geographiclib-package: geographiclib: Access to 'GeographicLib'

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geographiclib: Access to 'GeographicLib'

Description

Bindings to the 'GeographicLib' C++ library https://geographiclib.sourceforge.io/ for precise geodetic calculations including geodesic computations (distance, bearing, paths, intersections), map projections (UTM/UPS, Transverse Mercator, Lambert Conformal Conic, and more), grid reference systems (MGRS, Geohash, GARS, Georef), coordinate conversions (geocentric, local Cartesian), and polygon area on the WGS84 ellipsoid. All functions are fully vectorized.

Author(s)

Maintainer: Michael Sumner [e-mail]

Authors:

• Charles Karney (GeographicLib author and maintainer) [copyright holder]

Other contributors:

• Mark Borgerding (kissfft library (BSD-3-Clause)) [copyright holder]

See Also

Useful links:

• https://github.com/hypertidy/geographiclib

• Report bugs at https://github.com/hypertidy/geographiclib/issues

geographiclib documentation built on March 4, 2026, 9:07 a.m.