greatCircleBearing: Great circle

In geosphere: Spherical Trigonometry

Great circle

Description

Get points on a great circle as defined by a point and an initial bearing

Usage

greatCircleBearing(p, brng, n=360) 

Arguments

p	longitude/latitude of a single point. Can be a vector of two numbers, a matrix of 2 columns (first one is longitude, second is latitude) or a SpatialPoints* object
brng	bearing
n	The requested number of points on the great circle

Value

A matrix of points, or a list of matrices (e.g., if multiple bearings are supplied)

Author(s)

Robert Hijmans based on formulae by Ed Williams

References

https://www.edwilliams.org/avform147.htm#Int

Examples

greatCircleBearing(c(5,52), 45, n=12)

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