function calcDistance(elementId, lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2, countryCode)
{
    distance = distVincenty(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2);
    distance = distance/1000;
    if (isFloat(distance))
        distance = distance.toFixed(1);

    if (countryCode != null && (countryCode == 'us' || countryCode == 'uk'))
    {
        distance = distance / 1.6;
        if (isFloat(distance))
            distance = distance.toFixed(1);
        
        $(elementId).innerHTML=distance + " mi";
    }
    else
    {
        $(elementId).innerHTML=distance + " km";
    }
}

function isFloat(value){
    value = value + '';
    if(isNaN(value) || value.indexOf(".")<0){
        return false;
    } else {
        if(parseFloat(value)) {
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

// Thanks to http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong-vincenty.html
function distVincenty(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2) {
  var a = 6378137, b = 6356752.3142,  f = 1/298.257223563;  // WGS-84 ellipsiod
  var L = (lon2-lon1).toRad();
  var U1 = Math.atan((1-f) * Math.tan(lat1.toRad()));
  var U2 = Math.atan((1-f) * Math.tan(lat2.toRad()));
  var sinU1 = Math.sin(U1), cosU1 = Math.cos(U1);
  var sinU2 = Math.sin(U2), cosU2 = Math.cos(U2);

  var lambda = L, lambdaP, iterLimit = 100;
  do {
    var sinLambda = Math.sin(lambda), cosLambda = Math.cos(lambda);
    var sinSigma = Math.sqrt((cosU2*sinLambda) * (cosU2*sinLambda) +
      (cosU1*sinU2-sinU1*cosU2*cosLambda) * (cosU1*sinU2-sinU1*cosU2*cosLambda));
    if (sinSigma==0) return 0;  // co-incident points
    var cosSigma = sinU1*sinU2 + cosU1*cosU2*cosLambda;
    var sigma = Math.atan2(sinSigma, cosSigma);
    var sinAlpha = cosU1 * cosU2 * sinLambda / sinSigma;
    var cosSqAlpha = 1 - sinAlpha*sinAlpha;
    var cos2SigmaM = cosSigma - 2*sinU1*sinU2/cosSqAlpha;
    if (isNaN(cos2SigmaM)) cos2SigmaM = 0;  // equatorial line: cosSqAlpha=0 (�6)
    var C = f/16*cosSqAlpha*(4+f*(4-3*cosSqAlpha));
    lambdaP = lambda;
    lambda = L + (1-C) * f * sinAlpha *
      (sigma + C*sinSigma*(cos2SigmaM+C*cosSigma*(-1+2*cos2SigmaM*cos2SigmaM)));
  } while (Math.abs(lambda-lambdaP) > 1e-12 && --iterLimit>0);

  if (iterLimit==0) return NaN  // formula failed to converge

  var uSq = cosSqAlpha * (a*a - b*b) / (b*b);
  var A = 1 + uSq/16384*(4096+uSq*(-768+uSq*(320-175*uSq)));
  var B = uSq/1024 * (256+uSq*(-128+uSq*(74-47*uSq)));
  var deltaSigma = B*sinSigma*(cos2SigmaM+B/4*(cosSigma*(-1+2*cos2SigmaM*cos2SigmaM)-
    B/6*cos2SigmaM*(-3+4*sinSigma*sinSigma)*(-3+4*cos2SigmaM*cos2SigmaM)));
  var s = b*A*(sigma-deltaSigma);

  s = s.toFixed(3); // round to 1mm precision
  return s;
}

Number.prototype.toRad = function() {  // convert degrees to radians
  return this * Math.PI / 180;
}