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Directional (version 6.8)

Euclidean transformation: Euclidean transformation

Description

It transforms the data from the spherical coordinates to Euclidean coordinates.

Usage

euclid(u)

Value

A three column matrix:

U

The Euclidean coordinates of the latitude and longitude.

Arguments

u

A two column matrix or even one single vector, where the first column (or element) is the latitude and the second is the longitude. The order is important.

Author

Michail Tsagris.

R implementation and documentation: Michail Tsagris mtsagris@uoc.gr and Giorgos Athineou <gioathineou@gmail.com>.

Details

It takes the matrix of unit vectors of latitude and longitude and transforms it to unit vectors.

See Also

euclid.inv, Arotation, lambert

Examples

Run this code
x <- rvmf(10, rnorm(3), 10)
u <- euclid.inv(x)
euclid(u)
x

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