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Makkah Direction Finder (Qibla) by Google Google has released this new tool and apps on the Ramadan Holy Month for locating the Qibla in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.  Lets see how it works. How Qibla Finder works What is Qibla? Qibla is the fixed direction towards the Ka’bah in the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. It's the direction which all Muslims face when performing their prayers, wherever they are in the world. How we calculate Qibla We use the location of Kaaba (Lat 21.4224779 Long 39.8251832) and your current location (provided by GPS or manually) to determine the most direct route between two points on the globe, also known as the great-circle distance. This is calculated using the haversine formula. When viewed on a flat map, the line can sometimes appear bent due to the curvature of the earth. The haversine formula is an equation important in navigation, giving great-circle distances between two points on a sphere from their longitudes and latitude...