place: Locations of Some Places on Earth

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Source Examples

Description

This function gives the locations of selected places on Earth.

Usage

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place(placename)

Arguments

placename

Character string giving the name of a place.

Details

aarhus and aalborg are cities in Denmark; madrid is the capital of Spain; perth is the capital of Western Australia; curtin is the location of Curtin University, Western Australia; titanic is the location of the wreck of the Titanic; casey and mawson are bases in the Australian Antarctic Territory; newyorkcity, pyongyang, everest, kilimanjaro, northpole and southpole are self explanatory.

Value

A list(lon,lat) giving the longitude and latitude in degrees.

Source

General knowledge.

Examples

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place("aarhus")

baddstats/globe documentation built on May 11, 2019, 5:24 p.m.