getDistance: Distance between two points in a grid

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Distance between two points in a grid

Description

This function calculates the distance of two points in a grid.

Usage

getDistance(point.a, point.b, resolution=1)

Arguments

point.a	A point in a grid given by its row and column.
point.b	A point in a grid given by its row and column.
resolution	The resolution of the grid in (geographical) degree.

Details

This function calculates the distance of two points in a grid by the Pythagorean theorem.

Value

The distance of the two points as an numeric value based on geographical degrees.

Author(s)

Maximilian Lange, Sven Lautenbach

Examples

##initialize data
point.a <- c(5,8)
point.b <- c(10,3)

##calculate the distance of the two points
distance <- getDistance(point.a,point.b, resolution=1)
print(distance)

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