Ad*Ad + Bd*Bd) ); } // Bounding box surrounding the point at given coordinates, // assuming local approximation of Earth surface as a sphere // of radius given by WGS84 function boundingBox(latitudeInDegrees, longitudeInDegrees, halfSideInKm) { var lat = deg2rad(latitudeInDegrees); var lon = deg2rad(longitudeInDegrees); var halfSide = 1000*halfSideInKm; // Radius of Earth at given latitude var radius = WGS84EarthRadius(lat); // Radius of the parallel at given latitude var pradius = radius*Math.cos(lat); var latMin = lat - halfSide/radius; var latMax = lat + halfSide/radius; var lonMin = lon - halfSide/pradius; var lonMax = lon + halfSide/pradius; return { 'bottom_left': { 'lat': rad2deg(latMin), 'lon': rad2deg(lonMin) }, 'top_right': { 'lat': rad2deg(latMax), 'lon': rad2deg(lonMax) } }; } // middleware function middleware(req, res, next){ req.clean = req.clean || {}; // ideally, bbox should be part of the req (and not to be calculated) // TBD req.clean.bbox = boundingBox(req.query.lat, req.query.lon, 20); next(); } // middleware module.exports.middleware = middleware