gcIntermediate

Get intermediate points (way points) between the two locations with longitude/latitude coordinates. gcIntermediate is based on a spherical model of the earth and internally uses <code>distCosine</code>.

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intermediate

Spherical trigonometry for geographic applications. That is, compute distances and related measures for angular (longitude/latitude) locations.

Robert Hijmans

geosphere

Spherical Trigonometry

Robert J. Hijmans

Charles Karney

Ed Williams

Chris Vennes

intermediate function

<dl> <dt>p1</dt>
<dd>longitude/latitude of a single point, in degrees. This can be a vector of two numbers, a matrix of 2 columns (first one is longitude, second is latitude) or a spatial points object from terra (SpatVector) of sf</dd> <dt>p2</dt>
<dd>as for <code>p1</code></dd> <dt>n</dt>
<dd>integer. The desired number of intermediate points</dd> <dt>breakAtDateLine</dt>
<dd>logical. Return two matrices if the dateline is crossed?</dd> <dt>addStartEnd</dt>
<dd>logical. Add p1 and p2 to the result?</dd> <dt>output</dt>
<dd>character. One of "list", "matrix", "sv" (SpatVector), "sf" or "sp". If <code>NULL</code>, the output is as in previous versions of this package for backwards compatibility</dd> <dt>sepNA</dt>
<dd>logical. Separate matrix values for different points by a row of NA values? (e.g., for use in 'plot')</dd> <dt>sp</dt>
<dd>logical. Depracated. Return a SpatialLines object?</dd></dl>

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Robert Hijmans based on code by Ed Williams (great circle)

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Intermediate points on a great circle (sphere) — intermediate

<dl>

 <dt>p1</dt>
<dd>longitude/latitude of a single point, in degrees. This can be a vector of two numbers, a matrix of 2 columns (first one is longitude, second is latitude) or a spatial points object from terra (SpatVector) of sf</dd>

 <dt>p2</dt>
<dd>as for <code>p1</code></dd>

 <dt>n</dt>
<dd>integer. The desired number of intermediate points</dd>

 <dt>breakAtDateLine</dt>
<dd>logical. Return two matrices if the dateline is crossed?</dd>

 <dt>addStartEnd</dt>
<dd>logical. Add p1 and p2 to the result?</dd>

 <dt>output</dt>
<dd>character. One of "list", "matrix", "sv" (SpatVector), "sf" or "sp". If <code>NULL</code>, the output is as in previous versions of this package for backwards compatibility</dd>

 <dt>sepNA</dt>
<dd>logical. Separate matrix values for different points by a row of NA values? (e.g., for use in 'plot')</dd>

 <dt>sp</dt>
<dd>logical. Depracated. Return a SpatialLines object?</dd>

</dl>

intermediate: Intermediate points on a great circle (sphere)

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