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Calculate lat/lon point If I have the coordinates of a point (lat lon) and the azimuth angle how can I calculate what points are at "the end' of a distance of 10 miles. Ex. I am watching North , I know I am at a certain point ... At 10 miles apart what coordinates has that geo... Started by andrew on Saturday, October 03, 2009, 5 posts by 5 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): This site also has a very extensive set of lat/lon formulas http point, θ the.... You need to also have a bearing' answer is a nice interactive site. The result is that lat2 according to that formula can be 2 at most.

Determining if a lat-long rect and a circle on a sphere overlap Suppose I have the following: A region defined by minimum and maximum latitude and longitude (commonly a 'lat-long rect', though it's not actually rectangular except in certain projections). A circle, defined by a center lat/long and a radius How can ... Started by Nick Johnson on Friday, December 26, 2008, 9 posts by 7 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): I got of the sphere, e.g.: "rectangle": min long = -90deg, max long = +90deg, min lat = +70deg, max lat = +80deg circle: center .... This method is used to calculate the distance between to lat and lon points. For your sphere.

How do I convert coordinates to a Latitude & Longitude? I am reverse engineering a transportation visualization app. I need to find out the latitude for the origin of their data feed. Specifically what XY 0,0 is. The only formulas I have found calculate distance between two points, or location of a bearing... Started by rwl4 on Wednesday, March 04, 2009, 7 posts by 7 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): So given X=1280532, Y=211374 Lat = 47 + ( 211374 / 6096 / 60 ) = 47.58 Lon = -117.... This is roughly the position of Spokane WA. Some sort of projected system. WGS84 etc) and x/y's first (e.g. Are for both the lat/lon's (e.g.

compute lat/long given lat/long plus distance and bearing On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:36:18 -0700, Eric <Scorpus@gordinator.org Has anyone got a formula that: given a lat/long starting point plus a distance and bearing will output the new lat/long position? I found this but it doesnt seem to work right ... Started by Eric on Monday, June 23, 2008, 6 posts by 5 people.   Read the full thread at omgili Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili): On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:43:01 -0700, Eric <Scorpus@gordinator.org The altitude wasnt well defined in the formula i found. Variable in the atan2 calculation? I suspect it should be d_lat.

Converting cartesian coordinates to geographical gps On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:13:36 -0800 (PST), carmelo <csaffi@tiscali.it Hi everybody, I need to convert cartesian coordinates to geographical gps. Knowing X,Y coordinates how can I calculate Latitude and Longitude? A friend of mine give me this formula... Started by carmelo on Monday, December 15, 2008, 5 posts by 3 people.   Read the full thread at omgili Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili): I used successfully the "Lat/lon given radial and distance" formula on http: from Ed Williams' Aviation Formulary http://williams.best.vwh.net/avform.htm#LL Lat/lon given radial and distance .... Interesting answer.

Great Circle Distance question I am familiar with the formula to calculate the Great Circle Distance between two points. i.e. <?php $theta = $lon1 - $lon2; $dist = sin(deg2rad($lat1)) * sin(deg2rad($lat2)) + cos(deg2rad($lat1)) * cos(deg2rad($lat2)) * cos(deg2rad($theta)); $dist... Started by Pax on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 6 posts by 6 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): * @param double lon starting longitude * @param double lat starting latitude * @return array ('lon' => $lon, 'lat' => $lat) */ public static function getPositionByDistance.... 0 = North, 90 = East, etc. In degrees i.e.

How to derive a new GPS point that is a given direction and distance from an origin GPS point How can I use the spatial features of SQL Server 2008 to take one GPS point and derive a new GPS point that is a specified distance and direction from that point? eg given a start long/lat location - I want to obtain an end long/lat location that is 1... Started by on Thursday, January 19, 2012, 4 posts by 1 people.   Read the full thread at microsoft Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at microsoft): Lon1), a bearing in radians(θ), a distance travelled (d), and a radius of the earth (R), you can work start point (lat1, lon1), a bearing in radians(θ), a distance travelled (d), and a radius.

Selecting results with range + Pythagoras theorem I have a mysql table for uk people that includes: postcode beginning (i.e. BB2) latitude (int) longitude (int) range (int, in miles, 1-20) http://www.easypeasy.com/guides/article.php?article=64 - theres the article for the sql file i based my table on... Started by kevin on Wednesday, October 07, 2009, 3 posts by 3 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): Formula and code the following perl formula.... For calculating distance based on two lat/lon locations The following is the formula I use in perl to doGoogle revealed this - the code's in PERL but you can figure out the logic.

Calculating shortest path between 2 points on a flat map of the Earth How do you draw the curve representing the shortest distance between 2 points on a flat map of the Earth? Of course, the line would not be a straight line because the Earth is curved. (For example, the shortest distance between 2 airports is curved.) ... Started by helloworlder on Tuesday, December 08, 2009, 5 posts by 5 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): Here we find points (lat,lon) a given fraction of the distance (d) between them*sin(lat2) lat=atan2(z,sqrt(x^2+y^2)) lon=atan2(y,x) Your question is totally dependend formula, which is less subject.... Latitude or longitude.

Most watery view of earth On Wed, 20 May 2009 11:32:13 +1000, Killawarra <xomexx@gmail.com What view of Earth (centered at what Lat/Lon.) shows the minimum percentage of visible land? And what is this percentage? Hint: Playing with Google Earth shows that a view centered... Started by Killawarra on Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 76 posts by 22 people.   Read the full thread at omgili Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili): -- .K question was: "What view of Earth (centered at what Lat/Lon.) shows the minimum percentage the formula for how much land .... In the original posting. Xomexx@gmail.com One such view is referred to by Lat./Lon.