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REAT (version 1.2.1)

dist: Euclidean distance between coordinates

Description

Calculation of the euclidean distance between two points with stated coordinates (lat, lon)

Usage

dist(lat1, lon1, lat2, lon2, unit = "km")

Arguments

lat1
Latitude of the regarded start point
lon1
Longitude of the regarded start point
lat2
Latitude of the regarded end point
lon2
Longitude of the regarded end point
unit
Unit of the resulting distance: unit="m" for meters, unit="km" for kilometers or unit="miles" for miles

Value

A single numeric value

See Also

dist.buf, dist.mat

Examples

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dist(51.556307, 9.947375, 49.009603, 8.417004)
# about 304 kilometers

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