diff --git a/README b/README
index 308a6f4e..a8978871 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/python-metar/python-metar.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/python-metar/python-metar)
-[![Coverage Status](https://img.shields.io/coveralls/python-metar/python-metar.svg)](https://coveralls.io/r/python-metar/python-metar?branch=master)
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 The metar library
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diff --git a/metar/Datatypes.py b/metar/Datatypes.py
index b7500507..11776fc1 100644
--- a/metar/Datatypes.py
+++ b/metar/Datatypes.py
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ def getdistance( self, position2 ):
     long1 = self.longitude
     lat2 = position2.latitude
     long2 = position2.longitude
-    a = sin(0.5(lat2-lat1)) + cos(lat1)*cos(lat2)*sin(0.5*(long2-long1)**2)
+    a = sin(0.5*(lat2-lat1)) + cos(lat1)*cos(lat2)*sin(0.5*(long2-long1)**2)
     c = 2.0*atan(sqrt(a)*sqrt(1.0-a))
     d = distance(earth_radius*c,"M")
     return d