Convert longitude and latitude co-ordinates to kilometres west-east and
south-north from axes through (lon0
,lat0
) using the
"spherical law of cosines".
latlong2km(lon, lat, lon0 = sum(range(lon))/2, lat0 = sum(range(lat))/2)
list with elements km.e
and km.n
.
longitude
latitude
longitude reference point (defaults to mean longitude)
latitude reference point (defaults to mean latitude)
Simon N. Wood
WARNING: This is an approximate procedure for converting between latitude/
longitude and Northing/Easting. Consider using projection conversions
available in packages sp
, sf
and rgdal
for better results.