Description Usage Arguments References Examples
The function calculates great-circle distances between the two points using the "Haversine" formulae. This is the shortest distance over the earth's surface ignoring the geographic shape like hills and vales.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | haversineDistance(...)
## Default S3 method:
haversineDistance(latitude1,
longitude1, latitude2, longitude2, units = "km", ...)
## S3 method for class 'Coordinate'
haversineDistance(coordinate1,
coordinate2, units = "km", ...)
|
latitude1 |
the first latitude coordinate |
longitude1 |
the first longitude coordinate |
latitude2 |
the second latitude coordinate |
longitude2 |
the second longitude coordinate |
units |
a string with the distance units (default kilometers) |
coordinate1 |
the first coordinate class variable |
coordinate2 |
the second coordinate class variable |
... |
other arguments |
http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html
1 2 3 | cord1 <- Coordinate(43, -8)
cord2 <- Coordinate(42, -7)
distance <- haversineDistance(cord1, cord2)
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