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Calculate the distance between two locations

Source: R/meteo_distance.R
meteo_spherical_distance.Rd

This function uses the haversine formula to calculate the great circle distance between two locations, identified by their latitudes and longitudes.

Usage

meteo_spherical_distance(lat1, long1, lat2, long2, units = "deg")

Arguments

lat1

Latitude of the first location.

long1

Longitude of the first location.

lat2

Latitude of the second location.

long2

Longitude of the second location.

units

Units of the latitude and longitude values. Possible values are:

  • deg: Degrees (default);

  • rad: Radians.

Value

A numeric value giving the distance (in kilometers) between the pair of locations.

Note

This function assumes an earth radius of 6,371 km.

Author

Alex Simmons a2.simmons@qut.edu.au, Brooke Anderson brooke.anderson@colostate.edu

Examples


meteo_spherical_distance(lat1 = -27.4667, long1 = 153.0217,
                         lat2 = -27.4710, long2 = 153.0234)
#> [1] 0.5067013