lat2cart: generate cartesian coordinates
In ConnorFWhite/AssFunc: What the package does (short line)

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convert a series of lat and longs to a cartesian coordinate frame centered on an origin

1	lat2cart(lat, long, latOrg, longOrg)

`lat`	Latitude(s) to be converted to meters
`long`	Longitude(s) to be converted to meters
`latOrg`	Latitude of origin
`longOrg`	Longitude of origin

returns the x and y location of the set of points in refernce to the origin. Distances are calculated assuming the earth is a sphere.

the output is in x and y coordinates from the origin. If a vector or lats and longs are supplied than a list of x and y coordinates are returned

Connor F. White

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#converting one location
lats<-runif(1,-90,90)
longs<-runif(1,-180,180)
latitude_origin<-0
longitude_origin<-0
lat2cart(lats,longs,latitude_origin,longitude_origin)

#Converting many locaitons at once
lats<-runif(10,-90,90)
longs<-runif(10,-180,180)
latitude_origin<-0
longitude_origin<-0
lat2cart(lats,longs,latitude_origin,longitude_origin)