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latlong2km: Convert latitude and longitude to Northings and Eastings

Description

Convert longitude and latitude co-ordinates to kilometres west-east and south-north from axes through (lon0,lat0) using the "spherical law of cosines".

Usage

latlong2km(lon, lat, lon0 = sum(range(lon))/2,
    lat0 = sum(range(lat))/2)

Arguments

lon
longitude
lat
latitude
lon0
longitude reference point (defaults to mean longitude)
lat0
latitude reference point (defaults to mean latitude)

Value

  • list with elements km.e and km.n.