LL from bearing and distance
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Eric Archer wrote:
Is there a package that contains a function that will allow me to calculate the ending latitude and longitude given a starting point on the earth's surface and bearing and distance? I have searched the archives but have been unable to find one and would like to double check before I try to roll my own. Thanks for any pointers.
Nothing for this case - azimuth for two points is in gzAzimuth() in maptools, so that might be a way in. There is C code for the spDistsN1() function in the sp package, visible in the CVS repository at the r-spatial site at sourceforge, but neither of these meets your need directly. If you do "roll your own", please consider contributing to maptools. Roger
Cheers, eric
Roger Bivand Economic Geography Section, Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway. voice: +47 55 95 93 55; fax +47 55 95 95 43 e-mail: Roger.Bivand at nhh.no