new.lat.long: Find a New Latitude and Longitude

In fossil: Palaeoecological and Palaeogeographical Analysis Tools

Description

Find a new location using an original location (latitude and longitude) along with a bearing and distance

Usage

new.lat.long(long, lat, bearing, distance)

Arguments

long	original longitude
lat	original latitude
bearing	bearing from original point to new location, degrees from North
distance	distance to location

Value

a vector of length 2 with the new latitude and longitude respectively

Author(s)

Matthew Vavrek

See Also

deg.dist, earth.bear

Examples

#Travel from 0,0 to a new location at a bearing of 45 degrees 
#from North (clockwise) and 1000 km away
new.lat.long(long = 0, lat = 0, bearing = 45, distance = 1000)

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