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dist.calc: Euclidean distance between coordinates

Description

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

Usage

dist.calc(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

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
dist.calc(51.556307, 9.947375, 49.009603, 8.417004)
# about 304 kilometers
# }

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