geodesic.distance: Calculate the great-circle distance

In jngtz/rdupilot: Geotagging and Analysis of ArduPilot log files

Description

geodesic.distance calculates the great-circle distance between two points

Usage

geodesic.distance(lon1, lat1, lon2, lat2)

Arguments

lon1	Longititude of point 1
lat1	Latitude ot point 1
lon2	Longititude of point 2
lat2	Latitude ot point 2

Value

Distance in meters

Examples

# Distance from Toronto to Ottawa in m
dist_otttor <- geodesic.distance(-75.695000, 45.424721, -79.347015, 43.651070)
# in km
dist_ottor / 1000

jngtz/rdupilot documentation built on Oct. 3, 2020, 12:45 a.m.