MATLAB: Calculating distance covered from x and y coordinates

distance; distance coveredMATLAB

Hi,
I am trying to calculate the distance covered by a footballer in a ten-minute game. I have 3000 x-coordinates and 3000 y-coordinates in a 3000 by 2 matrix. Does anyone know how I can compute the distance covered?
Thank you
Ben

Best Answer

This would be my approach:
x = randi(99, 1, 100);                                  % Create Data

y = randi(99, 1, 100);                                  % Create Data
d = hypot(diff(x), diff(y));                            % Distance Of Each Segment
d_tot = sum(d);                                         % Total Distance
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