Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) Source
On a sphere the central angle between two points is defined as the angle whose vertex is the centre of the sphere and that subtends the arc formed by the great circle between the points. This function computes the central angle for two points (phi1, lambda1) and (phi2, lambda2).
1 | central.angle(phi1, lambda1, phi2, lambda2)
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phi1 |
Latitude of first point |
lambda1 |
Longitude of first point |
phi2 |
Latitude of second point |
lambda2 |
Longitude of second point |
Central angle
David Sterratt
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_angle
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