rCAT (version 0.1.6)

ll2cart: Geographic coordinates to cartesian (x,y,z)

Description

Calculates the Cartesian cordinates (x,y,z) from lat long in radians

Usage

ll2cart(latr, longr)

Arguments

latr

latitude point in radians

longr

longtitude point in radians

Value

dataframe of x,y,z

References

Descartes, R., 1637. Discours de la methode. A Leyde, De l<U+2019>imprimerie de I. Maire, Paris.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
lat <- runif (200,-24,-12)
long <- runif (200,43,51)
thepoints <- data.frame(lat,long)
llrad <- deg2rad(thepoints)
cartp <- ll2cart(llrad$lat,llrad$long)
# }