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+// vincenty.rs
+const WGS84_A: f64 = 6378137.0; // Semi-major axis in meters
+const WGS84_B: f64 = 6356752.314245; // Semi-minor axis in meters
+const WGS84_F: f64 = 1.0 / 298.257223563; // Flattening
+
+pub fn vincenty(lat1: f64, lon1: f64, lat2: f64, lon2: f64) -> f64 {
+    let u1 = (1.0 - WGS84_F) * lat1.to_radians().tan();
+    let u2 = (1.0 - WGS84_F) * lat2.to_radians().tan();
+    let l = (lon2 - lon1).to_radians();
+    
+    let sin_u1 = u1.sin();
+    let cos_u1 = u1.cos();
+    let sin_u2 = u2.sin();
+    let cos_u2 = u2.cos();
+    
+    let lambda = l;
+    let (sin_lambda, cos_lambda) = (lambda.sin(), lambda.cos());
+    
+    let mut sin_sigma;
+    let mut cos_sigma;
+    let mut cos_sq_alpha;
+    let mut cos2_sigma_m;
+    let mut sigma = 0.0;
+    
+    let mut iteration_limit = 100;
+    let mut lambda_prev = 0.0;
+    
+    while (lambda - lambda_prev).abs() > 1e-12 && iteration_limit > 0 {
+        let sin_lambda = lambda.sin();
+        let cos_lambda = lambda.cos();
+        
+        sin_sigma = ((cos_u2 * sin_lambda).powi(2) +
+                     (cos_u1 * sin_u2 - sin_u1 * cos_u2 * cos_lambda).powi(2)).sqrt();
+        
+        if sin_sigma == 0.0 {
+            return 0.0; // coincident points
+        }
+        
+        cos_sigma = sin_u1 * sin_u2 + cos_u1 * cos_u2 * cos_lambda;
+        sigma = sin_sigma.atan2(cos_sigma);
+        
+        let sin_alpha = cos_u1 * cos_u2 * sin_lambda;
+        cos_sq_alpha = 1.0 - sin_alpha.powi(2);
+        
+        cos2_sigma_m = if cos_sq_alpha == 0.0 {
+            0.0
+        } else {
+            cos_u2 * cos_u1 * cos_lambda / cos_sq_alpha
+        };
+        
+        let c = WGS84_F / 16.0 * cos_sq_alpha * (4.0 + WGS84_F * (4.0 - 3.0 * cos_sq_alpha));
+        
+        lambda_prev = lambda;
+        lambda = l + (1.0 - c) * WGS84_F * sin_alpha * (sigma + c * sin_sigma * (cos2_sigma_m + c * cos_sigma * (-1.0 + 2.0 * cos2_sigma_m.powi(2))));
+        
+        iteration_limit -= 1;
+    }
+    
+    if iteration_limit == 0 {
+        return f64::NAN; // formula failed to converge
+    }
+    
+    let u_sq = cos_sq_alpha * (WGS84_A.powi(2) - WGS84_B.powi(2)) / WGS84_B.powi(2);
+    let a = 1.0 + u_sq / 16384.0 * (4096.0 + u_sq * (-768.0 + u_sq * (320.0 - 175.0 * u_sq)));
+    let b = u_sq / 1024.0 * (256.0 + u_sq * (-128.0 + u_sq * (74.0 - 47.0 * u_sq)));
+    
+    let delta_sigma = b * sin_sigma * (cos2_sigma_m + b / 4.0 * (cos_sigma * (-1.0 + 2.0 * cos2_sigma_m.powi(2)) - 
+                      b / 6.0 * cos2_sigma_m * (-3.0 + 4.0 * sin_sigma.powi(2)) * (-3.0 + 4.0 * cos2_sigma_m.powi(2))));
+    
+    let s = WGS84_B * a * (sigma - delta_sigma);
+    
+    s // distance in meters
+}